Romani people in Ukraine

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Roma in Ukraine

Цигани в Україні (Ukrainian)
Total population
47,587 (2001 census),[1] est. 400,000[2]
Regions with significant populations
Zakarpattia region and Odesa region
Languages
Russian, Ukrainian, Para-Romani
Religion
Eastern Orthodoxy, Islam
Related ethnic groups
Romani people in Poland, Romani people in Belarus, Romani people in Russia, Romani people in Moldova

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The presence of Romani people in Ukraine, locally referred to as the Цигани/Cyhany (IPA: [ˈt͡sɪɦɐnɘ]), was first documented in the early 15th century.^[3] The Romani maintained their social organizations and folkways, shunning non-Romani contacts, education and values, often as a reaction to anti-Romani attitudes and persecution. They adopted the language and faith of the dominant society, being Orthodox in most of Ukraine, Catholic in Western Ukraine and Zakarpattia Oblast, and Muslim in Crimea.