Bessarabian Bulgarians

Bessarabian Bulgarians
Bulgarians at a wine festival in Bolhrad, November 2019
Regions with significant populations
 Ukraine: 204,600[1]
 Moldova: 88,400[1]
Languages
Bulgarian
Ukrainian
Russian
Religion
Predominantly Eastern Orthodox Christianity
(Bulgarian Orthodox Church)

The Bessarabian Bulgarians (Bulgarian: бесарабски българи, romanizedbesarabski bǎlgari; Romanian: bulgari basarabeni; Ukrainian: бесарабські болгари, romanizedbessarabski bolháry) are a Bulgarian minority group of the historical region of Bessarabia, inhabiting parts of present-day Ukraine (Budjak region of the Odesa Oblast) and Moldova.

  1. ^ a b Raymond Detrez (2006). Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria. The Scarecrow Press. p. 49-50. ISBN 978-0-8108-4901-3.