Albanians in Ukraine

Albanians in Ukraine
	Main Albanian settlements in Ukraine
Total population
	3308 (2001) - ~5,000 (2008)
Regions with significant populations
	Odesa Oblast (Budjak) 1,862 (2001) - ~3,000; Zaporizhzhia Oblast 892 (2001) - ~2,000; Donets basin and Kyiv - several dozens (2001);
Languages
	Albanian (52.6%)[citation needed],Russian (35.7%) [citation needed]
Religion
	Orthodox Christian and Catholic Christian

The Albanians in Ukraine (Ukrainian: Албанці в Україні (арнаути); Albanian: Shqiptarët në Ukrainë) are an ethnic minority group located mainly in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and Budjak. They descend from Albanian warriors who fought against the Ottoman Empire in the Russo-Turkish wars and were allowed to settle in the Russian Empire in the 18th century.^{[citation needed]}

^ Ukrainian Census 2001. The distribution of the population by nationality and mother tongue
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Total population
Main Albanian settlements in Ukraine
3308^[1] (2001) - ~5,000^[2] (2008)
Regions with significant populations
Odesa Oblast (Budjak) 1,862 (2001) - ~3,000^[2] Zaporizhzhia Oblast 892 (2001) - ~2,000^[2] Donets basin and Kyiv - several dozens (2001)
Languages
Albanian (52.6%)^{[citation needed]},Russian (35.7%) ^{[citation needed]}
Religion
Orthodox Christian and Catholic Christian