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493:to the
471:Russian
457:History
451:Romania
421:104,890
414:130,114
407:540,990
381:54,401
374:137,774
367:186,394
360:380,796
324:Russian
282:369,896
276:168,678
270:201,218
244:Moldova
226:Moldova
178:Russian
118:to the
100:in the
42:.
1480:Russia
1436:Romani
1416:Greeks
1406:Gagauz
1291:Sweden
1281:Serbia
1266:Norway
1261:Greece
1251:France
1246:Cyprus
1219:Europe
1191:Israel
1181:Turkey
1108:Taiwan
1091:Harbin
1043:Mexico
1028:Canada
1023:Brazil
910:Latvia
882:Poland
675:
435:25,419
428:38,565
410:15.99%
403:75.17%
388:35,612
363:11.26%
356:76.51%
334:Gagauz
303:, and
301:Gagauz
285:9.39%
279:30.37%
249:census
242:% Core
239:census
1421:Poles
1286:Spain
1160:Nepal
1155:India
1118:Korea
1113:Japan
1081:China
1033:Chile
438:0.75%
431:1.14%
424:3.10%
417:3.85%
391:1.04%
384:1.61%
377:4.07%
370:5.51%
273:5.95%
257:Total
63:DeepL
1441:Jews
1331:and
1186:Iran
1067:Asia
862:USSR
736:OSCE
673:ISBN
645:1818
545:and
291:The
184:and
94:must
92:You
56:View
1383:in
224:in
65:or
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752:.
734:.
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667:,
647:,
486:.
453:.
299:,
260:%
228:.
180:,
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1197:)
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833:e
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547:Z
543:V
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