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Culture and National Minorities in Multiethnic Moldova

The history of the young European state of Moldova is closely connected with its geography, which is the root of its cultural and linguistic idiosyncrasies. The territory between the Nistru/Dnister and the Prut rivers has been the stage for historical interaction in the southern part of Europe for many years and a multitude of various nationalities, peoples, cultures, religions and ideologies have moved through this region. This part of Europe was under the influence of four major world empires—the Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman and Russian—for centuries yet managed to retain its identity. As a result, the ethnic features of the population have developed in a complex manner. Each ethnic group in Moldova, regardless of its size, has its own specific history, as well as a common "Moldovan" one. An ethno-cultural connection existed between the Eastern Romance and Slavic populations long before the creation of the Moldovan state in the mid-fourteenth century. Gagauzians and Bulgarians began to appear on this territory at a much later date. It should be mentioned that the Gagauzian minority is a quite unique ethnic group. Not having a center, this group has only recently lived as a compact group in Moldova. The Gagauzians are Orthodox Christians but linguistically belong to the Turkic family. Representatives of other nationalities (Jews, Poles, Germans, Gypsies etc.) migrated to this territory at various points in history. This movement of peoples had a major impact on the current ethnic composition of the Moldovan population.