Kheriana, or Khaeriani (Gr: Χερροίανα, Tr: Şiran) was the name of an area within the region known as Chaldia. Kheriana was also part of an area which the Byzantines called Little Armenia. Author and educator Savvas Ioannidis (1829-1910) of Bursa visited the region in the middle of the 19th century and observed that there were many Greek villages of which some belonged to the Diocese of Chaldia and others to the Diocese of Neocaesarea. He said that many of the Greeks were Turcophone Greeks. At one stage there were 72 Greek villages in Kheriana however the majority of the Greeks were forced to immigrate to Russia as a result of pressure by local Muslims in waves during 1829, 1856 and 1878. Before the exchange, however (1923), there were approximately 24 Greek villages.
A list of the Greek settlements of KHERIANA (today Şiran).
Τμήμα Γάρατζας – Section Garatza
Γάρατζα - Garatza
Γοτσούκιοϊ - Gotsoukioy
Γκιουνμπατούρ - Gkiounbatour
Ζύμωνα - Zimona
Κάλορα (Λευκόπετρα) – Kalora (Lefkopetra)
Μαυρολίθ’ – Mavrolith’
Ουλούσεϊραν - Oulouseyran
Παπούτς - Papouts
Παρουτσή - Paroutsi
Πελέν (απάν) – Pelen (apan/upper)
Πελέν (αφκά) – Pelen (afka/lower)
Πιντσάντων - Pintsanton
Σαλούτ - Salout
Σιαμική - Siamiki
Ταρσός (απάν) – Tarsos (apan/upper)
Ταρσός (αφκά) – Tarsos (afka/lower)
Τσαγούλ - Tsagoul
Τμήμα Κελκίτ – Section Kelkit
Κελκίτ - Kelkit
Ζαγκάρ - Zagkar
Καράκαγια - Karakayia
Κοτύλια - Kotilia
Μωροκώμ - Morokom
Σιών - Sion
Χαϊκια - Haikia
This list of the Greek villages of Pontus (or villages where Greeks resided) was compiled by the Center of Asia Minor Studies (Κέντρο Μικρασιατικών Σπουδών) which is based in Greece. The list may exclude some villages which weren't known at the time the study was completed. Source: The History of Pontian Hellenism, Christos Samouilidis, Thessaloniki 1992.
Map below is just a guide and is hosted by an external source.