Shqiptarët në Rumani: Dallime mes rishikimesh

Most families are [[Albanian Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] and trace their origins to the area around [[Korçë]].<ref name="diverscontemp">{{ro icon}} [http://www.divers.ro/albanezi_perioada_contemporana_ro "Albanezii - Perioada contemporană"] at [http://www.divers.ro/ ''Divers'' online]; retrieved [[July 16]], [[2007]]</ref> Many other Romanian Albanians adhere to [[Islam]] &mdash; according to a 1999 article by Romanian scholar [[George Grigore]], various studies show that about 3,000 members of the [[Islam in Romania|Romanian Muslim community]] may in fact be Albanian.<ref name="grigoremuslimsinro">[[George Grigore]], [http://www.isim.nl/files/newsl_3.pdf "Muslims in Romania"], in International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM) Newsletter 3, July 1999, p.34; retrieved [[July 16]], [[2007]]</ref> That section of the Albanian community is traditionally integrated into the [[Turks of Romania|Turk]] or [[Tatars of Romania|Tatar]] groups, which makes its numbers hard to assess.<ref name="grigoremuslimsinro"/>

 

[[Image:Preziosi - Arnăut, 1866.jpg|thumb|left|180px|An Albanian in [[Wallachia]] (1866 watercolor by [[Amadeo Preziosi]])]]

An Albanian community inside the [[Danubian Principalities]] was first attested in [[Wallachia]] under [[List of rulers of Wallachia|Prince]] [[Michael the Brave]]: a report drafted by [[Habsburg Monarchy|Habsburg]] authorities in [[Transylvania]] specified that 15,000 Albanians had been allowed to cross north of the [[Danube]] in 1595; Călineşti (a village in present-day [[Floreşti, Prahova|Floreşti]], [[Prahova County]]) was one of their places of settlement, as evidenced in a document issued by Michael's rival and successor, [[Simion Movilă]], who confirmed their right to reside in the locality.<ref name="divers">{{ro icon}} [http://www.divers.ro/albanezi_istoric_ro "Albanezii - Scurt istoric"] at [http://www.divers.ro/ ''Divers'' online]; retrieved [[February 26]], [[2008]]</ref> The community's presence was first recorded in Bucharest around 1628.<ref>Giurescu, p.272</ref> In [[Moldavia]], an ethnic Albanian, [[Vasile Lupu]], became [[List of rulers of Moldavia|Prince]] in 1634.<ref name="divers"/>

The community was repressed under the [[Communist Romania|communist regime]], starting in 1953 (when the Albanian cultural association was closed down).<ref name="diverscontemp"/> Rights lost were regained after the [[Romanian Revolution of 1989]], but the number of people declaring themselves Albanian has decreased dramatically between 1920 and 2002.<ref name="diverscontemp"/><ref name="diversdemo"/> Traditionally, members of the community have been included among a special "among others" category in the censuses, but have first received a special seat in [[Parliament of Romania|Parliament]] after the [[Romanian legislative election, 2000|2000 elections]].<ref name="diversdemo"/>

 

*[[Kristaq Antoniu]]

*[[Aleksander Stavre Drenova]]

*[[Naum Veqilharxhi]]

 

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