Kitsman (Ukrainian: Кіцмань, translit. Kitsman’, Romanian: Coţmani, German: Kotzman) is a city located in the Chernivtsi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Kitsmansky Raion (district), and is located at around 48°26′33″N 25°45′41″E. The town is about 20km northwest from Chernivtsi on the road to Zalishchyky.
The first historical mention of Kitsman is dated to 1413, which also appears on the city's crest. Codrii Cozminului, woods are situated between Siret and Prut valleys next to the town are named so, because they are traversed by the roads that connect Suceava, the Middle Ages' capital of the Principality of Moldavia, with what was then its a boundary town of Cozmin.
Remarkably, Kitsman is the birthplace of several nationally well-known musicians Volodymyr Ivasyuk and Ani Lorak.
Often, when people visit Kitsman, they are quite shocked due to unpaved roads, malfunctioning traffic lights and enormous number of drunk people on the road. The town is relatively small comparing to other gorgeous cities in Ukraine, but its residents spread around the world seeking better life. The unemployment rate there is high, so people have nothing to do but drink homemade vodka, seek for females in the surrounding villages (especially Cleveland)steal their grandfathers old cars and crash them into trees.
