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| Page Views: 5,115 Last Visit to Chernivtsi: September, 2007 | "Little Vienna" between Russia and Turkey by lotharlerch - last update: Sep 7, 2007 |
Chernivtsy is an underrated place in underrated Ukraine. It is a fascinating mix of all the different cultures meeting here. Although it is a rather young town it shows a rich cultural heritage. Bukovina, the region today divided between Ukraine and Romania, of which Chernivtsy is the capital, was brought up from a forgotten corner of the decaying Turkish empire by the colonization activities of the Habsburg empire. In the center it often reminds of a sorts Vienna in a nutshell. The dominant architecture in the center is - as in Vienna - from the late 19th century.
Although the both dominating groups from that time - the Jews and the Germans (who were culturally to a big extent one and the same) remain here only as small but still culturally active groups. Today's Chernivtsy is still multiethnic (Ukrainians, Romanians, Russians, Sinti and Roma, some Polish and the aready mentioned small sometimes still German speaking community (partly Jewish, partly Catholic)).
See also my travelogue on my Ukraine page! |
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| Pros: | "To find such a city at this exotic location" | | Cons: | "still decaying and deteriorating" | | In A Nutshell: | "Vienna in a nutshell" |
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HORSCHECK Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:10 UTC
Lothar, excellent and informative page about this Ukrainian gem. I will probably visit Chernivtsi nbext month and your fabulous page gave me a very good insight on what to expect. | om_212 Wed Jan 2, 2008 18:32 UTC
great updates on Chernivtsi. look forward to seeing this Bukovyna capital, this time very soon :) | globetrott Sat Sep 8, 2007 17:46 UTC
It is really interesting to see these great buildings built by Viennese K&K-architects there !! | nepalgoods Sun Sep 2, 2007 05:01 UTC
Thislovely page reminds me, that I would love to see Ukrain. Well, maybe next yera... Thanks for sharing. |
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