Georgians in Ukraine
Appearance
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Total population | |
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34,199 (2001 census)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Donetsk Oblast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | |
Languages | |
Georgian, Ukrainian and Russian | |
Religion | |
Eastern Orthodox | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Georgians |
Ethnic Georgians in Ukraine number around 34,199.
Notable Georgians that lived/worked in Ukraine includes famous poet Davit Guramishvili, Mikheil Saakashvili, who was the governor of the Odesa Oblast from May 2015 until November 2016, and Georgiy Gongadze, a journalist and film director who was kidnapped and murdered in September 2000 near Kyiv.