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⚪️ A birthday celebration in a banya (bathhouse) aboard the narrow-gauge railway cars in Moldavitsa
⚪️ Birthday in the narrow-gauge railway bath in Moldovița
On narrow-gauge rails with two bathtubs: the birthday boy celebrated his birthday on the narrow-gauge railway in Moldovița, in a homemade str...
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Divided by a Line Drawn in Moscow: Eighty-Five Years After Bukovina Was Torn in Two
**When Soviet troops crossed the Prut River in June 1940, they severed a region that had existed as a single administrative and cultural unit for over 150 years. Today, the border that splits Bukovina...
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Divided at Birth: How Eighty-Four Years of Separation Split Bukovina Into Two Different Worlds
**When Soviet troops crossed into Northern Bukovina on June 28, 1940, they did more than redraw a border on a map. They severed a region that had functioned for centuries as a single cultural and econ...
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🟠 Winners of Saturday's feature with photos of furry (four-legged) pets
🟠 Winners of the Saturday column featuring photos of furry friends
The winners of the Saturday column #furry_evening have been announced. The author invites you to share funny videos or photos of you...
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🟠 Bukovyna Mission prepares stew from donated vegetables for the poor
🟠 The Bukovina Mission prepares stew from donated vegetables for the poor
An elderly woman gifted us tomatoes from her garden, and we are turning them into a hearty stew. Contact us via private messa...
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Divided by an Ink Line for Eighty-Five Years: Bukovina's Unhealed Wound Shapes Europe's Eastern Frontier
When Soviet troops crossed the Prut River in June 1940, they did more than seize territory. They severed a region whose unity had been forged over six centuries of Moldavian statehood and refined unde...
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Divided by a Line Drawn in Moscow: Eighty Years of Two Bukovinas
When Soviet troops crossed the northern frontier of Romanian Bukovina on 28 June 1940, following an ultimatum delivered in Moscow under the terms of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, they did more than red...
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⚪️ A mass running event, the Vodogray Chernivtsi Infinity Run, took place in Chernivtsi.
⚪️ A mass Vodogray Chernivtsi Infinity Run took place in Chernivtsi
Today, a large Vodogray Chernivtsi Infinity Run took place in Chernivtsi. Many city residents joined the activities, running variou...
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Eighty-Five Years After the Ultimatum: Bukovina's Divide Widens Between an Enlarged Europe and a Warring Ukraine
## A region severed by a Soviet ultimatum in 1940 now straddles one of Europe's starkest development borders. On the Romanian side: EU funds, UNESCO monasteries and rising prosperity. On the Ukrainian...
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Divided by Stalin, Divided by Europe: Why Bukovina's Border Still Defines Two Very Different Lives
Eighty-five years after the Soviet ultimatum, the line that cut Bukovina in two has become more than a geopolitical scar — it is now the starkest illustration of what European integration means, and w...
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Divided at the Line Drawn by Stalin: Eighty-Five Years After the Severing of Bukovina, Two Realities on One Land
On June 28, 1940, Moscow handed Bucharest an ultimatum with a 24-hour deadline. The Soviet Union, acting under the secret protocols of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, demanded the cession of Bessarabia a...
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Divided by an Ultimatum, United by History: Why Bukovina's 1940 Wound Still Shapes Eastern Europe
The border crossing at Siret takes less than ten minutes to pass on a good day. On a bad one — and there have been many bad ones since February 2022 — cars line up for hours, carrying refugees, goods,...