Tarashany (; or ) 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 ...
,
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 ...
,
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
. It hosts the administration of
Tarashany rural hromada
Tarashany (; or ) is a village in Chernivtsi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Tarashany rural hromada, one of the hromada
In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Admini ...
, 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.
Until 18 July 2020, Tarashany belonged to
Hlyboka Raion
Hlyboka Raion (, ) is a former administrative district of Chernivtsi Oblast located in the historical regions of Bukovina and Hertsa, in western Ukraine. The administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Hlyboka. There were 37 village ...
. 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 Hlyboka Raion was merged into Chernivtsi Raion.
According to the 2001 census, the majority of the population of Tarășeni was Ukrainian-speaking (91.89%, or 907 people), with Romanian (6.99%, or 69 people, including 3.65% who called the language Romanian, or 36 people, or and 3.34% who called it "Moldovan", or 33 people) and Russian (1.11%, or 11 people) speakers in the minority. In 1989, out of 914 inhabitants, 58 (6.35%) were Moldovans, 66 (7.22%) were Romanians, and a large majority were Ukrainians.
According to the 2001 census, the majority of the population of Privoroky (see the link to the Romanian language article on the village at https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevoroche,_Ad%C3%A2ncata), a village in the commune with 1,284 inhabitants, was Romanian-speaking (90.19%, or 1,158 people, including 78.27% who called the language "Moldovan", or 1,005 people, and 11.92% who called it Romanian, or 153 people), with the rest speaking Ukrainian (8.49%, or 109 people) and Russian (1.32%, or 17 people). In 1989, out of 1,054 inhabitants, 945 (89.66%) were Moldovans, and 46 were Romanians (4.36%) were Romanians, 52 (4.93%) were Ukrainians, and 10 (0.09%) were Russians. While there was some switch from a Moldovan ethnic and linguistic identity to a Romanian one, the locality is not listed among those villages where there was a massive switch in that direction.
[Ion Popescu and Constantin Ungureanu, ''Romanii din Ucraina - intre trecut si viitor'', vol. 1 (''Romanii din Regiunea Cernauti''), Cernauti, 2005, p. 257.]
Natives
*
Ioan Volcinschi Ioan Volcinschi (May 5, 1846–May 27, 1910) was an ethnic Romanian physician and politician in the Duchy of Bukovina, within Austria-Hungary.
Born in Tărășeni, north of Siret, he attended high school in Cernăuți. In 1871, he graduated fr ...
(1846–1910), ethnic Romanian physician and politician in the Duchy of Bukovina
References
Villages in Chernivtsi Raion
{{Chernivtsi-geo-stub