People of Pontus

 surmena 1908

Surmena 1908. Photo captioned: "10 July? 1908. The Constitution in Turkey." Possibly a celebration of the Young Turk Revolution of July 1908.

trabzon girls school 1921

 The last graduates of the Trebizond (Trabzon) Girls' School with their Maths-Physics teacher, Phillipos Himonidis. 1921.Standing from left to right: Paraskevoula Mavridou, Stergia Hatzinota, Sofia Toumbouli, Georgia Hatzikakoulidiou, Anastasia Kakoulidou. Seated from left to right: Evdokia Papazof and Stali Tousmanof. Anna Theofylaktou Collection.  Source     

trebizond girls school

Greek students from the Trebizond Girls' School. Standing 2nd left: Valentini Theophylaktou. Colourised photo. 

Employees of a bank in Pontus (circa 1915)

fostiropoulos bank emplyees 1000

Workers from the bank of the Fostiropoulos brothers on an excursion. Date, unknown. The Fostiropoulos Brothers Bank was located in Trabzon and was founded by Georgos Fostiropoulos.

trabzon ladies

Greek ladies and children. Trabzon, early 20th century. Athena Fyllizi-Kartasi, Lefkothea Theofylaktou, Julia Theofylaktou, Sophia-Velissaridis Kallivazi. Colourised by PontosWorld. Source
 Trapezus excursion

Wealthy Greeks embarking on an excursion. Trebizond c.1900.

kakoulidis daughters

  Sseated: Sophia Tsouliadou, Evanthea Neofytou, Froso Velissaridou. Standing: Artemisia Makridou, Evdokia Michailidou, Sevasti Thomaidou and Cornelia Kalpaxidou). Source 

trabzon greek family 1000

A Greek family of Trabzon. Date: unknown. Source

georgia greeks

Pontic Greeks of Georgia: The sons of Kostas Konstantinidis of Sourmena. Seated from left; Panagiotis, Savvas and John, standing from left: Jordan, Dimitris Anestis and Theodore. In Batumi, Georgia, early 20th century. Colourised photo. Source

 

 Family photo, Halva Maden, Bayburt. c1904. 

trebizond women allen memomrial art museum

A group of Trebizond women, late 19th century. Collection of the Allen Memorial Art Collection

akritidis panayiotis fofo 1000

Panagiotis Akritidis (son of Alexandros) and Fofo Kontozi-Akritidou (Treb. 1894-Thess. 1982). Source

trebizond men nouri

Souvenir de Trebizonde. Editeur: O. Nouri.
 

bulancak female 1000

Female wearing the traditional Pontic attire of Bulancak (Gr: Πουλαντζάκη). Source

marmanis 1900

Yiannis Marmanis and Eleni Theofylaktou-Marmanis, Trabzon 1900. Source:

kazantzidou surmene 1000

Kiriaki Kazantzidou of Surmene, early 20th century. She is wearing a macrogoun (long fur overcoat), a spaler (item worn under the overcoat which covered the chest from the neck to the waist), and a fota (apron with wide stripes) over her zoupouna. 

sinope gymnastics

 A gymnasium class in Sinope, c.1909-1910. The students are holding a staff (Gr: Kοντάρι) which is a piece of wood used in an ancient Hellenic martial art.

frontistirion gymnastics

Young men at the Trebizond Frontistirion (Preparatory School) during a martial arts class. c.1910-1911. 

amisos school 1000

Students from the 7th grade of the Greek school of Amisos (Samsun), 1919-1920 with their teacher.
Source: Konstantinidis, Panos. The History of an exiled Pontian. Scaravaios 1994. Photo

    

macka 1950

 Matzouka (Maçka), Trabzon, 1950's Source

giresun 1910

Pontic Greek family in Kerasus (today Giresun), 1910. Colourised by PontosWorld.  Source

 theofylaktos family geneva

Konstantinos Theofylaktos (middle) with his wife Eleni and their son Adam (right) along with their niece Athena and nephew. Geneva, c. early 20th centuey. Source.

kakoulidis family

Konstantinos Kakoulidis and his nieces and nephews. 

halva maden

Greeks of Halva Maden, Bayburt region. c.1904.

trebizond young greek girl

Young Greek girl, Trebizond. Date unknown. Colourised by PontosWorld.

