What the records say
- When
- 1940
- Kind
- Expulsion or deportation
- Coordinates
- 43.84° N, 27.54° E
- Description
- 1940 population exchange
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Population exchange between Bulgaria and Romania
1940 population exchange
In 1940, after the transfer of Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria by Romania, the countries carried out a population exchange. It involved 103,711 Romanians, Aromanians and Megleno-Romanians living in Southern Dobruja and 62,278 Bulgarians from Northern Dobruja. After this operation, the application of a population exchange in other cases such as Transylvania was considered.
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- Wikidata: expulsions and deportationsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Обмен населением между Болгарией и Румынией”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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