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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Albanians_ukraine.PNG/300px-Albanians_ukraine.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Albanians_ukraine.PNG/400px-Albanians_ukraine.PNG 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="367" /></a><figcaption>Main Albanian settlements in Ukraine</figcaption></figure></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Total population</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">3308<sup id="cite_ref-Ukrainian_Census_2001._The_distribution_of_the_population_by_nationality_and_mother_tongue_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ukrainian_Census_2001._The_distribution_of_the_population_by_nationality_and_mother_tongue-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Census_(2001)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian Census (2001)">2001</a>) - ~5,000<sup id="cite_ref-forum_nations_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forum_nations-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2008)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Regions with significant populations</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Odesa_Oblast" title="Odesa Oblast">Odesa Oblast</a> (<a href="/wiki/Budjak" title="Budjak">Budjak</a>) 1,862 (<a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Census_(2001)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian Census (2001)">2001</a>) - ~3,000<sup id="cite_ref-forum_nations_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forum_nations-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_Oblast" title="Zaporizhzhia Oblast">Zaporizhzhia Oblast</a> 892 (<a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Census_(2001)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian Census (2001)">2001</a>) - ~2,000<sup id="cite_ref-forum_nations_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forum_nations-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donets_basin" class="mw-redirect" title="Donets basin">Donets basin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a> - several dozens (<a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Census_(2001)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian Census (2001)">2001</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Languages</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Albanian</a> (52.6%)<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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href="/wiki/Template:Albanians" title="Template:Albanians"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Albanians" title="Template talk:Albanians"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Albanians" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Albanians"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Albanians in Ukraine</b> (<a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_language" title="Ukrainian language">Ukrainian</a>: <span lang="uk">Албанці в Україні (арнаути)</span>; <a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Albanian</a>: Shqiptarët në Ukrainë) are an ethnic minority group located mainly in <a href="/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_Oblast" title="Zaporizhzhia Oblast">Zaporizhzhia Oblast</a> and <a href="/wiki/Budjak" title="Budjak">Budjak</a>. They descend from Albanian warriors who fought against the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> in the Russo-Turkish wars and were allowed to settle in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> in the 18th century.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albanians_in_Ukraine&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BERGK(1809)_p41_ARNAUTEN_IN_DER_KRIMM.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/BERGK%281809%29_p41_ARNAUTEN_IN_DER_KRIMM.jpg/250px-BERGK%281809%29_p41_ARNAUTEN_IN_DER_KRIMM.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="230" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/BERGK%281809%29_p41_ARNAUTEN_IN_DER_KRIMM.jpg/375px-BERGK%281809%29_p41_ARNAUTEN_IN_DER_KRIMM.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/BERGK%281809%29_p41_ARNAUTEN_IN_DER_KRIMM.jpg/500px-BERGK%281809%29_p41_ARNAUTEN_IN_DER_KRIMM.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1768" data-file-height="1630" /></a><figcaption><i>Arnauts in the Crimea</i> (1807)</figcaption></figure> <p>The historical community of Albanians in Ukraine call themselves <i>ga tantë</i> (from ours) and they speak a language <i>si neve</i> (like us).<sup id="cite_ref-ethnography_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ethnography-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their ancestors came to <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a> in the 18th and 19th centuries. Yet, they trace their ancestry to <a href="/wiki/Tosks" title="Tosks">Tosk Albanians</a> (southern dialect) who in the 16th century settled in eastern <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a> (<a href="/wiki/Despotate_of_Dobruja" title="Despotate of Dobruja">Despotate of Dobruja</a>) along with <a href="/wiki/Gagauz_people" title="Gagauz people">Gagauz people</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-forum_nations_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forum_nations-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The arrival of the Albanians was connected to the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Turkish_War_of_1768-1774" class="mw-redirect" title="Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774">Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774</a>. During this war some <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Orthodox">Orthodox Christian</a> Albanians revolted against the power of the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a>. After their rebellion initially failed many joined up with the Russian fleet which was on its <a href="/wiki/Aegean_Expedition" class="mw-redirect" title="Aegean Expedition">Aegean Expedition</a>. At the end of the war about 1,700 Albanian fighters and family members went to the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>. They settled primarily in the vicinity of <a href="/wiki/Kerch" title="Kerch">Kerch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yenikale" class="mw-redirect" title="Yenikale">Yenikale</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Some Albanian immigrants to the Russian Empire from <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a> settled primarily in the vicinity of <a href="/wiki/Odesa" title="Odesa">Odesa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Budjak" title="Budjak">Budzhak</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ethnography_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ethnography-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1811 Albanians established their own settlement of <a href="/wiki/Karakurt,_Ukraine" title="Karakurt, Ukraine">Karakurt</a> in <a href="/wiki/Budjak" title="Budjak">Budzhak</a> near the <a href="/wiki/Bolhrad" title="Bolhrad">Bolhrad</a> city.<sup id="cite_ref-forum_nations_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forum_nations-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ethnography_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ethnography-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the Albanians in Odesa there are two streets Great Arnaut Street and Little Arnaut Street.<sup id="cite_ref-ethnography_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ethnography-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to defeat of <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_War" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a>, many Albanians moved to the <a href="/wiki/East_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="East Ukraine">east Ukraine</a> in 1861 and resettled there.<sup id="cite_ref-ethnography_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ethnography-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was not until the 20th century that the Albanians of Ukraine realized that there are Albanians.