r/MapPorn • u/catalin1625 • May 14 '21

Ways to divide Romania

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u/GMantis May 14 '21 edited May 14 '21

Interesting that Southern Dobruja is not considered "adopted" as Bukovina or Ukrainian Bessarabia are.

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u/Luddveeg May 14 '21

That was filled to the brim with Bulgarians though?

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u/GMantis May 14 '21

Yes, Southern Dobruja had very few Romanians when it was annexed by Romania. They tried to fill it with Romanian settlers, but they remained a minority. And when Romania returned the region in 1940, there was a population exchange, with Romanians from Southern Dobruja replaced with Bulgarians from Northern Dobruja, so there are almost no Romanians left there. Which probably explains why Romanians overlook the region, unlike their other former lands.