Hertsa region

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The Hertsa region is a small historical area now in Ukraine, known for its predominantly Romanian population and its disputed transfer from Romania to the Soviet Union during World War II.

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Hertsa region canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf border region
historical region
administrativeCenter Hertsa
borderWith Romania
controlledBy Soviet Union
Ukraine
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
linked to: Soviet Ukraine
country Ukraine
culturalRegion Moldavian cultural space
disputedBy Romania
ethnicMinorityStatus Romanian minority in Ukraine
formerEmpire Austro-Hungarian Empire
Russian Empire
geopoliticalIssue Romanian–Ukrainian relations
border delimitation between Romania and the Soviet Union
hasSettlement Bairaky
Hertsa
Mamaliga
historicalAffiliation Principality of Moldavia
historicalCountry Romania
historicalEvent Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina
historicalRegionOf Kingdom of Romania
historicalStatus territory annexed by the Soviet Union from Romania
locatedIn Bukovina region
linked to: Bukovina

Chernivtsi Oblast
Eastern Europe
minorityLanguage Ukrainian language
nearRiver Prut River
partOf Hertsa Raion
historical Moldavia
linked to: Western Moldavia
populationCharacteristic predominantly Romanian-speaking
postSovietCountry Ukraine
predominantEthnicGroup Romanians
predominantLanguage Romanian language
religionMajority Eastern Orthodoxy
timeZone Eastern European Time
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time
transferFrom Romania
transferPeriod World War II
transferTo Soviet Union
transferYearApprox 1940
wasPartOf Dorohoi County
Ținutul Suceava
linked to: Suceava County

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