Mamaivtsi () is a village in

Chernivtsi Raion Chernivtsi Raion () is a raion (district) of Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. It was created on 18 July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. Most of its territory is located in the historical region of Bukovina, while the ...

in the southern part of

Chernivtsi Oblast Chernivtsi Oblast (), also referred to as Chernivechchyna (), is an oblast (province) in western Ukraine, consisting of the northern parts of the historical regions of Bukovina and Bessarabia. It has an international border with Romania and Moldo ...

in western

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. It hosts the administration of Mamaivtsi rural hromada, one of the

hromada In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Government of Uk ...

s of Ukraine. The population in 2017 was 5,818. The postal code is 59343. The telephone code is 3736. It covers an area of . Mamaivtsi is 12.6 kilometers (7.8 miles) from the capital of

Bukovina Bukovina or ; ; ; ; , ; see also other languages. is a historical region at the crossroads of Central and Eastern Europe. It is located on the northern slopes of the central Eastern Carpathians and the adjoining plains, today divided betwe ...

Chernivtsi 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, Chernivt ...

History

The village was first mentioned in 1580. Originally, Mamaivtsi had been part of the

historical region in the

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. In January 1775, following the military conflict between Turkey and Russia (1768-1774), the

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(currently

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) received part of the territory of

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, known as

. Since 1775, Mamaivtsi, as part of the

Duchy of Bukovina The Duchy of Bukovina (; ; ) was a constituent land of the Austrian Empire from 1849 and a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary from 1867 until 1918. Name The name ''Bukovina'' came into official use in 1775 with the region's annexation ...

, was ruled by the Austrians, part of the

district (German

Czernowitz Chernivtsi (, ; , ;, , 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 serv ...

). Until 18 July 2020, Mamaivtsi belonged to

Kitsman Raion Kitsman Raion () was an administrative raion (district) in the northern part of Chernivtsi Oblast, in the historical region of Bukovina, in western Ukraine. The administrative center was the city of Kitsman. The raion had an area of . The raion wa ...

. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernivtsi Oblast to three. The area of Kitsman Raion was split between Chernivtsi Raion and

Vyzhnytsia Raion Vyzhnytsia Raion () is an administrative raion (district) in the southern part of Chernivtsi Oblast, located in the historical region of Bukovina, in western Ukraine, on the Romanian border. The region has an area of and centers on the city of Vy ...

, with Mamaivtsi being transferred to Chernivtsi Raion.

Notable people

Dmytro Hnatyuk Dmytro Mykhailovych Hnatyuk (28 March 192529 April 2016) was a Soviet and Ukrainian baritone opera singer and a former member of the Ukrainian Parliament. Biography Dmytro Hnatyuk was born on 28 March 1925 in the village of Mămăești, Sipe ...

(1925–2016) – opera singer and politician * Zirka Menzatyuk (1954) – children's book author and journalist

Notes

{{Chernivtsi-geo-stub Villages in Chernivtsi Raion Populated places on the Prut