Editing Chernivtsi (section)

=== Under the Principality of Moldavia ===
{{See also|Battle of Cernăuți}}
Between 1359 and 1775, the city and its surroundings were part of the [[Moldavia|Principality of Moldavia]], one of the historic provinces of [[Romania]]; the city being the administrative center of the [[Cernăuți County|homonymous ''ținut'' (county)]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Pahomi |first=Mircea |date=1998 |title=Cetatea Ţeţina – Cernăuţi |url=http://astra.iasi.roedu.net/texte/pahomi.html |magazine=Astra |language=ro |issue=3 #13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009104301/http://astra.iasi.roedu.net/texte/pahomi.html |archive-date=9 October 2011}}</ref> The name Cernăuți is first attested in a document by [[Alexander I of Moldavia|Alexandru cel Bun (Alexander the Good)]] on 8 October 1408.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ghenghea |first=Mircea-Cristian |date=2008 |title=Cernăuţi-600 de ani de atestare documentară internă |url=http://astra.iasi.roedu.net/revistaromana/ |magazine=Astra |language=ro |issue=4 #54 |page=3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009104345/http://astra.iasi.roedu.net/revistaromana/ |archive-date=9 October 2011}}</ref> In [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] sources, the city was mentioned as "Çernovi".{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}