On the 200th anniversary of the first mayor of Chernivtsi Jakob von Petrovic opened
Monument bronze bust of the first mayor of Chernivtsi Jakob von Petrovich was opened on the corner of Ruska and Petrovich. The ceremony was attended by leaders of the city and region, MPs, representatives of national cultural societies of Bukovina, Union of Armenians incountry, Armenian communities of Chernivtsi, Khmelnytsky, Ternopil and Kamenetz-Podolsk, Chernivtsi and guests. Came to the monument and Deputy Interior Minister Tigran Avagyan Ukraine, as well as sculptures by famous Lviv artist Volodymyr Tsisaryk. He is also the author of the monument to Franz Joseph in our city. Decisionthe monument of the first mayor of Chernivtsi self-Jakob von Petrovich its 100th anniversary was made in the late nineteenth century., was then created and public committee to raise funds for the implementation of this idea. But to realize the project in Chernivtsi prevented the First World War. The will of precursors to the 200th anniversary of Jakob von Petrovycha and establish a monument in Chernivtsi Oblast came from the Armenian National Cultural Society "Arevik" with the Union of Armenians of Ukraine concerned and Chernivtsi. "We are restoring historical justice, opening the monument to the first mayor of Chernivtsi - Jakob von Petrovich, a man who has made great efforts to transform Czernyant with provincial town in a shopping and industrial center. I think it is not only a monument to this outstanding man, but all mayors, mayors, ghosts, deputies, all people with large letters that were at the origin of government in Chernivtsi, defended the principles of self-governing traditions. It's nice that so many people gathered that multinational Chernivtsiand pays tribute to his countryman, recalling his good deeds for the good of the city ", 'said at the opening of Chernivtsi Mayor Alex Kaspruk. Reference: Jakob von Petrovic was born in a village in the county of Suceava Bossanche Armenian family landowner. Educated in the public schools Suceava and Chernivtsi Lyceum, organized inahrohospodarstvo rush, had high confidence in public and government officials. In 1864, Jakob von Petrovich was elected to the Public Council, 13 October of the same year he became the first mayor) Chernivtsi - self-governing boundary of the capital of Bukovina. Jakob von Petrovic short time expanded and improved street network of the city, under his leadership organizedCity fire department, reorganized the magistrate, and moral secret police. At the time of its construction management accounts Chernivtsi Station (1865-1866) and open (1 September 1866) rail link Lviv, Chernivtsi. In town for the ill-fated 1866 when the raging famine and fever, which usually become victim nezamozhni population, Jakob von P. devoted himself entirely to the plight of the urban poor. For outstanding service to the state in 1868 Emperor repented Jakob von Petrovich Order of the Iron Crown 3rd Class. Jakob von knight died in Chernivtsi P. 1 November 1868. Buried first mayor of Chernivtsi in self-Ruska cemeteryand (now historical and cultural reserve "Cemetery Street Green"), along with other prominent figures of old Chernivtsi. On his gravestone monument inscription in Romanian and German: "Jacob Ritter von Petrovic, a large landowner, the first autonomous mayor. July 25, 1815 - November 1, 1869 ". This was reported in Chernivtsi city districtHadesSource: http://artlife.rv.ua/