Chernihivs'ka Oblast'
Чернігівська область |
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 | Population
Total (2004)
Density
Urban |
1,200,416
38/km²
59.2% | | Area | 31,900 km² | | Raions | 22 | | Cities | 15 | | City districts | 2 | | Urban localities | 30 | | Villages | 1,494 | Chernihiv Oblast (Чернігівська область, Chernihivs’ka oblast’ or Чернігівщина, Chernihivshchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. Its capital is Chernihiv (also known as Chernigov in Russian and Czernichów in Polish). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1181x825, 16 KB) Map of Ukraine with highlighted Oblast made by Sven Teschke, Germany, 2004 --Steschke 09:35, 2004 Nov 8 (UTC) see also: english version: Image:Map_of_Ukraine_political_enwiki. ...
Image File history File links Map of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine Adapted from http://www. ...
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An oblast (Russian, Ukrainian: о́бласть) is a subnational entity of Bulgaria, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, and the now-defunct Soviet Union, approximately equivalent to a province. ...
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Chernihiv (Ukrainian: ) is an ancient city in northern Ukraine, the central city of Chernihivska oblast. Some common historical spellings of the name are Russian: and Polish: Czernichów. ...
Historically, the oblast is a part of the Polissya region of Ukraine. The area of the province is 31,900 km², its population (as of 1 May 2004) is 1,200,416. Polesie (Polish spelling; Polissya, Полісся in Ukrainian, Polesye, Полесье in Russian, Palyessye or Palesse, Пале́сьсе in Belarusian) is one of the largest European swampy areas, located in the South-Western part of the Eastern-European Lowland, within the territories of Belarus, Ukraine and Poland. ...
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Geography The oblast is bordered by the Kyivs'ke reservoir of Dnipro and the Kyivs'ka oblast' to the west, by the Sums'ka oblast' to the east, and the Poltavs'ka oblast' to the south. The Chernihivs'ka oblast' forms part of Ukraine's international border with Belarus' Homyel voblast (to the north-west) and the Russia's Bryansk Oblast (to the north), respectively. The Dnieper River (Belarusian: Дняпро/Dnyapro; Russian: Днепр/Dnepr; Ukrainian: Днiпро/Dnipro; Polish: Dniepr; Latin: Borysthenes, Danaper) is a river (2290 km length) which flows from Russia through Belarus and then Ukraine. ...
Kyivs’ka oblast’ (Київська область in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) in northern Ukraine. ...
Sumy Oblast (Сумська область, Sums’ka oblast’ in Ukrainian) is an oblast of northern Ukraine. ...
Poltavs’ka oblast’ (Полтавська область in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine. ...
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Important cities and historical settlements of the Chernihivs'ka oblast' include:
The oblast is bisected into northern and southern regions by the Desna River, which enters the Dnipro just north of the Kyiv city limits. Chernihiv (Ukrainian: ) is an ancient city in northern Ukraine, the central city of Chernihivska oblast. Some common historical spellings of the name are Russian: and Polish: Czernichów. ...
Novhorod-Siversky or Novhorod-Siverskyj (Новгород-Сіверський in Ukrainian, Nowogród Siewierski in Polish ) is a historic town in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine, on the bank of the Desna River, 200 km from the capital Kyiv and 45 km south from the Russian border. ...
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Kiev (Київ, Kyiv, in Ukrainian; Киев, Kiev, in Russian) is the capital and largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper river. ...
History The capital city of Chernihiv has known human settlement for over 2,000 years, according to archaeological excavations. Chernihivs'ka oblast' comprises a very important historical region, notable as early as the Kyivan Rus' period, when the oblast' cities of Chernihiv and Novhorod-Sivers'kiy were frequently mentioned. The city of Chernihiv was the second most important Ukrainian city during the Rus' period of Ukrainian history, often serving as a major regional capital. Danylo of Chernihiv wrote of his pilgrimage to Jerusalem during this era. The numerous architectural monuments of the city bear witness to the invasions suffered, including those by the Tatars/Mongols, Lithuanians, Poles, Russians, and Nazis. Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ...
Kievan Rus′ (Ки́евская Ру́сь, Kievskaya Rus in Russian; Київська Русь, Kyivs’ka Rus’ in Ukrainian) was the early, mostly East Slavic¹ state dominated by the city of Kiev (ru: Ки́ев, Kiev; uk: Ки́їв, Kyiv), from about 880 to the middle of the 12th century. ...
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Industry and economics The economy of the Chernihivs'ka oblast' mostly deals with petroleum and natural gas extraction, transport, machinery, tobacco and textile industry. A major tobacco factory is situated in Pryluky. Cities of Bakhmach and Nizhyn are the important railway junctions on the route from Russia and Belarus to South-Eastern Europe. There are notable machinery and electronics industries in Chernihiv. Nodding donkey pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario, 2001 Petroleum (from Latin petra – rock and oleum – oil), crude oil, sometimes colloquially called black gold, is a thick, dark brown or greenish flammable liquid, which exists in the upper strata of some areas of the Earths crust. ...
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Chernihiv (Ukrainian: ) is an ancient city in northern Ukraine, the central city of Chernihivska oblast. Some common historical spellings of the name are Russian: and Polish: Czernichów. ...
Demographics The population of the Chernihivs'ka oblast' is overwhelmingly Ukrainian, with some minority Belarusian and Russian population, concentrated in the northern districts.
Religion The religion among believers in the Chernihivs'ka oblast' is overwhelmingly Orthodox Christian. A substantial percentage of the population is atheist. Small minorities of Greek Catholics, Roman Catholics (among descendants of Polish colonists), and recent converts to Protestantism are also present. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) is currently separated into three major jurisdictions: that body of Christians from Ukraine who are united under the Patriarch of Moscow, who in turn is in communion with the other patriarchs of the Eastern Orthodox Church (the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate - UOC-MP). ...
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Culture and tourist attractions There are few outstanding historical Orthodox churches and buildings in Chernihiv, Novhorod-Sivers'kiy and Koselets' (the ancient Rus' town elder than Kyiv). Nizhyn is a historical Cossack city and home to a university. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) is currently separated into three major jurisdictions: that body of Christians from Ukraine who are united under the Patriarch of Moscow, who in turn is in communion with the other patriarchs of the Eastern Orthodox Church (the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate - UOC-MP). ...
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Chernihiv (Ukrainian: ) is an ancient city in northern Ukraine, the central city of Chernihivska oblast. Some common historical spellings of the name are Russian: and Polish: Czernichów. ...
Kiev (Київ, Kyiv, in Ukrainian; Киев, Kiev, in Russian) is the capital and largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper river. ...
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See also Subdivisions of Ukraine Ukraine is subdivided into 24 oblasts (Ukrainian singular: область, oblast; plural області, oblasti), one autonomous republic (автономна республіка, avtonomna respublika), and two cities with special status (singular місто зі спеціальним статусом, misto zi spetsialnym statusom). ...
References Kardash, Peter. Ukraine and Ukrainians. Ed. Peter Lockwood. Melbourne: Fortuna Publishers, 1988.
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