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| '''Moldovans''' are |
'''Moldovans''' are an ethnic group cognate to ], living mainly in the ], where it comprises 76.1% of population according to ] census. | ||
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According to some, Moldovans are same as Romanians, the Moldovan ethnic group is none other but the Romanian ethnic group of the Republic of Moldova. However, despite the same origin and culture, which they share with Romanians, the modern Moldovan national identity is based on the identification with the country of Moldova, and its separate political history. | ||
| Moldovans can also be used to refer to any person born in Moldova, including Russian and Ukrainian Moldovans born in Moldovan. | |||
| After the forceful anexation of Moldova from ] by ]'s ] in ], there has been a significant attempt by ] authorities to try to create a sepparate identity for the Romanian natives of Moldova, in order to justify the annexation itself. This effort has been largely continued even after Moldovan independence and especially after 2001 when the communist party of Moldova took power. | |||
| Despite all this, it is questionable if the 65 year old effort which at times included mass deportations and killings of Romanians, actually succeeded. In the 2004 census, only 33% of the country declared "Moldovan" their national language while the rest of the Romanian population claimed to speak Romanian. | |||
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| Moldovans represent people of Moldova, either part of Romania or the Republic of Moldova. So in a more logical way to explain the meaning of the word Moldovan is to see a geographical or regional community of the people. Nowadays you can denominate a Russian Moldovan given the fact that he or she being a Russian but born in Moldova. | |||
| Relation Moldovan vs Romanian could be easely translated into relation Vlach(Timok Serbia)/Romanian, which ultimately refers to the same nation with different names in different regions. | |||
Revision as of 06:16, 13 September 2005
Moldovans are an ethnic group cognate to Romanians, living mainly in the Republic of Moldova, where it comprises 76.1% of population according to 2004 census.
According to some, Moldovans are same as Romanians, the Moldovan ethnic group is none other but the Romanian ethnic group of the Republic of Moldova. However, despite the same origin and culture, which they share with Romanians, the modern Moldovan national identity is based on the identification with the country of Moldova, and its separate political history.
Moldovans can also be used to refer to any person born in Moldova, including Russian and Ukrainian Moldovans born in Moldovan.