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The Italians of Crimea are a small ethnic minority residing in Crimea. ==History== Ancestors of the Italians populated some areas of Ukraine and Crimea since the time of the Roman Empire, Republic of Genoa and the Republic of Venice. Some sources affirm that in Odessa, at the end of the 18th century, one inhabitant in ten was Italian.〔(Storia degli italiani in Ucraina e Crimea )〕 In 1830 and 1870 two distinct migrations arrived in Kerch from the cities of Trani, Bisceglie e Molfetta. These migrants were peasants and sailors, attracted by the job opportunities in the local Crimean seaports and by the possibility to cultivate the almost virgin and fertile Crimean lands. Italian general and patriot Giuseppe Garibaldi worked as a sailor at least twice in the region of Odessa, between 1825 and 1833. In Kerch they built a catholic church, still locally known as the Church of the Italians. From Kerch the Italians moved to Feodosiya (the former Genoese colony of Caffa), Simferopol, Mariupol and to other Russian seaports of Crimea, such as Batumi and Novorossiysk. In the beginning of the 20th century the Italian community was numerous enough to have a primary school and a library. The local newspaper ''Kerčenskij Rabocij'' at that time used to publish articles in Italian. According to the information contained in the Ukrainian statistics archives, the Italians resident in Kerch accounted in 1897 to 1,8% of the population and in 1921 to 2% for a total of 3,000 people.〔Page 6 of Giulia Giacchetti Boiko - Giulio Vignoli, ''L'olocausto sconosciuto. Lo sterminio degli Italiani di Crimea'' (Edizioni Settimo Sigillo, Roma, 2008)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Italians of Crimea」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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