Yuri KOCHUBEY
The article deals with historical ties of the Ukrainians with Trabzon. Some episodes of the Medieval epoch are mentioned as well as events during World War I when the Russian army occupied Trabzon.The main attention is payed to the stay of three Ukrainian Orientalists – F. Schmit, F. Krymsky and M. Makarenko as members of a Commission created by the Russian Academy of Sciences for registranion and protection of cultural and historical monuments in Trabzon.
Key Words: Trabzon and Ukraine, Ukrainian Orientalists, Turkish-Ukrainian relations