Zankovetskoi (Заньковецкой)

Hormuzachi / Avram Iancu

Hormuzakigasse / Karolinengasse

The photo is by Anna Burkova, taken in 2008.

Zankovetskoi

Zankovetskoi (Заньковецкой)

Maria ZankovetskaZankovetskoi 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

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