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Novoselytsia (, ; , ; ; ) is a city in Chernivtsi Raion,
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 ...
(
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) of
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. It stands at the northern tip of
Bessarabia Bessarabia () is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Bessarabia lies within modern-day Moldova, with the Budjak region covering the southern coa ...
region, on its border with
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 ...
. It hosts the administration of Novoselytsia urban hromada, one of the
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s of Ukraine. Population:


History

From 1775 to 1918,
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 ...
was an administrative division of the
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, and a province of
Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe#Before World War I, Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military ...
(Austrian half). After World War I, Bucovina became part of
Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
. In 1940, the northern half of Bucovina was annexed by the Soviet Union. From 1774 to 1877, Novoselytsia was at the
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between the
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(
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 ...
), the
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(
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, later
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), and the
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(
Bessarabia Governorate The Bessarabia Governorate was a province (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, with its administrative centre in Kishinev (Chișinău). It consisted of an area of and a population of 1,935,412 inhabitants. The Bessarabia Governorate bordered t ...
). The larger part of the settlement belonged to the Russian Empire and the smaller to the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. After the secondary customs office in Boiany was closed in 1866, Novoselytsia was the only border point between Russian Bessarabia and Austrian Bukovina. With the inauguration of the train connection between the Russian and the Austrian province in 1893, Novoselytsia was also the fourth train junction between the two Empires. Until 18 July 2020, Novoselytsia served as an administrative center of Novoselytsia Raion. 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 Novoselytsia Raion was split between Chernivtsi and
Dnistrovskyi Raion Dnistrovskyi 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. It is part of the historical region of Bessarabia. The center of the raion is t ...
s, with Novoselytsia being transferred to Chernivtsi Raion. Until at least 2020, in the town, there was a raion Romanian-language newspaper, Cuvantul Adevarului.


Population

The distribution of the population by native language in 2001 was Ukrainian 54.9%, Romanian 34.5%% (including 33.2% who called the language "Moldovan" and 1.3% who called it Romanian), and Russian 10.1%. In 2001, the population mostly identified itself as 54.37% ethnically Ukrainian, 35.82% as Moldovan, 1.63% as Romanian, and 6.84% as Russian. Among the urban localities of Ukraine, this city had the largest share of self-identified Moldovans. Unlike in the cities of Ukrainian southern Bessarabia except for Tatarbunary, where most Moldovans spoke Russian as their native language, most of the self-identified ethnic Moldovans and Romanians of Novoselytsia were Romanian-speaking in 2001. In 1989, the town had a mostly ethnically Ukrainian population which also included those with a Moldovan ethnic identity, who were 39.01% of the population, while those with a Romanian ethnic identity formed 1.53% of the population. Thus, the proportion of the population with a Moldovan ethnic identity decreased and that with a Romanian ethnic identity increased from 1989 to 2001. Novoselytsia is the city in Ukraine with the largest proportion of the population with a Moldovan ethnic identity in the country; there is no city with an absolute Moldovan ethnic majority in Ukraine. It is also the city with the second largest Romanian-language percentage of the population, after
Hertsa Hertsa or Hertza is a city located in Chernivtsi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast in western Ukraine and has a population of The city is located close to the border with Romania, southeast of Chernivtsi and north of Dorohoi. Until 2020, it was t ...
, and the city with the largest proportion of the population calling its language Moldovan. In 2001, in the Novoselytska urban community, out of 32,104 inhabitants, 17,697 were Romanian-speaking (55.12%), out of which 51.59% called their language "Moldovan" and 3.53% called it Romanian, while 41.55% were Ukrainian-speaking and 3.16% were Russian-speaking. In January 1989 the population was 8,384 people. In January 2013 the population was 7,774 people.


Notable people

* Volf Bergraser, French chess master * Nicolae Bosie-Codreanu, politician of the
Moldavian Democratic Republic The Moldavian Democratic Republic (MDR; , ), also known as the Moldavian Republic or Moldavian People's Republic, was a state proclaimed on by the ''Sfatul Țării'' (National Council) of Bessarabia, elected in October–November 1917 foll ...
* Ieremia Cecan, Romanian priest and far-right politician * Tetyana Filonyuk, Ukrainian athlete * Benjamin Charles Gruenberg, American biology educator and writer * Abba P. Lerner, American economist * Alexander Kozulin, German showman and pianist


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References

{{authority control Cities of district significance in Ukraine Populated places on the Prut Bukovina Khotinsky Uyezd Hotin County Ținutul Suceava Cities in Chernivtsi Oblast