Lipovans or
Lippovans (, , , ) are
Old Believers, mostly of
Russian ethnic origin, who settled in the
Moldavian Principality, and in the regions of
Dobruja and Eastern
Muntenia. According to the Romanian census of 2002, there are a total of 35,791 Lipovans in
Romania, of whom 21,623 live in Dobruja.