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Suceava

Suceava (population 106,000) is a city in the Suceava county, Bucovina, Romania.

History

The city of Suceava was the capital of the first centralized state of Moldavia (between 1359 and 1565) under the rule of Bogdan I, Petru Musat and Stefan cel Mare. It was then under the rule of the Austrian Empire for 50 years (1868-1918), at the end of WWI to be incorporated in Greater Romania.

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