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  Bukovyna
The climate of Bukovyna is temperate continental, modified by the elevation.
The Greek Catholic deanery of Chernivtsi was subordinated to the Lviv archeparchy from 1811 and from 1885 to the
Bukovyna in response to an ultimatum from the USSR, and
www.encyclopediaofukraine.com /pages/B/U/Bukovyna.htm   (2589 words)

  
 Bukovyna   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Bukovyna, published in 1885–1918; the unofficial organ of the Bukovynian
Bukovyna was published in Chernivtsi and in Vienna (1915–17), originally twice a month until 1892; then weekly until 1895, four times a week in 1895–6, then daily until 1898, and three times a week from 1898 to 1910.
Bukovyna and contained valuable materials on the history of the territory.
www.encyclopediaofukraine.com /pages/B/U/BukovynaIT.htm   (163 words)

  
 Ukraine Info | Travel | Places   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Chernivtsi region is situated in the northwest of Ukraine on the foothills of the Carpathians along the Dniester and Prut rivers.
Bukovyna Small Business Center established through support rendered by the government of the Canadian province of Saskachevan, offers educational programs for the youth and businesspeople, provides legal advisory services and office services.
The Bukovyna is famous for its artistic crafts such as carpet weaving, embroidery, and wood carving.
www.ukraineinfo.us /travel/chernivtsi   (2795 words)

  
 Regions of Ukraine - Union for promotion of green tourism development in Ukraine
Green Bukovyna is one of the most beautiful places of Ukraine.
Besides the healing property of highlands, Bukovyna is famous for original Hutsul, Bukovyn and Moldavian culture.
Bukovyna proposes to tourists the acquaintance with folk trades, like pottery, embroidery, fretwork and so on.
www.greentour.com.ua /en/regions/&r=1&o=21   (289 words)

  
 OLD CHERNOVTSY
The northern part of Bukovyna, which comprises the territory of the present region, was part of Kyivan Rus'-Ukraine in the 10th - 12th centuries.
During the Russo-Turkish war of 1768-74, Bukovyna became part of Austria, under whose control it remained until 1918.
During the years of foreign occupation, which were particularly harsh under Soviet rule with its policy of total Russification, the Ukrainian population was able to preserve its language, customs, and traditions.
www.geocities.com /zaprudol/Bukovina.html   (316 words)

  
 Isidore Goresky
Isidore Goresky was born in the village of Barbiwtsi, county of Vashkiwtsi, province of Bukovyna, Austria, on November 25, 1902.
Basil changed his name to Goresky because he was a journeyman flsmith who had to travel to obtain work and the change in name indicated that he was at least distantly related to gentry which might make it easier to obtain some position.
Isidore Goresky was born in 1902 in the Province of Bukovyna which was then in Austria.
www.smokylake.com /history/schools/igoresky.htm   (3647 words)

  
 Yuriy Adalbertovych Fedkovych   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Yuriy Fedkovych was born in the village of Storonets-Putyliv in Bukovyna region (today Putyla is a district center of Chernivtsi region) in the family of a manager of landlord's estates, Polish gentleman Adalbert Hordynskyi de Fedkovych and Anna, widow of a priest Dashkevych by name.
In 1869-1872 worked as a school inspector of Vyzhnytsa district, Bukovyna region, in 1872-1873 - he was an editor of popular books in the "Prosvita" society in Lviv.
From 1885 till the beginning of January 1888 he was the editor of the first Bukovyna region Ukrainian newspaper "Bukovyna".
www2.chnu.cv.ua /eng/yufed.htm   (463 words)

