Chernivtsi is a city in southwestern Ukraine on the upper course of the Prut River. Formerly the capital of the historic region of Bukovina, which is now divided between Romania and Ukraine, Chernivtsi serves as the administrative center for the Chernivtsi Raion, the Chernivtsi urban hromada, and the oblast itself. In 2022, the Chernivtsi population, by estimate, is 264,298, and the latest census in 2001 was 240,600.
Flag
Image: Chernivtsi University
Image: Architecture of Chernivtsi 4
Image: Німецький Народний Дім
The Prut is a 953 km (592 mi) long river in Eastern Europe. It is a left tributary of the Danube. Part of its course forms Romania's border with Moldova and Ukraine.
Prut River near Hoverla, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Alexandros Ypsilantis crosses the Pruth [in 1822] by Peter von Hess, Benaki Museum, Athens.
Skelia sphinx
Prut near Giurgiulești, Cahul District