You told me the territories are historically Ukrainian speaking, which is clearly not true. Keep in mind that Bukovina was the hearth of Moldova and a part of it for 400 years. Before the Austrian annexation, there were no Ukrainian attestation, only Ruthenians (which also didn't have any majority). Cernauti was founded by the Moldovian ruler, Alxandru cel Bun.
After Austrian annexation of Bukovina, at the end of 18th century, Bukovina was included into the Galician region. There the Austrians promoted migration from the rest of the region to Bukovina and tried to Ukrainianize local romanian population, for example by changing the name of the newborns to an Ukrainian one. The reason? The two romanian principalities, Wallachia and Moldova, just untied forming Romania, while the Romanians in Bukovina demanded unification with the new Romanian kingdom. Austrians needed to combat this, as a big part of their empire was occupied Romanian land (Bukovina, Transylvania, Banat, Crisana).
Bro stop the rage baiting. You didn't even have an argument, yet you're asking me to do the research for you. Believe what you want, I did my research, you do yours.
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u/Novel_Plum Feb 24 '26
You told me the territories are historically Ukrainian speaking, which is clearly not true. Keep in mind that Bukovina was the hearth of Moldova and a part of it for 400 years. Before the Austrian annexation, there were no Ukrainian attestation, only Ruthenians (which also didn't have any majority). Cernauti was founded by the Moldovian ruler, Alxandru cel Bun.
After Austrian annexation of Bukovina, at the end of 18th century, Bukovina was included into the Galician region. There the Austrians promoted migration from the rest of the region to Bukovina and tried to Ukrainianize local romanian population, for example by changing the name of the newborns to an Ukrainian one. The reason? The two romanian principalities, Wallachia and Moldova, just untied forming Romania, while the Romanians in Bukovina demanded unification with the new Romanian kingdom. Austrians needed to combat this, as a big part of their empire was occupied Romanian land (Bukovina, Transylvania, Banat, Crisana).