Zankovetskoi (Заньковецкой)
Hormuzachi / Avram Iancu
Hormuzakigasse / Karolinengasse
The photo is by Anna Burkova, taken in 2008.
Zankovetskoi (Заньковецкой)
Zankovetskoi runs in a north easterly direction for almost half a kilometre in the north of the old town.
The street is almost certainly named after Ukrainian actress Maria Zankovetska of whom Chekhov, Tolstoy and Tchaikovsky were all fans.
In her time, Zankovetska was considered to be the “Ukrainian Sarah Bernhardt”.
Pre-Second World War, Zankovetskoi was two individual streets.
Hormuzachi / Avram Iancu
The Romanians named one of the streets after one Avram Iancu, a lawyer from Transylvania. They kept the other street name intact from the Habsburg days.
Hormuzakigasse / Karolinengasse
The Hurmuzachis were a noble Romanian family from Bukovina of Greek origin. Karolinengasse is a common street name in Germany and Austria.
Street on map
Streets so far
This is one of a series of posts on Chernivtsi street names