Bukovina, Romania
| County | Bucovina |
| Country | Romania |
Narrative
Bucovina (Bukowina) is an area located in the eastern Carpathian mountains.
Until 1769, the area was ruled by the Ottoman Turks when it was then taken over by Russia. In 1775, it formed a part of Galicia until 1849 when it became a separate province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until the end of WWI. It was a province of Romania from 1917 to 1944.
Before WWI, the area was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and became known as Bukovina when it was taken from the Turks in 1775.
The capital city is Chernovitz (Chiernovce, Czernowitz, Cernauti)
Both Galicia (which was part of Poland before Poland was partitioned in the late 18th century) and Bukovina were in the Austro-Hungarian empire and from 1786 to 1849, Bukovina was administered as part of the province of Galicia. In 1910, Bukowina had a total population of 801,364 with 12.86 percent Jewish.