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Chernivtsi was under the control of the Soviet Union from 1940 to 1941, after which Romania recovered the city, and then again from 1944 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union, after which it became part of independent Ukraine. Chernivtsi is viewed as one of Western Ukraine's main cultural centers.
Article History. Russian: Chernovtsy. Romanian: Cernăuți. German: Czernowitz. Formerly (until 1944): Chernovitsy. 1 of 2. Chernivtsi Square in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. 2 of 2. Chernivtsi, Ukraine. Chernivtsi, city, southwestern Ukraine, situated on the upper Prut River in the Carpathian foothills.
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May 14, 2009 · Place of Birth: Chernov’tsi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) Date of Birth: August 14, 1983. Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish. Mila Kunis is an American actress.
Milena Markovna Kunis was born into a Ukrainian Jewish family on August 14, 1983, [3] in Chernov'tsi, a city in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine). [4]
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Foundation of Chernivtsi
There were settlements on the territory of Chernivtsi already in the Neolithic period (about 7 thousand years ago). Slavic monuments of the 2nd-5th centuries were discovered in the vicinity of Chernivtsi. In the 12th century, the Galician prince Yaroslav Osmomysl presumably founded a fortified settlement on the left bank of the Prut River, on the territory of today’s Chernivtsi. This fortress with a trade and craft settlement was called Chern or Chorny town (literally “black town”), apparentl...
Chernivtsi is located in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, on the border between the Carpathians and the East European Plain, on the banks of the Prut River. The distance to Kyiv by road is about 530 km, to Lviv - 280 km. The City Day of Chernivtsi is celebrated on the first Saturday in October. The climate in this city is moderately conti...
Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans(1864-1882) - a unique architectural ensemble, which is the most picturesque landmark of Chernivtsi, an architectural monument of national importance resembling a medieval castle. The architectural ensemble was designed by the renowned Czech scientist and architect Josef Hlavka in the spirit of ecl...
Until 1937 it was called the Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic (; Ukrainska Sotsialistychna Radianska Respublika). The Ukrainian SSR ceased to exist on 24 August 1991, when the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR proclaimed the independent state of Ukraine.
Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis (Ukrainian: Мілена Марківна Куніс; born August 14, 1983 in Chernivtsi, [1] [2] [3] Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian-American actress and model of Jewish descent. [4] Kunis moved to Los Angeles in 1991. Her first acting role was in 1995.
