[Cz-L] Fwd: IEU Features Chernivtsi and Northern Bukovyna (March 2010 newsletter)

> From: "Marko R. Stech" <m.stech_at_utoronto.ca>
> Date: March 18, 2010 3:14:15 PM GMT-04:00
> To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
> Subject: IEU Features Chernivtsi and Northern Bukovyna (March 2010 =20
> newsletter)
>
> INTERNET ENCYCLOPEDIA OF UKRAINE
> FEATURES:
>
> THE CITY OF CHERNIVTSI AND THE NORTHERN BUKOVYNA REGION
> (March 2010)
>
> Located in southwestern Ukraine, between the middle Dniester River =20
> and the
> main range of the Carpathian Mountains, Bukovyna is a transitional =20
> land
> between Ukraine and Romania. The name of this territory is derived =20
> from its
> great beech (buk) forests and dates back to the late 14th century =20
> when it
> designated the lands on the Moldavian-Polish border. =46rom a =
historical
> perspective it is a strategically important border area between =20
> Galicia and
> Moldavia. Bukovyna's transitional location influenced its history; it
> belonged to the Principality of Galicia-Volhynia, then to Moldavia. =20=

> Polish
> and Hungarian influences intersected here in the 14th and 15th =20
> centuries.
> Between 1774 and 1918 Bukovyna was under Habsburg rule within the =20
> Austrian
> Empire. In 1919-40 and 1941-4 all of Bukovyna belonged to Romania. =20
> It was
> only in 1940 that Bukovyna was divided, roughly along ethnic lines, =20=

> between
> Ukraine and Romania. Today Chernivtsi oblast or most of northern =20
> Bukovyna
> is located in Ukraine, while most of the Suceava region or southern
> Bukovyna belongs to Romania. The present political border does not =20
> exactly
> coincide with the ethnic border: Romania contains the southern part =20=

> of the
> Ukrainian ethnic peninsula with Seret and a string of mountain =20
> villages,
> while Ukraine contains the Romanian ethnic wedge that extends to
> Chernivtsi. Chernivtsi is Bukovyna's capital and the region's =20
> largest city...
>
> Learn more about the city of Chernivtsi and the historic Bukovyna =20
> region by
> visiting:
> http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/featuredentry.asp
> or by visiting:
> http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com
> and searching for such entries as:
>
>
> BUKOVYNA. In early times Bukovyna was inhabited by the Thracian =20
> tribes of
> the Getae and Dacians. In the 10th century the region became part of =20=

> the
> Kyivan Rus=92 state. When this state was divided at the end of the =
11th
> century, Bukovyna was eventually incorporated into the Principality of
> Galicia-Volhynia. With the Mongol invasion in 1241 Bukovyna fell under
> Tatar domination. When the Hungarian king Louis I defeated the =20
> Tatars in
> 1342, southern Bukovyna came under Hungarian rule. During this period
> Romanians from Transylvania and the Maramures region began to settle =20=

> in
> Bukovyna. Voevode Bogdan I, the founder of the Moldavian state, freed
> Bukovyna from Hungary. =46rom then to 1774 Bukovyna belonged to =20
> Moldavia and
> shared its fate. In 1774, taking advantage of the Russo-Turkish War,
> Austria annexed the part of northern Moldavia that included =20
> Chernivtsi,
> Seret, Radauti, and Suceava. The new administrative entity was given =20=

> the
> name of Bukovyna (first used in a document in 1412)...
>
>
> CHERNIVTSI. The historical capital and political, cultural, and =20
> religious
> center of Bukovyna. The city (2005 pop 243,500) lies on the border of
> Subcarpathia and on the boundary separating Ukrainian and Romanian =20
> ethnic
> territories. Situated on both banks of the Prut River, it covers the =20=

> valley
> and surrounding hills. Chernivtsi is a highway and railway junction =20=

> and has
> an airport. Human settlements at the site of Chernivtsi date back to =20=

