Chernihiv
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Chernihiv (Template:Lang-ua) is an ancient city in northern Ukraine, the central city of Chernihivs'ka oblast'. Some common historical spellings of the name are Template:Lang-ru and Polish: Czernichów. Population 295,500 (2004).
- Founded as early as 9th century
- One of major cities of Kievan Rus', an early East Slavic state
- The reign of knyaz Mstislav Mstislavich, The Bold started the golden age of Chernihiv
- Destroyed by Tartars in 1239 and later attacked until late 15th century
- In Lithuanian hands during the 14th century
- Part of Muscovy, 15th–16th centuries
- Ceded to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1618
- Annexed by Russia in 1648 following the Bohdan Khmelnytsky uprising
- Soviet rule established in 1919; Chernihiv part of the Ukrainian SSR
- During the Nazi occupation 1941–1943 the city was almost completely destroyed
- 1986 Chornobyl catastrophe
- In 1990 a "sausage revolution" breaks out in Chernihiv as people seize food from the car of a Communist Party official
- 1300th anniversary of the foundation of the city celebrated in 1992
External link
- Chernihiv - the Princely City of Ukraine (http://www.princelycity.cn.ua/)
Template:Ukraine-geo-stub Template:East-Slavic-history-stubde: Tschernihiw pl:Czernihów ru:Чернигов uk:Чернігів