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Moldovans meaning
plural of Moldovan
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Proportions of other ethnicities naming Russian as a native language ranged from 17% of Bulgarians to 3% of Moldovans (Russian was more spoken by urban Moldovans than by rural Moldovans).
In other cases, the diaspora vote is more progressive: Moldova’s pro-European Union president, Maia Sandu, was elected in 2020 in part due to from Moldovans living abroad.
Tens of thousands of Moldovans rallied on Sunday to demand European Union for their country, whose bid to join the bloc has been accelerated by the war in neighbouring Ukraine.
According to recent polls, more than half of Moldovans favour joining the EU and plan to vote “yes” in the referendum.
For many Moldovans, the decision over whether to embrace EU integration is not just a political question but a deeply personal one that could shape their future for years to come.
On Thursday, Moldovan authorities foiled another plot in which more than 100 young Moldovans received training in Moscow from private military groups on how to create civil unrest around the two votes.
The two overseas polling stations were set up to allow Moldovans living in Russia to take part in the election and referendum.
Ukraine, according to many Moldovans, including Sandu, is fighting for Moldova’s independence, too.
By the late Soviet period, the urban intelligentsia and government officials were dominated mostly by ethnic Moldovans, while Russians and Ukrainians made up most of the technical and engineering specialists.
However, even after the country was officially converted, the crusades continued up until the Battle of Grunwald in 1410, when the Lithuanians and Poles, helped by the Tatars, Moldovans and the Czechs, defeated the Teutonic knights.
In the early 2000s, there was also a considerable growth of emigration of Moldovans looking for work (mostly illegally) in Italy, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Russia and other countries.
Unlike Moldovans, Russians tend to be urban dwellers in Moldova; more than 72% of them lived in the ten largest cities in 1989.