  
 Turning the pages back... March 21, 1868 (03/21/99)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Baron Mykola Vasylko, born on March 21, 1868, in Chernivtsi, the regional capital of Bukovyna, into a local aristocratic family, was among the most dynamic figures to emerge on the political and diplomatic scene at the turn of the century, but had the misfortune of doing so on a losing side.
According to historian Paul R. Magocsi, Bukovyna ws held up as a model for other provinces in the Hapsburg empire in its attempts to resolve nationality conflicts.
In part through his influence, in 1911 Bukovyna was politically reorganized to allow for representation by profession and ethnic origin.
www.ukrweekly.com /Archive/1999/129914.shtml   (478 words)

  
 UATOUR.COM -> Tours to Chernivtsi, Ukraine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Chernovtsy) is a capital of ancient Carpathian land Bukovyna.
Bukovyna, on the eastern slopes of the Carpathian mountains, was once the heart of the Romanian Principality of Moldavia, with the city of Suceava being made its capital in 1388.
It's said that the city was built as a fort at the southern border of the Halych-Volyn region on the left bank of the Prut river and was called Chern or "a fl town." The name comes from the dark colour of the fortress walls that were made of oak.
www.uatour.com /user_pages/chernivtsi.shtml   (387 words)

  
 Welcome to Ukraine
She is a holder of the honorary title People’s Artiste of Ukraine, and if there were such a title as the People’s Artiste of Bukovyna (Ms Mykolaychuk hails from the Land of Bukovyna), she should have been awarded this title.
She, as a member of the Trio Zoloti klyuchi (Golden Keys; the other two members of the trio are Valentyna Kovalska and Nina Matviyenko) travelled to many countries of the world with concerts which were warmly received.
The dramatic history of Bukovyna, its traditions and rituals, life of its people in all of its controversies are reflected in folk songs sung by Ms Mykolaychuk.
www.wumag.kiev.ua /index2.php?param=pgs20054/86   (361 words)

  
 Fauna of Bukovina
Fauna of Bukovyna rank among my favorite series of provisional stamps.
Bukovyna is a historical region in Western Ukraine; its name means "Land of Beech Trees." In Lobko's Catalog, the fauna series is named Chernivtsi 7, after Chernivtsi, the capital of the oblast or province.
The first six stamp in the series were issued in November 1993, and the last three were issued in January 1994.
myweb.wvnet.edu /~roman/provisional_stamps/bukovina_fauna.html   (81 words)

  
 Yaroshynska Biography
Born into the family of a village teacher, she was unable to receive a higher education, as her father believed that his first responsibility was to secure the future of his two sons.
At that time, the Ukrainian province of Bukovyna was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, and German was imposed on the local Ukrainian population as the official language.
Just when Yevheniya was beginning her literary career in German literature, the first Ukrainian-language newspaper was established in Bukovyna under the editorship of Yuriy Fedkovych, one of the leading Bukovynian writers of the day.
www.languagelanterns.com /yaroshyn.htm   (803 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Bukovina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The name has a Slavic origin and is derived from the word for beech tree; the German equivalent, das Buchenland, mostly used in poetry, means, literally, "beech land", or, more poetically, "land of beech trees".
Its pronounced and written similarly in several European languages, Romanian: Bucovina; Ukrainian: Буковина, Bukovyna; German: das Buchenland' or die Bukowina, etc.
The standard German name, die Bukowina, which was the official German-language name for the province under Austrian rule, is derived from the Slavic original, via the Polish form of the name which is exactly the same.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Bukovina   (1033 words)

  
 Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In 1902, in the town of Kitsman, he established a branch of the Sich society, an organization which challenged clerical leadership and promoted self-reliance among Ukrainian peasants and agrarian labourers.
Although his efforts to give the branch a socialist stamp were rejected, Koreichuk continued as an organizer for the society until 1906, when he helped form the Bukovynian section of the Ukrainian Social Democratic party.
He subsequently visited villages in northern Bukovyna, organized agrarian labourers, spoke at mass meetings, and ran unsuccessfully as a USDP candidate for the Bukovynian Diet in 1911.
www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=41616   (1073 words)

