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Nizhyn (Ніжин), Ukraine

Oblast (Raion)	Chernihiv (Nizhynsky Raion)
Population	75,600 (January 1, 2005)
Area	43.2 km²
Coordinates	51°03′ N 32°53′ E
Elevation	N/A
Magdeburg rights	1625
Website	http://nizhyn.osp-ua.info/index.php

John the Apostle Church in Nizhyn.

Nizhyn (Ukrainian: Ніжин; Russian: Нежин; Nezhin) is a city located in the Chernihiv Oblast of northern Ukraine, along the Oster River, 150 km north-east of the nation's capital, Kiev. It is the administrative center of the Nizhynsky Raion, though the city itself is also designated as a district in the oblast. Its estimated population is 76,625 (as of the 2001 census). Image File history File links Nizhyn-COA.jpg‎ Coat of arms of Nizhyn, Ukraine. ... Oblast (Czech: oblast, Slovak: oblasÅ¥, Russian and Ukrainian: , Belarusian: , Bulgarian: о́бласт) refers to a subnational entity in some countries. ... A raion (or rayon) (Russian and Ukrainian: ; Belarusian раён; Azeri: rayon, Latvian: rajons, Georgian: , raioni) is one of two kinds of administrative subdivisions in languages of some post-Soviet states: a subnational entity and a subdivision of a city. ... Chernihiv Oblast (Чернігівська область, Chernihivs’ka oblast’ or Чернігівщина, Chernihivshchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. ... Chernihiv Oblast (Чернігівська область, Chernihivs’ka oblast’ or Чернігівщина, Chernihivshchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. ... Events March 27 - Prince Charles Stuart becomes King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1200x799, 75 KB) Summary Description = Nizhyn geographical position Source = own work, Skluesener Date = 22. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (507x676, 115 KB) Summary From Uk wiki [1] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Nizhyn ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (507x676, 115 KB) Summary From Uk wiki [1] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Nizhyn ... Chernihiv Oblast (Чернігівська область, Chernihivs’ka oblast’ or Чернігівщина, Chernihivshchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. ... The Oster River (Ukrainian: ) is a river in the northern Ukrainian oblast of Chernihiv. ... Location Map of Ukraine with Kiev highlighted. ... In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

History

The earliest known references to the location go back to 1147, when it was briefly mentioned as Unenezh. In the times of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Nizhyn was granted Magdeburg rights (1625). As a self-governing town, Nizhyn was once a major center of Hasidic Judaism and is the site of the ohel (tomb) of the Hassidic master Rabbi Dovber Schneuri of Lubavitch. It was also the seat of a major Cossack regiment (until 1782) and of the thriving Greek community, which enjoyed a number of privileges granted by Bogdan Khmelnitsky. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Magdeburg Rights (or Magdeburg law) were a set of city laws regulating the degree of internal autonomy within cities and villages granted with it by a local ruler. ... Hasidic Judaism (from the Hebrew: Chasidut חסידות, meaning piety, from the Hebrew root word chesed חסד meaning loving kindness) is a Haredi Jewish religious movement. ... Dovber Schneuri or Der Mitteler Rebbe (The Middle Rebbe in Yiddish) (1773 — 1827) was the second Rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. ... Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of Ottoman Empire. ... Bohdan Zynovii Mykhailovych Khmelnytskyi (Богдан Зиновій Михайлович Хмельницький in Polish as Bohdan Zenobi Chmielnicki; in Russian as Bogdan Khmelnitsky) ( 1595 – August 6, 1657) was a Ruthenian (arguably) noble, leader of the Zaporozhian Cossack Hetmanate, hetman of Ukraine, noted for his revolt against Poland (1648 – 1654) and the Treaty...

In the nineteenth century Nizhyn became an uyezd capital of Chernigov Guberniya and, before 1808, of Malorosiyskaya (or Little Russian) gubernia. In 1805, the Bezborodko Lyceum was established there; its graduates include Nikolai Gogol, whose statue graces one of city streets. Nizhyn has also long been noted for its famous cucumbers. Uyezd or uezd (Russian: ) was an admistrative subdivision of Rus, Muscovy, and Russia used from the 13th century, originally describing groups of several volosts formed around the most important cities. ... An old map showing the Chernigov Governorate. ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Little Russia or Malorossiya (Russian: ) was the name for the territory of Ukraine applied in the time of the Russian Empire and earlier. ... Prince Alexander Andreyevich Bezborodko (1747-1799) was the Grand Chancellor of Russia and chief architect of the Catherine the Greats foreign policy after the death of Nikita Panin. ... A lyceum can be an educational institution (often a school of secondary education in Europe), or a public hall used for cultural events like concerts. ... Nikolai Gogol Gogol redirects here. ... Binomial name Cucumis sativus L. The cucumber is the edible fruit of the cucumber plant Cucumis sativus, which belongs to the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, as do melons and squash. ...

