10 Facts About Chernihiv

Chernihiv was first mentioned in the Rus'–Byzantine Treaty, but the time of its establishment is unknown.

Under the 1667 Treaty of Andrusovo the legal suzerainty of the area was ceded to the Tsardom of Russia, with Chernihiv remaining an important center of the autonomous Cossack Hetmanate.

The area in general was ruled by the Governor-General appointed from Saint Petersburg, the imperial capital, and Chernihiv was the capital of local namestnichestvo, Malorosiyskaya or Little Russian and Chernigov Governorate.

Until 18 July 2020, Chernihiv was designated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to Chernihiv Raion even though it was the center of the raion.

In June of 2022, Chernihiv signed an agreement with Rzeszow, Poland, to become sister cities.

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All through the most trying periods of its history, Chernihiv retained its ecclesiastical importance as the seat of either a bishopric or an archbishopric.

Chernihiv has a train station with bus station called Chernihiv Ovruch railway.

WFC Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv is Ukrainian professional women's football club from Chernihiv.

City of Chernihiv is crossed by Desna River which is a river in Russia and Ukraine, a major left tributary of the Dnieper river.

Chernihiv has a humid continental climate with cold, cloudy and snowy winters, and warm, sunny summers.