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Revision as of 06:46, 25 December 2005 editNode ue (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users7,238 edits Remind me, when did anybody decide they were "Romanian"??← Previous edit Revision as of 07:50, 25 December 2005 edit undo201.30.82.130 (talk)No edit summaryNext edit →
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*''Moldovans'' a name for the ]-speaking people living in the area of the former principality of ''']''', now divided between ] and the ''']'''. *''Moldovans'' a name for the ]-speaking people living in the area of the former principality of ''']''', now divided between ] and the ''']'''.


*''Moldovans'', a ethnic group, living mainly in the ], where they comprise 76.1% of population. Moldovans are also a minority ethnicity in the Ukraine. The Moldovans of Romania and Moldovans of Moldova are considered by some pan-Romanianists to be the same ethnicity, ], and they allege that it was universally accepted until after the Soviet occupation of the Eastern half of Moldavia in the ], when the Soviet Union tried to severe all links of the Moldovans with Romania and encourage a separate identity, including a ] and separate history. *''Moldovans'', a ethnic group, living mainly in the ], where they comprise 76.1% of population. The Moldovans of Romania and Moldovans of Moldova were considered to be the same ethnicity (]) until after the Soviet occupation of the Eastern half of Moldavia in the ], when the Soviet Union tried to severe all links of the Moldovans with Romania and encourage a separate identity, including of a ''']'''.


*''Moldovans'' can also refer to ]n nationals, regardless of ethnicity. *''Moldovans'' can also refer to ]n nationals, regardless of ethnicity.

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Moldovan or Moldovans (also Moldavian or Moldavians) can refer to:

  • Moldovans, a ethnic group, living mainly in the Republic of Moldova, where they comprise 76.1% of population. The Moldovans of Romania and Moldovans of Moldova were considered to be the same ethnicity (Romanian) until after the Soviet occupation of the Eastern half of Moldavia in the 1940s, when the Soviet Union tried to severe all links of the Moldovans with Romania and encourage a separate identity, including of a Moldovan language.
  • Moldovans can also refer to Moldovan nationals, regardless of ethnicity.
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