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The Chernivtsi region (Черніветська область, Chernivets’ka oblast’ in Ukrainian) lies in southwestern Ukraine, bordering on Romania and Moldova. It has a large variety of landforms: the Carpathian Mountains and picturesque hills at the foot of the mountains gradually change to abroad plain situated between the Dnister and Prut rivers.

The Chernivtsi region, known by its ethnographic name Bukovina, was created in June 1940 (after being taken from Romania by Soviet Union, as an outcome of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact). It has a population (as of 2004- 05-01 ) of 913,275 (with an important RomanianThe Romanians are the majority inhabitants of Romania and of Moldova (also called "moldovans"), while other groups of inhabitants lived or still live in Romania. In English they are usually called Romanians, except in some historical texts, where they are minority) and spans 8,100 km².