  
 BUCOVINA,BUCHENLAND, BUKOWINA, BUKOVYNA
Bukovina: From 1775 to 1918, the easternmost crown land of the Austrian Empire; now divided between Romania and Ukraine.
As a multi-ethnic province, its name has several spellings: Bukowina or Buchenland in German, Bukowina in Polish, Bucovina in Romanian, and Bukovyna in Ukrainian, all of which mean Land of Beech Trees.
Bukovina, on the eastern slopes of the Carpathian mountains, was once the heart of the Romanian Principality of Moldavia, with the city of Suceava being made its capital in 1388.
members.tripod.com /Gindrich/Bukovina.htm   (943 words)

  
 Bukovyna (Ukraine) and Slanskie province (Poland) sign protocol on further cooperation / News / NRCU   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Bukovyna (Ukraine) and Slanskie province (Poland) sign protocol on further cooperation / News / NRCU
We shall inform you about the most important events in political, social and economic life of Ukraine frankly and detail.
The document was signed at the meeting between delegations of Bukovyna and Slanskie province.
www.nrcu.gov.ua /index.php?id=148&listid=25742   (186 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Under the project, we provide support to constitutional rights of emigrants and defence of voter’s rights, as a component of the overall support.
As almost 20 000 of 950 000 Bukovyna residents found their jobs overseas (Italy, Portugal, Span, or other countries), it raises a series of questions related to the election process.
Bukovyna Partner Agency believes that building the environment enabling Ukrainians to vote overseas is critical.
www.civicua.org /conference/en_results_dop_07.html   (401 words)

  
 Government portal :: Regional and City State Administrations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
in the result of the reunion of Northern part of Bukovyna and Khotyns’k district of Bessarabia.
Chernivets’ka oblast’, known as “Bukovyna”, is situated on the southern east of Ukraine.
Various memorials of culture such as zarubynets’ka (the I century B.C. – II century B.C.), chernyakhivs’ka (II-V century B.C.) found in 150 places prove that the northern Bukovyna is a Slavonic land.
www.kmu.gov.ua /control/en/publish/printable_article?art_id=116742   (543 words)

  
 Faces and colors of Ukraine | My Retreat
It is often referred to as 'the beech land' as its name stems from the Ukrainian 'buk' which means beech as in beech tree.
Throughout many centuries the population of Bukovyna fought for social and national independence against Hungary, Austria, Romania, and Russia.
The land of Bukovyna, where Olga lived, worked and died is a delightful world of nature with thick forests and rippling waterfalls.
www.myretreat.net /creative/past/ukraine.php   (228 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of Ukraine
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To search for particular names or entries, use the TITLE SEARCH box in the top right corner to locate entries such as "Kyivan Rus'," "Cossacks," "Carpathian Mountains," "Central Rada," "Archipenko, Alexander," "Bukovyna," "Khmelnytsky, Bohdan," "Ukrainians," and many others (type any part of a name or entry you are searching for).
Alternatively, select one or several letters of the alphabet in the Index Search to view all available entries starting with the given letter or combination of letters.
www.encyclopediaofukraine.com   (361 words)

  
 bpa
Intensive industrialization of Bukovyna after its entry to the USSR has become to gradually relieve the problem of unemployment.
Actually, Bukovyna was a diminutive analogue of the US Silicon Valley with the extremely high professional and educational level of the Complex workmen.
In this situation Chernivtsi and Bukovyna are left tete-a-tete with their problems and the region is awaiting great social calamity if their own model of economic development are not found.
www.fortunecity.com /lavender/goodfellas/375/bpa.htm   (2396 words)

  
 Western Ukraine, C.M.T. issues, Scott #N3
This committee organized a massive public rally in Chernivtsi on 3 November to demand that Bukovyna be attached to Ukraine, and on 6 November it took power in the Ukrainian part of Bukovyna, including Chernivtsi.
On 11 November the Rumanian army occupied Chernivtsi and all Bukovyna in spite of resistance from the Ukrainians.
The General Congress of Bukovyna, which was hastily summoned by the Rumanians, declared the unification of Bukovyna with Rumania on 28 November.
www.firstissues.org /forum/index.php?topic=15.0   (1222 words)

