Ukraine Chernihiv Oblast

Chernihiv is a historic city in northern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Chernihiv Oblast (province), as well as of the surrounding Chernihiv Raion (district) within the oblast. Chernihiv's architectural monuments chronicle two most flourishing periods in the city's history - those of Kievan Rus' (11th and 12th centuries) and of the Cossack Hetmanate (late 17th and early 18th centuries). Other points of interest in the city include the Pyatnytska Church, The Saviour Cathedral, Lisopark Yalovshchyna, Popudrenko Public Garden, Chernihiv Military History Museum, Catherine's Church, and more.