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The Gagauz are a Greek Orthodox group believed to be descended from the Oghuz tribes. The Gagauz are today found mainly in Moldova, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan (173,000 in 1979); Bulgaria (12,000 estimated in 1982); Greece (Perhaps as many as 30,000); and Romania.
See Gagauz in Volume 6 .
Svanberg, Ingvar (1984). "The Turkish-Speaking Ethnic Groups in Europe." Europa Ethnica 5:65-73.
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