About the town » Chernihiv, Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Chernihiv or Chernigov is a historic city in northern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Chernihiv Oblast, as well as of the surrounding Chernihivskyi Raion within the oblast. The estimated population of the city is around 299,000 (as of 2006).