Demographics
MASSR had a mixed Ukrainian (46%) and Moldovan (32%) population, which was estimated at 545,500. Its area was 8,677 km² and included 11 raions on the left bank of Dniester.
According to the 1926 Soviet census, the Republic had a population of 572,339, of which:
Ethnic group |
census 1926 | 1936 | ||
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Number | % | Number | % | |
Ukrainians | 277,515 | 48.5% | 265,193 | 45.5% |
Moldovans | 172,419 | 30.1% | 184,046 | 31.6% |
Russians | 48,868 | 8.5% | 56,592 | 9.7% |
Jews | 48,564 | 8.5% | 45,620 | 7.8% |
Germans | 10,739 | 1.9% | 12,711 | 2.2% |
Bulgarians | 6,026 | 1.1% | ||
Poles | 4,853 | 0.8% | ||
Roma (Gypsies) | 918 | 0.2% | ||
Romanians | 137 | 0.0% | ||
Other | 2,300 | 0.4% | 13,526 | 2.4% |
Total | 572,339 | 582,138 |
Despite this extensive territory allotted to the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, about 85,000 Moldovans remained in Ukraine outside the territory of MASSR.
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