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149 Wallachians abandoned this area in 1778.

259 Armenians abandoned this area in 1778.

113 Greeks abandoned this area in 1778.

76 Greeks abandoned this area in 1778.

2 Catholics and 167 Greeks abandoned this area in 1778.

2 Catholics, 1,139 Greeks, 27 Georgians, 1,375 Armenians with 9 Georgian slaves, and 4 Wallachians abandoned this area in 1778.

107 Greeks abandoned this area in 1778.

82 Greeks abandoned this area in 1778.

70 Greeks abandoned this area in 1778.

Beshui has vanished.

In 1778 hundreds of Greeks left Beshui to resettle, at the invitation of Empress Catherine II, on the shores of the Sea of Azov. The Tatar population of the village grew in time and in the absence of the Greeks. The village…