Chernivtsi

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Chernivtsi (Ukrainian: Чернівці, pronounced [tʃern⁽ʲ⁾iu̯ˈts⁽ʲ⁾i] ; Romanian: Cernăuți, pronounced [tʃernəˈutsʲ] ; see also other names) is a city in southwestern Ukraine on the upper course of the Prut River. Formerly the capital of the historic region of Bukovina, which is now divided between Romania and Ukraine, Chernivtsi serves as the administrative center for the Chernivtsi urban hromada, the Chernivtsi Raion, and the oblast itself. The Chernivtsi population is 264,298 (2022 estimate), and the latest census in 2001 was 240,600. The first document that refers to this city dates back to 1408, when Chernivtsi was a town in the region of Moldavia. Initially a defensive fortification, it became the center of Bukovina in 1488. In 1538, the Principality of Moldavia came under Polish suzerainty. Later it came under the rule of Ottoman Empire, formally remaining under Moldavian control until 1774, when Austria took control of Bukovina in the aftermath of the Russo-Turkish War. Until 1848 Chernivtsi...

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