Desnianskyi Raion

The Desnianskyi District is one of two administrative urban districts of the city of Chernihiv, located in northern Ukraine.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Transfiguration Cathedral, Chernihiv and Chernihiv region philharmonic center of festivals and concert programs.

Transfiguration Cathedral, Chernihiv

Museum

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The Transfiguration Cathedral or Saviour-Transfiguration Cathedral is the oldest building in Chernihiv, Ukraine, and one of the few surviving buildings of pre-Mongol Rus. It is located in Dytynets Park.

Chernihiv region philharmonic center of festivals and concert programs

Arts center

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Chernihiv Philharmony or the Chernihiv Oblast Philharmonic Centre for Festivals and Concerts is located just few meters from Krasna Square in the center of Chernihiv, Ukraine was founded in 1944.

St. Catherine’s Cathedral

Church

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The Catherine's Church, or Cossacks' Holy Great Martyr St. Catherine's Cathedral is a functioning church in Chernihiv, Ukraine. St. Catherine's Church was built in the Cossack period and is distinguished by its five gold domes in the Ukrainian Baroque style.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chernihiv and Pavlivka.

Chernihiv

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Chernihiv, located in the north of Central Ukraine, is one of the most ancient and most interesting cities of Ukraine known in the world primarily for its sacred Christian temples created over 1000-year history of the city and being invaluable treasure of Ukrainian people.