> the
> Paleolithic Period. Relics of Trypilian culture and Bronze Age and =20
> Iron Age
> settlements have been discovered in the suburbs of the city. In the =20=

> period
> of Kyivan Rus=92 the area was inhabited by White Croatians and =20
> Tivertsians
> (9th=9611th century). The defensive fortifications of Chernivtsi were =20=

> erected
> on the left bank of the Prut River in the second half of the 12th =20
> century
> by Prince Yaroslav Osmomysl of the Halych principality. The fortress
> endured until the middle of the 13th century, when it was destroyed =20=

> by the
> Mongols. The new town was built on the high right bank of the Prut...
>
>
> CHERNIVTSI UNIVERSITY. The university was founded in 1875, =20
> succeeding the
> Chernivtsi Higher Theological School, which had existed since 1827. =20=

> Until
> 1918 it was known as Franz-Josefs Universitat, with German as the =20
> language
> of instruction and separate departments of Ukrainian and Romanian =20
> language
> and literature. =46rom 1919 to 1940 it was the Universitatea Regele =20=

> Carol i
> din Cernauti, with instruction in Romanian, and in 1940 it became the
> Chernivtsi State University, with instruction in Ukrainian. Public =20
> efforts
> to rename the university in honor of Yurii Fedkovych, led by the =20
> literary
> scholar Yevhen Kyryliuk, for many years did not gain the consent of =20=

> the
> Soviet authorities, but in 1989 Fedkovych finally became the =20
> university=92s
> patron. In 2000 the university was granted a national university =20
> status and
> its name was changed to Chernivtsi National University. Today it has =20=

> 16
> faculties and an enrollment of close to 16,000 students...
>
>
> STOROZHYNETS. A city (2001 pop 14,693) on the Seret (Siret) River =20
> and a
> raion center in Chernivtsi oblast in Bukovyna. The town was first =20
> mentioned
> in historical documents in 1448, when it was part of the Moldavian
> principality. In the 16th century it was under Turkish rule, and =20
> from 1774,
> under Austria. In 1854 the town was granted city status. By the end =20=

> of the
> 19th century it had developed into a small manufacturing and trading =20=

> center
> with a population of 7,000. In 1904 it became a county center. After =20=

> the
> First World War the city was occupied by Romania, and in 1940 it was
> annexed by the Ukrainian SSR. Today it has a lumber-manufacturing =20
> complex.
> It's forestry tekhnikum, located partly in the Orenstein family palace
> (1912), includes a large dendrological park...
>
>
> SERET (SIRET). A town (2002 pop 9,329) on the Seret (Siret) River in
> Bukovyna in Romania, just south of the Ukrainian-Romanian border. =20
> According
> to archeological evidence the site has been inhabited since the =20
> Neolithic
> Period. It is first mentioned in historical documents in 1334. In =20
> 1365-88
> it was the capital of Moldavia, and in 1370-1435, the seat of a =20
> Catholic
> diocese. Under Austrian rule (1774-1918) Seret was a county =20
> administrative
> center of Bukovyna crown land (1868-1918). At the beginning of the =20
> 20th
> century branches of the Ruska Besida in Bukovyna and the Ukrainska =20
> Shkola
> society were active in Seret. In 1910 Ukrainians accounted for 41.8 =20=

> percent
> of the population of Seret county. In 1918 all Bukovyna, including =20
> Seret,
> was occupied by Romania. In 1940 Seret county was divided between =20
> Romania
> and the Ukrainian SSR, and Seret, along with some 14 Ukrainian =20
> villages,
> remained in Romania...
>
>
> *******
> The preparation, editing, and display of the IEU entries featuring =20
> the city
> of Chernivtsi and the northern Bukovyna region were made possible by =20=

> the
> financial support of the CANADIAN FOUNDATION FOR UKRAINIAN STUDIES.
> *******
>
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