20 Facts About Bukovina

Bukovina is a historical region, variously described as part of either Central or Eastern Europe .

Territory of what became known as Bukovina was, from 1774 to 1918, an administrative division of the Habsburg monarchy, the Austrian Empire, and Austria-Hungary.

In 1940, the northern half of Bukovina was annexed by the Soviet Union in violation of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, a non-aggression pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.

Name Bukovina came into official use in 1775 with the region's annexation from the Principality of Moldavia to the possessions of the Habsburg monarchy, which became the Austrian Empire in 1804, and Austria-Hungary in 1867.

In Romania, the term Northern Bukovina is sometimes synonymous with the entire Chernivtsi Oblast of Ukraine, while Southern Bukovina refers to the Suceava County of Romania .

Related searches

Territory of Bukovina had been part of Kyevan Rus since the 10th century.

Bukovina gradually became part of Kievan Rus from the 10th to the 11th century.

When Kievan Rus was partitioned at the end of the 11th century, Bukovina became part of the Principality of Galicia-Volhynia.

Bukovina was the reward the Habsburgs received for aiding the Russians in that war.

Bukovina was a closed military district, then the largest district, Bukovina District, of the Austrian constituent Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria .

On 4 March 1849, Bukovina became a separate Austrian Kronland 'crown land' under a Landesprasident and was declared the Herzogtum Bukowina .

Under Austrian rule, Bukovina remained ethnically mixed: Romanians were predominant in the south, Ukrainians in the north, with small numbers of Hungarian Szekelys, Slovak, and Polish peasants, and Germans, Poles and Jews in the towns.

In 1783, by an Imperial Decree of Joseph II, local Eastern Orthodox Eparchy of Bukovina was placed under spiritual jurisdiction of the Metropolitanate of Karlovci.

Bukovina died of the consequence of torture in 1851 in Romania.

The reasons stated were that, until its takeover by the Habsburg in 1775, Bukovina was the heart of the Principality of Moldavia, where the gropnitele domnesti are located, and dreptul de libera hotarare de sine .

Bukovina's autonomy was undone during Romanian occupation, the region being reduced to an ordinary Romanian province.

Axis invasion of Northern Bukovina was catastrophic for its Jewish population, as conquering Romanian soldiers immediately began massacring its Jewish residents.

Bukovina's remaining Jews were spared from certain death when it was retaken by Soviet forces in February 1944.

The territory of Romanian Bukovina is located in northeastern Romania and it is part of the Suceava County, whereas Ukrainian Bukovina is located in western Ukraine and it is part of the Chernivtsi Oblast.

The population of Bukovina increased steadily, primarily through immigration, which Austrian authorities encouraged in order to develop the economy.