<sup id="cite_ref-ethnography_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ethnography-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At some point of time in <a href="/wiki/Odesa" title="Odesa">Odesa</a> existed the Albanian cultural center "Rilindja" (Renaissance). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contemporary_History">Contemporary History</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albanians_in_Ukraine&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Contemporary History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1911, Albanian Orthodox priest and national awakening figure <a href="/wiki/Fan_S._Noli" class="mw-redirect" title="Fan S. Noli">Fan Noli</a> met there with members the community in Odesa, and held a mass in the local church. In 1979, Friar Arthur Liolini of the Albanian Orthodox Church of Boston held mass in the same church. Their most important religious feast is that of St. George, which is in veneration of <a href="/wiki/Skanderbeg" title="Skanderbeg">George Castriot</a>. </p><p>During the Stalinist regime in USSR, better off members of the community were deported to Siberia, none returned alive. In many cases, some of their population was shipped to different regions of the USSR in order to promote assimilation. Thus, the Albanian village communities in Ukraine is one of the poorer communities in the country. Their utensils and supplies speak of their backwardness in comparison to the rest of the country. However, their culture is not fully assimilated to the greater Ukrainian culture, many still claim to be Albanian, and buy and drink Albanian beers and raki. Use of Albanian is also less common than previously but still apparent, many continue to wear traditional costumes and keep to old traditions, such as the giving of homemade bread to guests.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Albanian_studies_in_the_Soviet_Union_and_Russia">Albanian studies in the Soviet Union and Russia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albanians_in_Ukraine&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Albanian studies in the Soviet Union and Russia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first who studied the Albanians in Ukraine since 1914 was a Soviet philologist (Slavic studies) and historian <a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD,_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" class="extiw" title="ru:Державин, Николай Севастьянович">Nikolai Derzhavin</a><sup id="cite_ref-forum_nations_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forum_nations-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who was born on the territory of modern <a href="/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_Oblast" title="Zaporizhzhia Oblast">Zaporizhzhia Oblast</a> (at the time <a href="/wiki/Taurida_Governorate" title="Taurida Governorate">Taurida Governorate</a>). In 1930, he published his monograph, "Albanians in the Ukraine", in Russian. After <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the major study on Albanians of the Southern Ukraine was conducted by the academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yulia Ivanova.<sup id="cite_ref-forum_nations_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forum_nations-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1957 with help of the academician <a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F,_%D0%90%D0%B3%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="ru:Десницкая, Агния Васильевна">Agnia Desnitskaya</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg_State_University" title="Saint Petersburg State University">Saint Petersburg State University</a> was opened the Department of Albanian language.<sup id="cite_ref-forum_nations_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forum_nations-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alas, in contemporary Ukraine Albanian studies are not being conducted.<sup id="cite_ref-forum_nations_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forum_nations-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography_and_demographics">Geography and demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albanians_in_Ukraine&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Geography and demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geography">Geography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albanians_in_Ukraine&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By the late 20th Century, only a few years before the fall of the <a href="/wiki/USSR" class="mw-redirect" title="USSR">USSR</a> the Albanians of Ukraine were mainly concentrated in <a href="/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_Oblast" title="Zaporizhzhia Oblast">Zaporizhzhia Oblast</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pryazovske_Raion" title="Pryazovske Raion">Pryazovske Raion</a>:<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <i>Geandran</i>, today <i>(Hamivka)</i>, <i>Taz</i> (today <i>Divnyns'ke</i>) and <i>Tuiushki</i> (today <i>Heorhiivk</i>a). There is also an Albanian village in <a href="/wiki/Budjak" title="Budjak">Budjak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bolhrad_Raion" title="Bolhrad Raion">Bolhrad Raion</a> of <a href="/wiki/Odesa_Oblast" title="Odesa Oblast">Odesa Oblast</a>: <a href="/wiki/Karakurt,_Ukraine" title="Karakurt, Ukraine">Karakurt</a> (<i>Karakurt</i> in <a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Albanian</a>, <i>Caracurt</i> in <a href="/wiki/Romanian_language" title="Romanian language">Romanian</a>, <span title="Ukrainian-language text"><span lang="uk">Каракурт</span></span> (<span style="padding-right:0.15em;"><i>Karakurt</i></span>) in <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_language" title="Ukrainian language">Ukrainian</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Demographics">Demographics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albanians_in_Ukraine&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1958 they numbered 5,258 in the entire <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>. Their number had fallen to 4,402 by 1970.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_Albanians">Notable Albanians</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albanians_in_Ukraine&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notable Albanians"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alemdar_Mustafa_Pasha" title="Alemdar Mustafa Pasha">Alemdar Mustafa Pasha</a>, Ottoman military commander and a Grand Vizier</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albanians_in_Ukraine&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The city of <a href="/wiki/Odesa" title="Odesa">Odesa</a> has two streets, <i>Great Arnaut Street</i> and <i>Little Arnaut Street</i>, <i>Arnaut</i> being an ethnonym for <i>Albanian</i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albanians_in_Ukraine&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output 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The distribution of the population by nationality and mother tongue</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-forum_nations-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-forum_nations_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-forum_nations_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-forum_nations_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-forum_nations_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-forum_nations_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-forum_nations_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-forum_nations_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-forum_nations_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-forum_nations_2-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Rybalko, O. <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.forumn.kiev.ua/2008-11-78/78-08.htm">Albanians of the Northern Azov Littoral - hidden people of open steppes</a>. 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