Country Rumania Capital city (Reședință de județ) Storojineț | Historic region Bukovina Time zone EET (UTC+2) | |
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Established 18 December 1918 (Decree No. 3715 for the administration of Bukovina) Ceased to exist 1944 (Soviet occupation of Romania) | ||
Storojineț was a county (județ) of Romania, in Bukovina, with the capital city at Storojineț. The area was incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940 (after the Soviet occupation of Northern Bukovina) and again in 1944 (after the Soviet occupation of Romania), and has been part of Ukraine since 1991.
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History
Following the Union of Bukovina with Romania decided by the General Congress of Bukovina on 15/28 November 191, 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.
In 1938, the county was abolished and incorporated into the newly formed Ținutul Suceava, together with the counties of Hotin, Suceava, Cernăuți, Dorohoi, Rădăuți and Câmpulung.
In 1940, following the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact and the Soviet ultimatum on 26 June 1940, Northern Bukovina (including the whole Storojineț County) was occupied by the Soviet Union and incorporated into the USSR (Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukrainian SSR). Storojineț County was re-established (as part of the Governorate of Bukovina) after Northern Bukovina was recovered by Romania in July 1941, following the invasion of the Soviet Union. Nevertheless, in August 1944 the Northern Bukovina was took over again by the Soviet Army and the borders as of 1 January 1941 were confirmed by the 1947 Paris Peace Treaties.
Geography
Neighbours of the county were Stanisławów Voivodeship of Poland to the west, counties of Cernăuți to the north-east and Rădăuți to the south.
Administration
The county consisted from 3 districts (plăși): Ceremușului (with the seat at Vășcăuţi), Flondoreni (with the seat at Storojineț) and Răstoacelor (with the seat at Vijnița).
Coat of arms
The Coat of Arms depicted 3 trees in the lower half and a deer in the upper half.
Population
According to the Romanian census of 1930 the population of Storojineţ County was 169.894, of which 45.5% were ethnic Ukrainians, 33.9% ethnic Romanians, 9.0% Jews, 5.3% ethnic Germans and 4.7% Poles. Classified by religion: 78.1% were Orthodox Christian, 9.1% Jewish, 9.1% Roman Catholic, 1.9% Greek Catholic.
Urbanization
In 1930 the urban population of Storojineț County which included 31.9% Jews, 31.2% Ukrainians, 20.2% Romanians, 10.7% Poles, 4.2% Germans and 1.5% Russians by ethnicity. 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 and 1.2% Protestant.