Re: [Cz-L] Cernauti 600 medal

You are right, he was the ruler(at that time) - not the creator of Cz.
Hardy
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From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
To: "HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net>; <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 8:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Cernauti 600 medal

> Alexandru cel Bun, is not the founder of Cernauti/Czernowitz/Chernivtsi.
> Had he been, the city would not have had a name based on Slavic words,
> even
> in Romanian. He is merely the first to refer to the city in an official
> letter. Even the name Bucovina is not based on Romanian.
>
> Mimi
>
>

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