Chernihiv
Chernigov (Chernihiv) is an ancient city in northern Ukraine. Its official name in Ukrainian is Чернігів, Chernihiv. Some common historical spellings of the name are Polish: Czernichów and Russian: Чернигов, Chernigov.
- Founded as early as 9th century
- One of major cities of early Ruthenia
- The reign of knyaz Mstislav a 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 century
- 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 detroyed
- 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