Storojineț County was a county ( județ) of

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

, in Bukovina, with the capital city at Storojineț. The area was incorporated into the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

in 1940 (after the Soviet occupation of Northern Bukovina) and again in 1944 (after the

Soviet occupation of Romania The Soviet occupation of Romania refers to the period from 1944 to August 1958, during which the Soviet Union maintained a significant military presence in Romania. The fate of the territories held by Romania after 1918 that were incorporated int ...

), and has been part of

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

since 1991.

History

Following the

Union of Bukovina with Romania The union of Bukovina with Romania was declared in 28 November 1918, being officially recognized by the international community in 1919 and 1920. Timeline of events 1918 *22 October - Constantin Isopescu-Grecul, a Bukovinian Romanian deputy in the ...

decided by the General Congress of Bukovina on 15/28 November 1918, the Storojineț County was created on 18 December 1918 by the Decree No. 3715 for the administration of Bukovina. In 1925, according to the Law of Administrative Unification of 14 June 1925, the territory of the county was enlarged with the former Vășcăuți County and parts of

Vijnița County Vyzhnytsia (; ; german: link=no, Wischnitz; pl, Wyżnica; ro, Vijnița; ; ) is a town located in the historical region of Bukovina, on the Cheremosh River in Chernivtsi Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the Capital city, administrative center o ...

. In 1938, the county was abolished and incorporated into the newly formed

Ținutul Suceava Ținutul Suceava was one of the ten Romanian administrative regions (''ținuturi'') created on August 14, 1938, as a part of King Carol II's administrative reform. From August 14, 1938, to June 28, 1940, it included the whole of Bukovina, a count ...

, together with the counties of

Hotin Khotyn ( uk, Хотин, ; ro, Hotin, ; see other names) is a city in Dnistrovskyi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast of western Ukraine and is located south-west of Kamianets-Podilskyi. It hosts the administration of Khotyn urban hromada, one of the ...

Suceava Suceava () is the largest urban settlement and the seat town ( ro, oraș reședință de județ) of Suceava County, situated in the historical region of Bukovina, northeastern Romania, and at the crossroads of Central and Eastern Europe. Klaus Pet ...

Cernăuți Chernivtsi ( uk, Чернівці́}, ; ro, Cernăuți, ; see also other names) is a city in the historical region of Bukovina, which is now divided along the borders of Romania and Ukraine, including this city, which is situated on the up ...

Dorohoi Dorohoi () is a municipiu, city in Botoșani County, Romania, on the right bank of the river Jijia, which broadens into a lake on the north. History Dorohoi used to be a market for the timber and farm produce of the north Moldavian highlands; m ...

Rădăuți Rădăuți (; german: Radautz; hu, Radóc; pl, Radowce; uk, Радівці, ''Radivtsi''; yi, ראַדעװיץ ''Radevits''; tr, Radoviçe) is a town in Suceava County, north-eastern Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Buko ...

, and Câmpulung County, Câmpulung. In 1940, following the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact and the Soviet ultimatum on 26 June 1940, Bukovina, Northern Bukovina (including all of Storojineț County) was Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, occupied by the Soviet Union and incorporated into the Soviet Union, USSR (Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR). Storojineț County was re-established (as part of the Bukovina Governorate) after Northern Bukovina was recovered by Romania in July 1941, following the Operation Barbarossa, invasion of the Soviet Union. Nevertheless, in August 1944 Northern Bukovina was Soviet occupation of Romania, took over again by the Soviet Army and the borders as of 1 January 1941 were confirmed by the Paris Peace Treaties, 1947, 1947 Paris Peace Treaties.

Geography

Neighbours of the county were the Stanisławów Voivodeship of Second Polish Republic, Poland to the west, the counties of

to the north-east and

to the south.

Administration

The county consisted from 3 districts (''plasă, plăși''):Portretul României Interbelice - Județul Storojineț
/ref> #Plasa Ceremuș, headquartered at Vashkivtsi, Vășcăuți (Vășcăuți-pe-Ceremuș) #Plasa Flondoreni, headquartered at Storojineț #Plasa Răstoace, headquartered at Vyzhnytsia, Vijnița

Coat of arms

The Coat of Arms depicted three trees in the lower half and a deer in the upper half.

Demographics

Population

According to the Romanian census of 1930 the population of Storojineț County was 169,894, of which 45.5% were ethnic Ukrainians, 33.9% ethnic Romanians, 9.0% ethnic Jews, 5.3% ethnic Germans, 4.7% ethnic Poles, as well as other minorities.Recensământul general al populației României din 29 decemvrie 1930, Vol. II, pag. 430-433 Classified by religion: 78.1% were Eastern Orthodox, Orthodox Christian, 9.1% Judaism, Jewish, 9.1% Roman Catholic, 1.9% Greek Catholic, as well as other minorities.Recensământul general al populației României din 29 decemvrie 1930, Vol. II, pag. 736-737

Urban population

In 1930, the urban population consisted of the following: Storojineț with 8,695 inhabitants, Vashkivtsi, Vășcăuți with 6,336, and Vyzhnytsia, Vijnița with 3,799. In 1930 the urban population of Storojineț County was 18,830, which included 31.9% Jews, 31.2% Ukrainians, 20.2% Romanians, 10.7% Poles, 4.2% Germans and 1.5% Russians by ethnicity, as well as other minorities. This population was classified by religion: Classified by religion: 46.2% were Orthodox Christian, 31.9% Jewish, 14.9% Roman Catholic, 6.3% Greek Catholic. 1.2% Lutheran, as well as other minorities.

Gallery

File:Bucov.png, Demographic composition of Bukovina in 1930, with the 1940 border drawn in the centre File:GUVERNAMANTUL_BUCOVINEI.png, Governorate of Bukovina (1942)

References

External links

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Storojineț County on memoria.ro
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