About Chernigov

Chernigov - ancient Slavic town, the regional center of the Chernigov region of Ukraine, the administrative center of the Chernigov region, as well as economic and cultural center of the field.

Герб города Чернигов

Road network runs through the city: international, national and regional importance. Chernihiv has two railway stations (passenger and freight), three bus station, a river port on the river Desna.

Population - 298 383 people (2007 year)

History: Some Neolithic finds from the vicinity of Chernihiv indicate that the first settlers came here in 4 millennium BC. e. and found in the tract Yalovschina and Gorka Tatar settlements of the Bronze Age indicate settlement in the city in the 2 thousand BC. e.

Legend: In one version of the name "Chernigov" comes from the Black Guy, ie black forest. (Black Forest) Cherniy Guy - Chernigay - Chernigav - Chernigov. According to this version of the ancient times, forests in those places were impassable, dense and black (dark). From there, the name of the city, surrounded by a forest.

Main kinds of the mass transport:

Transport	Fare
Route taxi	2,00 uah.
Trolleybus	1,00 uah.
Bus	1,50 uah.

Main sights:

Borisoglebskiy sobor (Borisoglebskiy cathedral)	Vvedenskaya tserkov Troinsko-Illinskogo monastirya (Vvedenskaya church of Troinsko-Illinskiy monastery)	Railway station

University	Ekaterinenskaya church	Ekaterinenskaya church

Eletskiy uspenskiy monastery	Illinskaya tserkov (Illinskaya church)	Pyatnitskaya tserkov (Pyatnitskaya church)

Spaso-preobrajenskiy sobor (Spaso-preobrajenskiy cathedral)	Teatr imeni Shevchenko (Shevchenko Theatre)	Uspenskiy sobor (Uspenskiy cathedral)

Chernihiv Collegium	Sobor Troitskogo Illinskogo monasterya (Cathedral of Troitskiy Illinskiy monastery)