Urums

The Urums (/ʊəˈruːm/, /ʊˈruːm/; Greek: Ουρούμ, Urúm; Turkish and Crimean Tatar: Urum, IPA: [uˈɾum]) are several groups of Turkic-speaking Greek Orthodox people native to Crimea. The emergence and development of the Urum identity took place from 13th to the 17th centuries. bringing together the Hellenes along with Greek-speaking Crimean Goths, with other indigenous groups that had long inhabited the region, resulting in a gradual transformation of their collective identity.

Urums
Total population
>192,700
Regions with significant populations
Greece, Russia, Georgia, Ukraine
Languages
Urum language
Religion
Eastern Orthodoxy
Related ethnic groups
Crimean Greeks, Pontics, Caucasian Greeks
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