%0 Journal Article
%T Greek diaspora in Poznan in the 18th and 19th century
%A Mikołajczyk, Marcin
%J Archival and Historical Review
%V 2014
%R 10.4467/2391-890XPAH.14.007.14868
%N Vol. I
%P 89-109
%K Greeks, diaspora, Poznań, Jan Konstanty Żupański
%@ 2391-890X
%D 2014
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przeglad-archiwalno-historyczny/article/grecka-diaspora-w-poznaniu-w-xviii-i-xix-w
%X 
	Poznań, one of the largest Polish cities, was frequently inhabited by citizens of other countries. One such nation were Greeks, who came to Poland for economic, political and geopolitical reasons. Ethnic origins of emigrants remains an interesting problem. The first information on Greeks in Poznań can be traced back to the 16th century. In the second half of the 17th century, the number of Greeks coming to the city increased. Emigrants occupied themselves mainly with (profitable) wine and Eastern goods trade. Greeks imported wine mostly from Hungary. From the moment they came, Greeks were considered unwelcome by local tradesmen. Municipal books and the books of the Merchants’ Guild are full of complaints on the incomers from the South. It was not until 1789, when the laws of the Commission of Good Order operating in Poznań, that the conditions of Greeks staying in Poznań had been regulated. The Poznań Greek community was established around 1750. Poznań Greeks were of the Christian Orthodox denomination. Services were held at home churches, the community also had its cemetery. The following people were the chaplains: Atanazy Korda, Konstantyn Chartofilax Okuta, Atanazy Sawicz and Zupanos. The Poznań Greek community was dissolved in 1909. The most well-known representative of the Poznań Greeks is Jan Konstanty Żupański, a bookseller and publisher.