Sights

Architecturally Nezhin was shaped in the 18th century. Foremost among its buildings must be mentioned its seven Baroque churches: Annunciation Cathedral (1702-16, modernised 1814), Presentation Cathedral (1788), St. Michael's Church of the Greek community (1719-29), St John's Church (1752, illustrated, to the right), Saviour's Transfiguration Church (1757), Intercession Church (1765), and the so-called Cossack Cathedral of St. Nicholas (1658, restored 1980s), a rare survival from the days of Nezhin's Cossack glory, noted for its octagonal vaults and drums crowned by archetypal pear-shaped domes (picture). Other notable buildings include the Trinity Church (1733, rebuilt a century later), the Greek magistrate (1785), and the Neoclassical complex of the Nezhin Lyceum (designed by Luigi Rusca, built in 1805-17, expanded in 1876-79). For the Baroque style in a more general sense, see Baroque. ...

People

• Semyon Desnitsky, a disciple of Adam Smith who introduced his ideas to the Russian public.
• Sergey Korolyov, the father of the Soviet space program
• Olga Khokhlova, Picasso's wife
• Jacob Pavlovitch Adler, Jewish actor
• Israel Rosenberg, founded the first Yiddish theater troupe in Imperial Russia.
• Sonya Adler, one of the first women to perform in Yiddish theater in Imperial Russia.
• Mark Bernes, a Soviet actor and singer of Jewish ancestry
• Nestor Kukolnik, a Russian playwright and prose writer.
• Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, a sprinter who has competed in the Olympic Games.

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External references

• (Russian)/(Ukrainian) "A city, glorious and tender, loved by all", in Zerkalo Nedeli (the Mirror Weekly), July, 2005. in Russian, in Ukrainian
• (English) Nezhin in Encyclopedia of Ukraine.

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	Subdivisions of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine
	Raions: Bakhmatskyi | Bobrovytskyi | Borznianskyi | Chernihivskyi | Horodnianskyi | Ichnianskyi | Koriukivskyi | Koropskyi | Kozeletskyi | Kulykivskyi | Menskyi | Nizhynskyi | Nosivskyi | Novhorod-Siverskyi | Prylutskyi | Ripkynskyi | Semenivskyi | Shchorskyi | Sosnytskyi | Sribnianskyi | Talalayivskyi | Varvynskyi Image File history File links Tschernihiw-oblast-COA.PNG‎ File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Chernihiv Oblast Chernihiv Novhorod-Siverskyi Nizhyn Pryluky Kozelets Template:Chernihiv Oblast Sosnytsia User:Tufkaa/Sandbox Oster Bakhmach Template talk:Oblast Mena... Chernihiv Oblast (Чернігівська область, Chernihivs’ka oblast’ or Чернігівщина, Chernihivshchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... See rayon for the textile made of processed cellulose. ...
	Cities: Bakhmach | Bobrovytsia | Borzna | Chernihiv | Horodnia | Ichnia | Koriukivka | Mena | Nizhyn | Nosivka | Novhorod-Siverskyi | Oster | Pryluky | Schors | Semenivka 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). ... Bakhmach (Ukrainian: ) is a city located in the Chernihiv Oblast (province), in northern Ukraine. ... Bobrovytsia (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Borzna (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Chernihiv or Chernigov is an ancient city in northern Ukraine, the capital of Chernihiv Oblast (province). ... Horodnia (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Ichnia (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Koriukivka (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Mena (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Nosivka (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Novhorod-Siverskyj (Ukrainian: ) or Novgorod-Sjeverskij (Russian: ) is a historic town in the Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine, on the bank of the Desna River, 200 km from the capital Kiev and 45 km south from the Russian border. ... The coat of arms of Oster of the Russian Empire was confirmed on the 4th of June 1782 on the basis of an older coat of arms—in a vert field there was an argent town gate with three small towers. ... Pryluky is a city in northern Ukraine. ... Schors (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Semenivka (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ...
	Urban-type settlements: Korop | Kozelets | Kulykivka | Ripky | Sosnytsia | Sribne | Talalayivka | Varva | more... Urban-type settlement (Russian: , posyolok gorodskogo tipa; Ukrainian: , selyshche miskoho typu; abbreviated as in Russian and as in Ukrainian) is an official designation for a certain type of urban settlements used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union. ... Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Cathedral in Kozelets Kozelets (Ukrainian: ; Russian: ) is a historic city located in the Chernihiv Oblast in northern Ukraine. ... Sosnytsia (Ukrainian: ) is a townlet and administrative center of the Sosnytsky Raion (district) of the Chernihiv Oblast (province) in north-central Ukraine. ... As of January 1, 2006 there are 886 urban-type settlements (Ukrainian: , translit. ...
	Villages: more... A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ...