Central Ukraine
Chernihiv Oblast
Chernihiv Raion

Chernihiv

Chernihiv, located in the north of , is one of the most ancient and most interesting cities of 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.
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  • Type: City with 294,000 residents
  • Description: capital city of Chernihiv Oblast in northeastern Ukraine
  • Also known as: “Chernigov”, “Czernihów”, and “Tchernihiv”
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Places of Interest

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

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

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

Library
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The is a public library in Chernihiv, . It is the largest library in the and is devoted to culture, education, history, and science.

Chernihiv

Latitude
51.4941° or 51° 29′ 39″ north
Longitude
31.2943° or 31° 17′ 40″ east
Population
294,000
Elevation
106 metres (348 feet)
United Nations Location Codes
UA CEJ and UA ZUQ
Open location code
9G3HF7VV+JP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26150436
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
710735
Wiki­data ID
Q157053
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Chernihiv” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تشرنيغوف”
  • Arabic: “تشرنيهيف”
  • Armenian: “Չեռնիգով”
  • Asturian: “Cherníhiv”
  • Azerbaijani: “Çerniqov”
  • Bashkir: “Чернигов ҡалаһы”
  • Bashkir: “Чернигов”
  • Basque: “Txernigov”
  • Basque: “Txernihiv”
  • Belarusian: “Чарнігаў”
  • Bengali: “চার্নিহিভ”
  • Bosnian: “Černigiv”
  • Bosnian: “Černjihiv”
  • Bulgarian: “Чернигов”
  • Catalan: “Chernigov”
  • Catalan: “Chernihiv”
  • Catalan: “Txernigov”
  • Catalan: “Txernígov”
  • Catalan: “Txernihiv”
  • Catalan: “Txerníhiv”
  • Cebuano: “Chernihiv”
  • Chechen: “Чернигов”
  • Chinese: “切尔尼希夫”
  • Chinese: “切尔尼戈夫”
  • Chinese: “切爾尼希夫”
  • Chinese: “切爾尼戈夫”
  • Chinese: “車尼哥夫”
  • Chinese: “車尼希夫”
  • Chuvash: “Чернигов”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Çernigiv”
  • Croatian: “Černigiv”
  • Croatian: “Černigov”
  • Croatian: “Černihiv”
  • Czech: “Černigov”
  • Czech: “Černihiv”
  • Czech: “Černihov”
  • Danish: “Tjernigov”
  • Danish: “Tjernihiv”
  • Dutch: “Chernihiv”
  • Dutch: “Tsjernigiv”
  • Dutch: “Tsjernigov”
  • Dutch: “Tsjernihiv”
  • Eastern Mari: “Чернигов”
  • Erzya: “Чэрнигив”
  • Erzya: “Чэрнигов”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉernigiv”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉernigivo”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉernigov”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉernigovo”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉernihiv”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉernihivo”
  • Estonian: “Tšernigiv”
  • Estonian: “Tšernigov”
  • Estonian: “Tšernihiv”
  • Finnish: “Tšernigov”
  • Finnish: “Tsernihiv”
  • Finnish: “Tšernihiv”
  • Finnish: “Tshernigov”
  • Finnish: “Tshernihiv”
  • French: “Chernigov”
  • French: “Chernihiv”
  • French: “Tchernigov”
  • French: “Tchernihev”
  • French: “Tchernihiv”
  • Galician: “Chernigov”
  • Galician: “Chernihiv”
  • Georgian: “ჩერნიგოვი”
  • Georgian: “ჩერნიჰივი”
  • German: “Czernihów”
  • German: “Tschernigow”
  • German: “Tschernihiw”
  • Greek: “Τσερνίχιβ”
  • Gujarati: “ચેર્નીહાઈવ”
  • Hebrew: “צ’רניגוב”
  • Hebrew: “צ’רניהיב”
  • Hindi: “चेर्निहाइव”
  • Hindi: “चेर्नीहीव”
  • Hungarian: “Csernyihiv”
  • Icelandic: “Tsjernihív”
  • Icelandic: “Tsjerníhív”
