Zastavna (, ; , ) is a small city in Chernivtsi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast of Ukraine. Zastavna is located to the north of the city of Chernivtsi, in the historical region of Bukovina. It hosts the administration of Zastavna urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:

Etymology The name of Zastavna most likely origins from its location surrounded by ponds (ukr. "stav"). There is also a theory that the name comes from the turnpike (, ) which once stood on the road to Chernivtsi .

Between 1941 and 1944, while part of Romania, it was known in Romanian as , .

History

The first mention in chronicles is dated to 1589. Before 1918 Zastavna was a district centre of Bukovina and a centre of Ukrainian community in the northern part of the region. In 1930 it had approximately 5,100 inhabitants.

Zastavna received town status in 1940.Заставна // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 9. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1972.Заставна // Советский энциклопедический словарь. редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. 4-е изд. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1986. стр.453Заставна // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.452 A local newspaper was published since January 1945.№ 3268. Знамя победы // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.427

In January 1989 Zastavna's population had reached 9,438 people.Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу By January 2013 it had decreased to 8063 people.

Until 18 July 2020, Zastavna served as an administrative center of Zastavna Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernivtsi Oblast to three. The area of Zastavna Raion was merged into Chernivtsi Raion.

Transport The city has a railway station (Lviv Railways)

Notable people Mykola Ivasiuk (1865–1937), Ukrainian painter Eliyahu Temler (1919–1948), Irgun senior commander

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References

External links Zastavna on the web-site of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (official website)