Korkotás is a village situated in the Chaldia region of Pontus. Prior to the exchange, the village had a population of 60 families. According to George Kandilaptis, the first resident of the village was timariot Ioánnis Kourkoúas during Comnenian rule. Kourkoúas also built the first church there, Saint John Chrysostomos.
The village later accepted many residents from the village Zermoútha who were fleeing from Islamization during 1828-1830. The village was located in a very barren region and for that reason its residents were able to immigrate to Russia. The village had a primary school and a church, the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Kímisis tis Theotókou). There were also many chapels, the greatest of which was Michael the Archistratigós and also Saint John whose feast day was on August 29 each year when a large festival would take place. Close to this second chapel existed a spring from which metallic waters flowed from.
Source: The Encyclopaedia of Pontian Hellenism