Chernivets'ka oblast'
The Chernivtsi region (Черніветська область, Chernivets’ka oblast’ in Ukrainian) lies in southwestern Ukraine, bordering on Romania and Moldova. It has a large variety of landforms: the Carpathian Mountains and picturesque hills at the foot of the mountains gradually change to abroad plain situated between the Dnister and Prut rivers.
The Chernivtsi region, known by its ethnographic name Bukovina, was created in June 1940 (after being taken from Romania by Soviet Union, as an outcome of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact). It has a population (as of 2003-01-01) of 918,000 (with an important Romanian minority) and spans 8,100 sq.km.
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