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The term '''Moldovan''' denotes an [[ethnic group]] that lives mainly in the [[Republic of Moldova]], where they comprise 76.1% of the population<ref>[http://www.statistica.md/recensamint/Rezultatele_prel_recens_ro.zip 2004 census results in Moldova]</ref>, and in [[Ukraine]], where they constitute a recognized [[ethnic minority]] of 0.53 % (7.28 % in [[Chernivtsi Oblast]] and 5.01 % in [[Odessa Oblast]])<ref>[http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/nationality_population/nationality_1/s5/?botton=cens_db&box=5.1W&k_t=00&p=60&rz=1_1&rz_b=2_1], [http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/nationality_population/nationality_1/s5/?botton=cens_db&box=5.1W&k_t=73&p=60&rz=1_1&rz_b=2_1], [http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/nationality_population/nationality_1/s5/?botton=cens_db&box=5.1W&k_t=51&p=60&rz=1_1&rz_b=2_1], [http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/estimate/] 2001 census results in Ukraine</ref>. The recognition of Moldovans as a separate ethnicity, distinct from [[Romanians]], is a relatively new and controversial subject. For example, in Romania, despite its proximity to Moldova, no Moldovan ethnicity has been reported in the 2002 census.<ref>[http://www.recensamant.ro/ 2002 census results in Romania]</ref> Line 19 ⟶ 6: Certain Moldovans, due to life under the Soviet Union and other factors, have pressed for recognition of an ethnic Moldovan identity, separate to that of Romania. Nevertheless, in the [[2004 Moldovan Census]], about 40% of the population of Moldova (55% of all Moldovans <ref>Critics of the the 2004 Moldovan Census (and of the Soviet ones) suggest that many who declared their ethnicity as ''Moldovan'' rather than ''Romanian'' may have done so due to a misunderstanding of the question asked, and/or due to social pressure or direct pressure from enumerators.</ref> and Romanians in Moldova) reported Romanian as a native tongue, rather than Moldovan. Some differences include denominational affiliation, as under the Soviet regime the Orthodox Church of Bessarabia was transferred from the [[Romanian Orthodox Church]] to the [[Russian Orthodox Church]]. However, immediately after [[Moldova]] broke off the USSR, the [[Romanian Orthodox Church]] reorganized the Moldovan Metropolitan Church under its authority, forming the autonomous [[Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia]] (Romanian/Moldovan: "Mitropolia Basarabiei"). Moldovans are now split between [[Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia]] and the [[Metropolitan Church of Chisinau and the Whole Moldova]] which depends on the Russian Patriarchate. ▲[[Image:Romania Graiuri.jpg|thumb|350px|Major varieties of Romanian language]] == References == <references/> | |||