Gagauz

...In terms of population composition, during the Ottoman period, the majority of settlers were Turks and Tatars, but in the 18th century, there were also Ukrainians, Cossacks, Lipoven (a Russian sect of the Greek Orthodox Church who formed their own village organizations and mainly engaged in fishing) and Germans who had migrated from Russia. On the other hand, from the second half of the 18th century, Bulgarians and Turks (some of whom were Christians called Gagauz) who had fled Ottoman oppression also settled in the region. From the end of the 18th century, Dobruja became a disputed area of ​​the so-called Eastern Question, and was often a battlefield in the Russo-Turkish War, and each time this happened, the population moved, and the complex ethnic composition became one of the characteristics of the region. ...

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…住民構成についてはオスマン支配期にトルコ人，タタール人の入植が目だったが，18世紀にはロシアから移住したウクライナ人，コサック，リポベンLipoveni人(ギリシア正教の異端派のロシア人で独自の村組織をつくり，おもに漁業に従事してきた)やドイツ人もいた。他方18世紀後半からはオスマンの圧政を逃れたブルガリア人，トルコ人(その中にはガガウズGagauz人とよばれるキリスト教徒もいる)もこの地方に定着した。18世紀末からドブロジャはいわゆる東方問題の係争地となり，しばしば露土戦争の戦場となったが，そのたびに住民の移動が行われ，複雑な民族構成が地域的特色の一つとなった。…

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