Albanians in Ukraine

Albanians in Ukraine
Total population
3308 (2001) - ~5,000 (2008)
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Albanian (52.6%),Ukrainian (35.7%)
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.