Chernivtsi Oblast

Chernivtsi Oblast
Чернівецька область Chernivetska oblast Regiunea Cernăuți
Basic data
Oblast center :	Chernivtsi
Official languages :	Ukrainian
Residents :	908,500 (2014)
Population density :	112.2 inhabitants per km²
in cities :	40.8%
Area :	8,097 km²
KOATUU :	7300000000
License plate :	CE, IE
Administrative division
Rajons :	11
Cities :	11
managed by Oblast:	2
administered by Rajon:	9
Stadtrajone :	3
Urban-type settlements :	8th
Villages:	398
Contact
Address:	вул. Грушевського 1 58010 м. Чернівці
Website:	Official website
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Statistical information

The Chernivtsi Oblast ( Ukrainian Чернівецька область Tscherniwezka oblast , Russian Черновицкая область Tschernowizkaja oblast , Romanian Regiunea Cernăuţi , German also Oblast Chernivtsi ) is an administrative unit of Ukraine in the southwest of the country. It has around 909,000 inhabitants (2014), including 20% Romanians . The oblast comprises three historical landscapes: the northern part of the Bukovina , the Herza area and the north of Bessarabia (the city of Chotyn and its surroundings). The capital is Chernivtsi , other cities are Chotyn and Storoschynez . In the south, the oblast borders Romania and the Republic of Moldova . Important rivers are the Dniester and Prut . In some Rajons the proportion of the Romanian population is still very high: Herza (Herța) 93.8%, Novoselyzja (Noua Suliță) 64.3%, Hlyboka (Adâncata) 51.4% and Storoschynez (Storojineț) 37.1%. (Source: 2002 census)

In the north-west the oblast borders on the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast , in the north on the Oblasts Ternopil and Khmelnyzkyj, and for a short stretch in the east on the Vinnytsia Oblast . In the south, the oblast border forms the state border with Romania for long stretches , and with the Republic of Moldova on a shorter section in the southeast .

history

During the Middle Ages, the entire area belonged to the Principality of Moldova . In 1775 the Bukovina was annexed by Austria . Bessarabia was annexed to the Russian Empire in 1812 . The Herza area remained in the Principality of Moldova. After the First World War , the entire area belonged to Romania , which considered itself to be the successor state of the Moldovan principality. In 1940 Soviet troops occupy the region. In the following year Romania participated in the attack on the Soviet Union and came back into possession of the territory, but only until 1944.

Map with the Chernivtsi Oblast and its subdivisions of the Rajons from 1958

The oblast itself was founded after the Soviet annexation of northern Bukovina on August 7, 1940 and comprised northern Bukovina and the former Romanian district of Hotin ( Chotyn ), the final borders were then determined on November 4, 1940 by a ukase, the southeast being the one Part of the Hotin district ceded to the Moldovan SSR .

The three historical regions in Chernivtsi Oblast are outlined in color ( red : northern Bukovina , blue : the Herza region , green : northern Bessarabia )

Ethnic map of Chernivtsi Oblast

Administrative division

The Chernivtsi Oblast is administratively divided into 11 Rajons and 2 cities directly subordinate to the Oblast administration. These are the cities Novodnistrovsk and the eponymous administrative center of the oblast, the city of Chernivtsi (Ukrainian Chernivtsi ).

Chernivtsi Oblast Rajons and their administrative centers

Map showing the Rajons of the Oblast

Chernivtsi Oblast Rajons
German name	Ukrainian name	Administrative center
Chotyn district	Хотинський район Chotynskyj rajon	Chotyn (city)
Herza district	Герцаївський район Herzajiwskyj rajon	Herza (city)
Hlyboka district	Глибоцький район Hlybozkyj rajon	Hlyboka (urban-type settlement)
Kelmenzi district	Кельменецький район Kelmenetskyj rajon	Kelmenzi (urban-type settlement)
Kizman district	Кіцманський район Kizmanskyj rajon	Kizman (city)
Novoselytsia district	Новоселицький район Novoselyzkyj rajon	Novoselytsia (city)
Putyla district	Путильський район Putylskyj rajon	Putyla (urban-type settlement)
Sastavna district	Заставнівський район Zastavnivskyj rajon	Sastavna (city)
Sokyryany district	Сокирянський район Sokyrjanskyj rajon	Sokyrjany (city)
Storozhynets district	Сторожинецький район Storoschynezkyj rajon	Storoschynez (city)
Vyshnytsia district	Вижницький район Wyschnyzkyj rajon	Vyshnytsia (city)

Largest cities and settlements

city	Ukrainian name	Russian name	Romanian name	Resident January 1, 2006
Chernivtsi	Чернівці	Черновцы	Cernăuți	243,474
Storoschynez	Сторожинець	Сторожинец	Storojineț	14,517
Chotyn	Хотин	Хотин	Hotin	10,595
Novodnistrovsk	Новодністровськ	Новоднестровск	-	10,268
Sokyrjany	Сокиряни	Сокиряны	Secureni Târg	9,780
Krasnoyilsk	Красноїльськ	Красноильск	Crasna Ilschii	9,295
Hlyboka	Глибока	Глубокая	Adâncata	9.226
Sastavna	Заставна	Заставна	Zastavna	8,595
Novoselytsia	Новоселиця	Новоселица	Noua Suliță	8,270
Berehomet	Берегомет	Берегомет	Berhomete pe Siret	8,120
Kelmenzi	Кельменці	Кельменцы	Chelmenți	7,800
Kizman	Кіцмань	Кицмань	Cozmeni	7,345
Waschkiwzi	Вашківці	Вашковцы	Vășcăuți	5,737

Border crossing between Siret / Romania and Terebletsche / Ukraine on the E 85

Demographics

Number of inhabitants

year	1989	1990	1995	1998	2001	2005	2008	2012	2014
Residents	938,000	938,500	945,400	939,800	927,900	911.491	904.527	905.264	908,500

nationality	Residents	1989 (%)	2001 (%)	Change (%)
Ukrainians	689.100	70.8	75.0	+ 3.4%
Romanians	114,600	10.7	12.5	+ 14.2%
Moldovans	67,200	9.0	7.3	−20.5%
Russians	37,900	6.7	4.1	−39.9%
Poland	3,300	0.5	0.4	−28.4%
Belarusians	1,400	0.3	0.2	−48.2%
Jews	1,400	1.8	0.2	−91.2%

native language	2001 (%)
Ukrainian	75.6
Russian	5.3
Others ( Romanian etc.)	19.1

Web links

Commons : Chernivtsi Oblast  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Закон СССР от August 7, 1940 Об изменении и дополнении статей 13, 23 и 48 Конституции (Основного Закона) СССР
2. ↑ Указ Президиума ВС СССР от November 4, 1940 об установлении границы между УССР и Молдавской Совиской Совисей Совисей Совесей Совисей
3. ↑ The city was founded in 1973 and therefore has no Romanian name.
4. ↑ http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/
5. ↑ http://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/
6. ↑ http://2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/nationality/
7. ↑ http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/