Ihor Chekhovsky

Something unbelievable took place during the first 10 days of November in Sadhora — historical Sadagura — a once colorful commercial town that even had its own mint, and today is a drab suburb of Chernivtsi. Chassids from around the world converged on Sadhora for the opening of the International...

Recently the residents of several high-rise buildings at the end of Ruska Street, in a residential neighborhood of Chernivtsi, unwittingly found themselves at the center of a phenomenon known as the “gold rush.” A teenager from one of the buildings discovered some gold coins wrapped in a rag in the...

The capital of Bukovyna is truly a unique place. Local luminaries and famous guests — poets, emperors, and actors — dubbed it the “Little Vienna,” a city lying halfway between Paris and Istanbul. The nickname referred to the city’s ambiance, which was a unique blend of European intellectualism and...