Information on the ethnic Romanian minority [UKR11671]

There are approximately 135,000 Romanians in Ukraine, and 325,000 Moldovans (East European Reporter July-August 1992, 21) who are essentially Romanian (RFE/RL 1 May 1992, 39). According to Viktor Kozlov, about 143,000 Moldovans live in the Odessa region in southern Ukraine (1988, 88). The Encyclopaedia Britannica indicates that the regions of Bukovina and Bessarabia, portions of which now belong to Ukraine and Moldova, once belonged to Romania and were populated by Romanians and Ukrainians (1989, 166, 615). Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty indicates that these regions have been a matter of historical dispute between Ukraine, Romania and Moldova, and are still a controversial subject between these states (1 May 1992, 39-45).

Information specific to the problems experienced by Romanians in Ukraine is not currently available. However, please find attached articles from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on relations between Ukraine, Romania and Moldova which may be of interest to you.

References


East European Reporter. July-August 1992. Mykola Ryabchuk. "Two Ukraines?"

Kozlov, Viktor. 1988. The Peoples of the Soviet Union. Translated by Pauline M. Tiffen. London: Hutchinson Education.

The New Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1989. Micropaedia. 15th ed. Vol. 3. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). 1 May 1992. RFE/RL Research Report [Munich]. Vol. 1, No. 18. Bohdan Nahaylo. "Ukraine and Moldova: The View from Kiev."

Attachments

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). 15 May 1992. RFE/RL Research Report [Munich]. Vol. 1, No. 20. Bohdan Nahaylo. "Moldovan Conflict Creates new Dilemmas for Ukraine,"

p. 1-8.

_____. 1 May 1992. RFE/RL Research Report [Munich]. Vol. 1, No. 18. Bohdan Nahaylo. "Ukraine and Moldova: The View from Kiev."

_____. 1 May 1992. RFE/RL Research Report [Munich]. Vol. 1, No. 18. Dan Ionescu. "Romanian Concern over the Conflict in Moldova."