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Davydivka
Davydivka ( uk, Давидівка; ro, Davideni) is a village in Chernivtsi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Chernivtsi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, southwestern Ukraine. It belongs to Storozhynets urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Located in the Ukrainian part of the historic Bukovina region, the commune is situated on the Siret (river), Siret river at an altitude of . As of 2001, it had 3115 inhabitants. Historically part of the Principality of Moldavia, the area became part of the Habsburg monarchy in 1775. Since 1849, it was incorporated into the Storozhynets, Storoschinetz district of the Duchy of Bukovina, a crown land of the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary. After World War I, it became part of the newly established Storojineț County in the Kingdom of Romania. According to the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, Nazi–Soviet Pact of 1939, the region was annexed by the Soviet Union and incorporated into the Storozhynets Raion of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Schmidt
Joseph Schmidt (4 March 1904 – 16 November 1942) was an Austro-Hungarian and Romanian Jewish tenor and actor. Life and career Schmidt was born in Davideny (Ukrainian: '' Davydivka'') village in the Storozhynets district of the Bukovina province of Austria-Hungary, which became part of Romania after World War I and is now part of Ukraine. In addition to German, which was his first language, and Yiddish, he learned Hebrew and became fluent in Romanian, French and English. His first vocal training was as a boy alto in the Czernowitz Synagogue. His talents were quickly recognised and by 1924 he was featured in his first solo recital in Czernowitz singing traditional Jewish songs and arias by Verdi, Puccini, Rossini and Bizet. Soon he moved to Berlin and took piano and singing lessons from Professor Hermann Weißenborn at the Königliche Musikschule. He returned to Romania for his military service. In 1929, he went back to Berlin, where Cornelis Bronsgeest, a famous Dut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |