Romani people in Ukraine

Romani people in Ukraine
Total population
47,587 (2001 census),[1] est. 400,000[2]
Regions with significant populations
Zakarpattia region and Odesa region
Languages
Ukrainian, Para-Romani
Religion
Eastern Orthodoxy, Islam

The presence of a Romani minority in Ukraine was first documented in the early 15th century.[3] The Romani maintained their social organizations and folkways, shunning non-Romani contacts, education and values, often as a reaction to anti-Romani attitudes and persecution. They adopted the language and faith of the dominant society, being Orthodox in most of Ukraine, Catholic in Western Ukraine and Zakarpattia Oblast, and Muslim in Crimea.

  1. ^ "The distribution of the population by nationality and mother tongue UKRAINE". Archived from the original on 14 September 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2007.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference minelres.lv was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Volodymyr Kubijovyc (1988). Encyclopedia of Ukraine: Volume II: G-K.

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