RE: [Cz-L] Cemetery

At 17:28 +0100 2/3/09, alain katz wrote:
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>That being said, state of the cemetery as I saw it in 2007 is really
>shameful but do the Ukrainians really own the pre-WWII past of Cz ?
>After all, they were given this area for no good reason
>Cordialement
>Alain Katz

Hi Alain:

I'm not so well-versed in the history of this region, so please
correct me if I'm wrong. As I understood it, the city of Chernivtsi
is in an area that has been populated by numerous ethnic groups over
time. There was a strong Slavic presence (Ukrainian people?) when
this area was in the Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia, a principality of
Kievan Rus between the 12th and 14th centuries. Later, from the 14th
century and for nearly 400 years it was part of the Principality of
Moldavia (Romanian people?). So, maybe I misunderstand you why you
are saying they were given this area for "no good reason". Can you
explain?

Bruce Reisch
Geneva, NY

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