macrides family

The Macridis family with parents Christopher and Artemisia, daughter Penelope, older son George and younger son Panagiotis. Colourised. Source

greek women colourised

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women pontus colourised

pontos girls col

 Colourised photo.

 pontic couple 1000

Male in western dress, female in traditional Pontic attire. Date/location unknown.

pontic couple a1000

Pontic male and female in traditional attire. Date/location unknown.

vafeiadis terra pontus 1000

Ioannis Vafiadis (seated) with his best man. Both men wearing local traditional attire with baggy breeches. Date/location unknown. Suorce

 

Three young ladies dressed in Pontic attire. Date/location: unknown. Source: kotsari.com  

Lazaros and Maria Mavromati from Giresun (Gr: Kerasunta). Source

samsun family bw

Greek family from Samsun (Gr: Amisos). Source: Pinterest

spyridon ioannidis kars europeana

Family portrait of religious cleric Spyridon Ioannidis of Kars. Photo: Ερευνητικό Κέντρο Αθήνα (Research Center Athens). Source

trabzon girls school 1000

Students from a girls school in Trabzon with their teacher Ifigenia Dionisiadou, Trabzon 1917. Source: A. Theofylaktou archives.

marmanis Spyridon family 1000

The family of Spyridon Marmanis of Trabzon. Source: A. Theofylaktou archives.

eleftheriadis couple 1892 ordu

Wedding photo of the Elftheriadis couple from Ünye (Gr: Oinoy), 1892. Photo: Odyseas Dasoulas. Epitropi Pontiakon Meleton, Greece. Source
 girls pontic attire color

girl pontos bw 1000

Girl from Pontos in traditional attire. Photo: Cacoulis brothers. Source: Ιστορική & Εθνολογική Εταιρεία της Ελλάδος. Source 

kerasunta foresia

Traditional female Pontic attire from Kerasunta (Giresun). Source

local dress pontos cacoulis

Male costumes from the wider Pontos region. From left: Caucasian, Georgian and Laz male. Photo: Cacoulis Brothers. Source

married couple trebizond pierre de grigord

Paysan et Paysanne des environs de Trebizond, Mer Noire (Peasant man and peasant woman from the surroundings of Trebizond, Black Sea. Date: c. 1885-1895. The ethnicity of the married couple is not specified. Source
 paysan et trebizonde 1000 bw

Paysan de Trebizond. Photographer unknown. Source

anatolia black sea 3 men 1000

À Trébizonde (Anatolie, Mer Noire) [At Trebizond. Anatolia, Black Sea]. Source
 nikolaidis pileidou couple 1000

Commemorative photo of the Iordanis Alexiou Nicolaidis (from the Manzanton district of Kromni) and Eugenia Dimitriou Pileidou (born in Argyroupoli, Pontus) at the time of their engagement. Theodosia, April 12, 1906. The marriage took place in September 1906 in Theodosia, Crimea. Source

Akritidis family jerusalem 1000

The family of Georgos Akritidis of Trabzon in Jerusalem, 1900. Seated in the middle is Georgos Akritidis. To his right is his daughter-in-law Elisavet (Litta) who was the wife of his son Isaac. To his left is his sister-in-law Roudami who was the wife of his brother Konstantinos. Standing to his leftis his grand-daughter Avgi, the daughter of his son Alexandros. Source

 engagement 1000

An engagement photo. The lady is wearing a plethora of jewelry including a long necklace (Gr: Κοχλίδι, Kokhlithi) and a diamond cross. Photo: L. Kalpidou archives.

wedding giresun 1000

A wedding procession on a street in #Giresun (Gr: Κερασούντα), early 20th century. Source: Argonaftae Komninoi Association, Greece.

sergiadi ardassa 1000

Thomas Sergiadis and family from Tsite in the Ardassa region of Pontus. Ardassa was located 20 km north-west of Gümüşhane (Argyroupolis). Ardassa was the name of a town and also a region. In Turkish it's known as Torul. Photo: terra-pontus.blogspot.com

pouroutsoglou bros giresun 1000

The Pouroutsoglou brothers, Yiannis and Giorgos, from Eneet in the Kourok region of Giresun, c. 1910-1912. Note: The placename is possibly a misspelling of Aneat in the Kirik region (Gr: Ανεάτ του Κιρίκ). Source: kotsari.com via Pinterest.

 

 

 

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