page_title: Gagauz people
section_title: Gagauz in Ukraine
hierarchical_section_title: Gagauz people / Gagauz in Ukraine
caption_attribution_description: English: Ethnic Division of Budjak with yellow representing Ukrainians, red for Russians, purple for Bulgarians, brown for Gagauz, and green and the dark dots indicating Moldovan populated villages, according to the Ukrainian census.
context_page_description: The Gagauzes are a Turkic people living mostly in southern Moldova and southwestern Ukraine. Most Gagauzes are Eastern Orthodox Christians.
context_section_description: Since 1991, the Gagauz nation became a transborder nation located in Budjak and divided between Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. In Ukraine, Gagauz people mainly live near the Bessarabian Bulgarians community around the city of Bolhrad. According to the Ukrainian Census, Gagauz population in Ukraine accounted for 31,923 people with 27,617 (86.5%) of them living in Odessa Oblast (Budjak area).
  Dmytrivka
  Oleksandrivka
  Kotlovyna
  Vynohradivka
  Stari Troyany
caption: The Ukrainian Budjak area ethnic map
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