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Чернівці
Chernivtsi (, ; , ;, , see also #Names, 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 Chernivtsi Oblast, oblast itself. The Chernivtsi population is and the latest Ukrainian Census (2001), 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, formerly as a defensive fortification, and became the center of Bukovina in 1488. In 1538, Chernivtsi was under the control of the Principality of Moldavia under Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Polish suzerainty, later under Ottoman Empire suzerainty, and the Moldavian control lasted for two centuries until 1774, when Archduchy of Austria, Austria took control of Bukovina in the aftermath of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Klichuk (politician)
Roman Vasylyovych Klichuk (; born 31 March 1972, Chernivtsi) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian politician, businessman, and the current List of mayors of Chernivtsi, Mayor of Chernivtsi. Early life Roman Klichuk was born on 31 October 1972 in Chernivtsi into a family of doctors. He graduated from the Bukovinian State Medical University and studied at the Kyiv-Mohyla Business School. Until 1997, he worked as a medic, then went into business. Business In 1998, he and his partners set up the Roma company, with Klichuk becoming its head. The company specialises in wholesale of alcohol and food products, and is one of the leaders in sales of alcoholic, beer and soft drinks and confectionery products in Chernivtsi Oblast, Chernivtsi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Khmelnytskyi, Ternopil Oblast, Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk regions. Roma company is one of the largest taxpayers in Chernivtsi Oblast. He is the founder of Taistra Group LLC — a chain of grocery shops with geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chernivtsi University
The Chernivtsi National University (named after Yuriy Fedkovych, full official title Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, ) is a public university in the city of Chernivtsi in Western Ukraine. One of the leading Ukrainian institutions for higher education, it was founded in 1875 as the Franz-Josephs-Universität Czernowitz when Chernivtsi (Czernowitz) was the capital of the Duchy of Bukovina, a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary. Today the university is based at the Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans building complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2011. History In 1775, the Austrian Habsburg monarchy had obtained the territory of Bukovina, which from 1786 was governed as the Chernivtsi district within the Galicia. Under the rule of Emperor Joseph II, the sparsely populated territory was settled by German colonists, mainly from Swabia. Together with the Austrian administration they formed a separate population group and by the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chernivtsi Regional Art Museum
Chernivtsi Regional Art Museum (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Чернівецький обласний художній музей) is an art museum located in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. The museum was founded in 1988 and maintains a collection of over 12 thousands exhibits, with a particular focus on the art of the historic region of Bukovina, Bukovyna. The museum is located in a former bank building, an Art Nouveau architectural monument of national significance. History The Chernivtsi Art Museum was created in 1988 from the art department of the Chernivtsi Museum of Local Lore. The collection, dating from the decades following Museum's foundation in 1863, formed the basis of the collection of the newly created institution. The new art museum opened in 1988 in then inactive Holy Spirit Cathedral. In 1990, after the reopening of the Holy Spirit Cathedral, the exhibits of the Art Museum were stored in the building of the former hotel of the Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
