ukrainetrek.com — Chernivtsi (Chernovtsy - Russian spelling) Ukraine region (oblast) is situated in the southwest of the Ukraine in three nature geographical zones: forest-steppe, occupying the Prut-Dnestr interfluve, foremountain zone, distributed between the Carpathians and the Prut River and a mountain zone, embracing the Bukovynian Carpathians.