26 Facts About Chernivtsi

Chernivtsi is viewed as one of Western Ukraine's main cultural centers.

Chernivtsi is twinned with seven other cities around the world.

Archaeological evidence discovered in the area surrounding Chernivtsi indicates that a population inhabited it since the Neolithic era.

Chernivtsi invited many merchants, craftsmen and entrepreneurs to help develop trade and other businesses.

Chernivtsi would become the capital of the Romanian Bukovina Governorate.

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Until 18 July 2020, Chernivtsi was designated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to any raion.

The symbol is a medallion with the inscription engraved on it: "From Chernivtsi community to freely elected head", on the reverse – "The foundation of a free state is a free community".

Chernivtsi is located in the historic region of Bukovina, which is currently shared between Romania and Ukraine .

Chernivtsi is located at the intersection of the transport arteries: E85, H03, and H10.

Main water source of Chernivtsi is the Prut River in its upper reaches, which divides the city in half.

Chernivtsi is considered to be a "green city": the large territory is occupied by parks, squares, gardens, alleys and flower gardens.

Chernivtsi is located in the center of Chernivtsi Regional Park, which borders zakaznik "Thetzino" in the west and Mount Berda in the north.

In 2008, Chernivtsi established an Environmental Monitoring System, an information structure that integrates environmental monitoring organizations and industrial enterprises that pollute the environment or which may adversely affect the environment or its components.

Chernivtsi is the administrative center of the Chernivtsi Oblast and the city itself has own government within the oblast under direct subordination to oblast.

Current mayor of Chernivtsi is Roman Klichuk, who has been elected in 2020 Ukrainian local elections.

Nowadays, the Romanian minority in Chernivtsi is still decreasing as a result of cultural assimilation and emigration to Romania.

Chernivtsi was inhabited by Ukrainians, Romanians, Poles, Ruthenians, Jews, Roma, and Germans.

Chernivtsi City Shopping Complex, "Kalinivskiy Rynok" Municipal Enterprise is a modern multidisciplinary enterprise with powerful infrastructure.

Since 1997 Chernivtsi has hosted an international art event under "Days of European Culture Heritage" project.

Chernivtsi is a known scientific and educational center in Western Ukraine.

Chernivtsi has a large number of sports establishments and facilities, including five stadiums, 186 sports grounds, two tennis courts, eleven football fields, five skating rinks, 21 shooting galleries, three swimming pools, 69 gyms, 62 gyms with special training equipment, and an international motorcycle racing track.

Three athletes from Chernivtsi were prize-winners in various world tournaments, two were winners of European and 42 of national championships in 2002.

Chernivtsi has been host to the Sidecross World Championship a number of times, most recently in June 2010.

In 2018, Chernivtsi has begun testing its innovative hybrid trolleybuses.

The new trolleybuses are designed to improve the public transport system of Chernivtsi by making it more energy-efficient, as well as covering the part of the town which currently has no trolleybus lines.

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Chernivtsi has access to the M19 highway, which is part of the European route E85, which links it to Bucharest and Ternopil and Lutsk .