Storozhynets (Ukrainian: Сторожинець, IPA: [storoʒɪˈnɛtsʲ] ⓘ; Romanian: Storojineț; see below for other names) is a small city located in Chernivtsi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast of western Ukraine, north of the border with Romania.

[1] It is located approximately 20 km (12 mi) southwest of the oblast capital, Chernivtsi.

[2] Storozhynets is located in the historic region of Bukovina, which has been governed by Moldavia (before 1774), the Austrian empire (1774–1918), Romania (1918–1940 and 1941–1944), the USSR (1940–1941 and 1944–1991) and Ukraine (since 1991).

Trade, industry, agriculture, science, education, and culture developed at a rapid pace.

After the start of the war against the Soviet Union, in June 1941, Northern Bucovina was reintegrated into the Kingdom of Romania.

Between 1941 and 1943, a great part of the Jewish population was killed or deported to concentration camps in Transnistria.