To clarify, the opening of the Olympics just showed a video that was supposed to be an abridged history of Russia, it began with a camera zooming in on Greece, then showing a number of Greek looking ships landing on a coast line. I'm aware of Greek colonies in Turkey, but were there more to the North, maybe along the Black sea that helped form what we know as Russia?
I tried searching for it myself, however all I'm finding is political connections going back hundreds of years as opposed to the thousands shown in the clip.