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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Predicate Object
instanceOf border region
historical region
administrativeCenter Hertsa NERFINISHED
borderWith Romania NERFINISHED
controlledBy Soviet Union NERFINISHED
Ukraine NERFINISHED
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic NERFINISHED
country Ukraine
culturalRegion Moldavian cultural space
disputedBy Romania NERFINISHED
ethnicMinorityStatus Romanian minority in Ukraine
formerEmpire Austro-Hungarian Empire NERFINISHED
Russian Empire NERFINISHED
geopoliticalIssue Romanian–Ukrainian relations
border delimitation between Romania and the Soviet Union
hasSettlement Bairaky NERFINISHED
Hertsa NERFINISHED
Mamaliga NERFINISHED
historicalAffiliation Principality of Moldavia NERFINISHED
historicalCountry Romania NERFINISHED
historicalEvent Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina NERFINISHED
historicalRegionOf Kingdom of Romania NERFINISHED
historicalStatus territory annexed by the Soviet Union from Romania
locatedIn Bukovina region NERFINISHED
Chernivtsi Oblast NERFINISHED
Eastern Europe
minorityLanguage Ukrainian language NERFINISHED
nearRiver Prut River NERFINISHED
partOf Hertsa Raion NERFINISHED
historical Moldavia NERFINISHED
populationCharacteristic predominantly Romanian-speaking
postSovietCountry Ukraine NERFINISHED
predominantEthnicGroup Romanians NERFINISHED
predominantLanguage Romanian language NERFINISHED
religionMajority Eastern Orthodoxy NERFINISHED
timeZone Eastern European Time
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time
transferFrom Romania NERFINISHED
transferPeriod World War II NERFINISHED
transferTo Soviet Union NERFINISHED
transferYearApprox 1940
wasPartOf Dorohoi County NERFINISHED
Ținutul Suceava NERFINISHED

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