  • Indonesian: “Chernihiv”
  • Interlingue: “Chernihiv”
  • Italian: “Cernigov”
  • Italian: “Černigov”
  • Italian: “Cernihiv”
  • Italian: “Černihiv”
  • Italian: “Chernigov”
  • Italian: “Chernihiv”
  • Japanese: “チェルニーゴフ”
  • Japanese: “チェルニーヒウ”
  • Japanese: “チェルニーヒヴ”
  • Japanese: “チェルニーヒフ”
  • Japanese: “チェルニゴフ”
  • Japanese: “チェルニヒウ”
  • Japanese: “チェルニヒヴ”
  • Japanese: “チェルニヒフ”
  • Japanese: “チェルニフフ”
  • Kannada: “ಚೇರ್ನಿಹಿವ್”
  • Kazakh: “Чернигов”
  • Kirghiz: “Чернигов”
  • Korean: “체르니고프”
  • Korean: “체르니히우”
  • Kotava: “Tcernigiv”
  • Kurdish: “Çernîhîv”
  • Kurdish: “Çêrnîhîv”
  • Ladin: “Cernigiv”
  • Latin: “Czernichovia”
  • Latin: “Czernigovia”
  • Latin: “Czernihovia”
  • Latin: “Tzernogavia”
  • Latvian: “Čerņigova”
  • Latvian: “Čerņihiva”
  • Lithuanian: “Černigovas”
  • Lithuanian: “Černihivas”
  • Lombard: “Černihiv”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Černihiw”
  • Macedonian: “Чернигов”
  • Malay: “Chernihiv”
  • Malayalam: “ചെർണിഹിവ്”
  • Manx: “Chernihiv”
  • Marathi: “चर्निहाइव्ह”
  • Mingrelian: “ჩერნიგოვი”
  • Mingrelian: “ჩერნიჰივი”
  • Moksha: “Чэрнигив”
  • Mongolian: “Чернигов”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tsjernigov”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tsjernihiv”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tsjernigov”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tsjernihiv”
  • Norwegian: “Tsjernihiv”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Chernihiv”
  • Ossetian: “Чернигов”
  • Persian: “چرنیهیف”
  • Polish: “Czernihów”
  • Pontic: “Τσέρνιγκοφ”
  • Portuguese: “Chernigov”
  • Portuguese: “Chernihiv”
  • Portuguese: “Czernihów”
  • Romanian: “Cernigău”
  • Romanian: “Cernihiv”
  • Romanian: “Chernihiv”
  • Russian: “Чернигов”
  • Rusyn: “Чернігів”
  • Rusyn: “Чернїгів”
  • Scots: “Chernihiv”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Chernihiv”
  • Serbian: “Černigov”
  • Serbian: “Чернигов”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Černigiv”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Černigov”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Černihiv”
  • Silesian: “Czerńihůw”
  • Sinhala: “චර්නිහිව්”
  • Slovak: “Černigov”
  • Slovak: “Černihiv”
  • Slovenian: “Černigov”
  • South Azerbaijani: “چرنیهیف”
  • Spanish: “Chernigov”
  • Spanish: “Chernígov”
  • Spanish: “Chernihiv”
  • Spanish: “Cherníhiv”
  • Swahili: “Chernihiv”
  • Swedish: “Tjernigov”
  • Swedish: “Tjernihiv”
  • Sylheti: “ꠍꠣꠞꠘꠤꠢꠤꠜ ꠘꠉꠞ”
  • Sylheti: “ꠍꠣꠞꠘꠤꠢꠤꠜ”
  • Tajik: “Чернигив”
  • Talysh: “Cernigov”
  • Talysh: “Çernihiv”
  • Tamil: “செர்னிகிவ் நகரம்”
  • Tamil: “செர்னிஹிவ்”
  • Tatar: “Чернигив”
  • Tatar: “Чернигов”
  • Tatar: “Черниһив”
  • Telugu: “చెర్నిహివ్”
  • Thai: “แชร์นีฮิว”
  • Turkish: “Çernigiv”
  • Turkish: “Çernigov”
  • Turkish: “Çernihiv”
  • Turkmen: “Çernigiv”
  • Tuvinian: “Чернигив”
  • Tuvinian: “Чернигов”
  • Udmurt: “Чернигов”
  • Ukrainian: “Chernihiv”
  • Ukrainian: “Чернигів”
  • Ukrainian: “Чернігів”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Černigow”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Černihiw”
  • Urdu: “چیرنیہیو”
  • Uzbek: “Chernigov”
  • Vietnamese: “Chernigov”
  • Vietnamese: “Chernihiv”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Chernihiv”
  • Welsh: “Chernihiv”
  • Western Frisian: “Tsjernihiv”
  • Western Panjabi: “چرنیہیف”
  • Wu Chinese: “切尔尼希夫”
  • Wu Chinese: “切尔尼戈夫”
  • Yakut: “Чернигов”
  • Yue Chinese: “切爾尼希夫”
  • Yue Chinese: “切爾尼戈夫”
  • “Чернігів”

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