  
 My Land   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The land surveying institutions are already working with the documents of these citizens.
At the same time, more than 27 thousand of Bukovyna citizens (18%) would not get land titles because they are residing abroad or they do not have the identification code.
More problems appear during the allocation of land plots in kind, because during that process people are trying to take into account the historical origin of each owner, as the majority of Bukovyna villagers still remember the places where their family land plots were situated before the collectivization.
www.myland.org.ua /eng/17/4508   (316 words)

  
 P-20 St. Elijah Romanian Orthodox Church - Province of Manitoba | General Page
Built in l908 by Romanian pioneers from Bukovyna, then a province of the Austrian Empire, St. Elijah replaced a sod and log structure dating from l903.
Alexie Slusarchuk, a farmer, designed the church which was built on farmland donated by Elie Burla.
The form of St. Elijah — a simple rectangular shape distinguished by rounded ends — is derived from traditional church designs common in Bukovyna and Romania.
www.gov.mb.ca /chc/hrb/prov/p020.html   (143 words)

  
 Welcome to Ukraine
She was also good at embroidery, weaving and wickerwork, but it was her singing that went deep into my soul.
It was a wild Bukovyna party… Ivan became a full-fledged movie actor, and I was on tour with concerts a lot of time.
I copied out from Ivasyuk’s notebook 64 Bukovyna folk songs, which had been collected either by him or by someone else.
www.wumag.kiev.ua /index2.php?param=pgs20053/42   (2125 words)

  
 POTPOURRI/213   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
On November 1st, Ukrainian forces occupied L’viv, which triggered war with the Poles, who wanted Galicia to be part of the newly created Polish Republic.
Polish forces succeeded in capturing L’viv on November 21st, and the Romanian army occupied Bukovyna in Ukraine's southwest.
Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
www.ukraine-observer.com /articles/213/763   (646 words)

  
 Bukovina also known as Bukovyna Ukrainian or Bucovina in Romanian...
Bukovina also known as Bukovyna Ukrainian or Bucovina in Romanian...
"Bukovina" also known as Bukovyna (Ukrainian) (or Bucovina, in Romanian Romanian) on the slopes of the Carpathian mountains, is a teritory now split between Romania Romania and Ukraine Ukraine.
Most of the historical Bukovyna is now included in the counties of Suceava Suceava and Botosani Botosani, in north-eastern Romania Romania.
www.biodatabase.de /Bukovina   (448 words)

  
 FOCUS ON PHILATELY: The Hutsul Battalion (06/03/01)
This new legion was formed into two battalions reflecting the two main ethnic groups of Bukovyna province: a Romanian one and a Ukrainian one.
The first reference to a Bukovyna Legion is an army order dated May 1, 1915, that shows two volunteer battalions (Hutsul and Romanian) as part of the Infantry Brigade Obstlt.
Mention is made that a battalion composed of volunteers from Bukovyna fought on the side of the Ukrainian Galician Army (Ukrainska Halytska Armia) - the military formation of the Western Ukrainian National Republic - which functioned from November 1918 to June 1919.
www.ukrweekly.com /Archive/2001/220124.shtml   (968 words)

  
 Bukovyna info here at en.allcoolsites.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Transcarpathian Workshop zhenia bahri is the current artistic director of the volya ukrainian dance ensemble in edmonton,and former professional dancer with the bukovyna state song and dance ensemble of ukraine.
Bukovina (Ukrainian: Буковина, Bukovyna; Romanian: Bucovina; German and Polish: Bukowina; see also other languages) is a historical region on the northern slopes of the northeastern Carpathian Mountains and the adjoining plains.
It is currently split between Romania and Ukraine.
en.allcoolsites.info /Bukovyna   (2599 words)

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