Serhiy Dmytrovych Osachuk ( ua, Сергій Дмитрович Осачук; born 7 June 1972) is a Ukrainian historian and politician. The Governor of Chernivtsi Oblast from 2019 to 2022.

Biography

In 1994, he graduated from the

University of Chernivtsi Chernivtsi National University (full name Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, uk, Чернівецький національний університет імені Юрія Федьковича) is a public university in the City o ...

. Osachuk is a Candidate of Historical Sciences. He was a

senior researcher Research is " creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness ...

at the University of Chernivtsi. In

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

, Osachuk ran for the Chernivtsi City Council. Since 2013, he served as the Honorary Consul of Austria. He speaks fluently German.

Controversies

Osachuk was known for a series of controversial statements and measures, such as the denial of the

Fântâna Albă massacre The Fântâna Albă massacre took place on 1 April 1941 in Northern Bukovina when up to 3,000 civilians were killed when their attempt to forcefully cross the border from the Soviet Union to Romania, near the village of Fântâna Albă, now in ...

and the removal from the Central Square of Chernivtsi of the banner that reproduced the first documentary attestation of the city, issued by the Moldavian ruler Alexandru cel Bun. Due to this, the Romanian press labeled him as

anti-Romanian Anti-Romanian sentiment, also known as Romanophobia ( ro, antiromânism, ''românofobie'') is hostility, hatred towards, or prejudice against Romanians as an ethnic, linguistic, religious, or perceived ethnic group, and it can range from persona ...

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