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Total population | |
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47,587 (2001 census),[1] est. 400,000[2] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Zakarpattia region and Odesa region | |
Languages | |
Russian, Ukrainian, Para-Romani | |
Religion | |
Eastern Orthodoxy, Islam |
The presence of Romani people in Ukraine (Ukrainian: Цигани в Україні, romanized: Tsyhany v Ukrayini) 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.
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