Talk:Demographics of Ukraine

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Russian-speaking Ukrainians are named "Russoukrainians".

No they are not. There is not such term (except for this page) --Compay 12:00, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What is the difference between Romanian minority and Moldovan minority ? They are separated in the statistics, why ?

They're in fact all Moldovan (Ukraine got some teritories that were part of medieval Moldova) and they're all Romanians (a separated ethnicity for Moldovans is absurd). Bogdan | Talk 17:11, 15 Jan 2004 (UTC)

It's like Ruthenes and Ukrainians, or any number of other such major+minor ethnic/national groups. If the country collecting the statistics records them as two entities, leave it be. If there's something to be explained (like, that you believe that the distinction is artificial), explain it on the relevant linked pages. --Shallot 14:16, 16 Jan 2004 (UTC)

The distinction may be in:

• self-identification of a person counted. By the rules of the latest Ukrainian census, if you claim yourself "Moldovan" you must be considered as so (some jokers named themselves "Elfs" or "Slavs" and it was stated in statistic reports);
• religion: people coming from Soviet Moldova usually do not belong to the traditional Romanian churches;
• just a matter of age, exact birthplace, political attitudes so forth. --AlexPU 18:39, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)

IIRC, on the last visit of the Romanian president to the Ukraine, he 'negotiated' with the Ukrainian side and the result was to put them both Romanian and Ukrainian in a single ethnic group. :-) Bogdan | Talk 12:31, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Romanians and Ukrainians placed, by politicians, into a single ethnic group just doesn't hold. Could it be that they were placed into one "nationality" group?