Lipovans
The Lipovans or Lippovans (Russian: Липовáне; Romanian: Lipoveni; Ukrainian: Липовани; Bulgarian: Липованци) are ethnic Russian Old Believers living in Romania, Ukraine, Moldova and Bulgaria who settled in the Principality of Moldavia, in the east of the Principality of Wallachia (Muntenia), and in the regions of Dobruja and Budjak during the 17th and 18th centuries. According to the 2011 Romanian census, there are a total of 23,487 Lipovans in Romania, mostly living in Northern Dobruja, in the Tulcea County but also in the Constanța County, and in the cities of Iași, Brăila and Bucharest. In Bulgaria, they inhabit two villages: Kazashko and Tataritsa.
Flag of the Lipovans | |
Lipovans during a ceremony in front of the Lipovan church in the Romanian village of Slava Cercheză in 2004 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Romania | 23,487 |
| Bulgaria | 700–800 |
| Languages | |
| Russian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian | |
| Religion | |
| Old Believers (Eastern Orthodox Christianity) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Russians | |
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