Chernihiv region

Relief

The region is entirely located on the territory of the East European Plain . This explains the flat nature of the relief with insignificant absolute heights (mainly 50-150 meters above sea level).

Hydrology

1,200 rivers with a total length of about 8.5 thousand km flow through the territory of the Chernihiv region. The largest rivers are the Dnieper , the Desna , the Sejm , the Oster , the Dreams , the Ubed , the Udai , the Daughter , the Strizhen .

Chernihiv region has significant tourist potential. In the area there are 610 natural reserve objects. On the territory of the Chernihiv region there are two national natural parks - Ichnyansky and Mezinsky ; and one regional landscape park - Mezhrechensky . On the territory of the region there are animals listed in the Red Book of Ukraine: aurochs , a large jerboa , a small bat and a big one, a steppe ferret ; Steppe crane , owl , bustard and others.

The monuments of Chulatovo 3 (Zarovsk Kruch), Yazvi, Arapovichi, Orehovy Log, Mosolov Rov ^[3] belong to the Middle Paleolithic in the Chernihiv region.

More than 20 settlements of the Late Paleolithic era (35–10 thousand years ago) were discovered by archeologists in the region ( Pushkari I , Pushkari IX, Mezinskaya Site , ^[4] ), Buzhanka, ^[5] and etc.).

The Bronze Age (2 millennium BC) includes settlements found in the Yalovschina and Tatar Hill Gorky tracts.

By 1 millennium n. er include settlements of northerners , located on the banks of the Desna and Strizhnya.

In the 9th century, Chernihiv-Severshchina became part of Kievan Rus , and Chernigov was second only to Kiev in development.

The main role in the economy was played by agriculture. High development reached crafts. The largest ancient settlement and “burial ground of the Varangians” in Kievan Rus of the 9th — 12th centuries, apparently, is the Shestovitsky archaeological complex near Chernigov. In Novgorod-Seversky, archeologists discovered glass bracelets of the period of Ancient Russia and wrote XII century, which scratched the letters on the bark or wax tablets ^[6] . From 1156 to 1239, the city of Berezay was part of the Principality of Vshchizhsky .

In 1796, the Little Russian Province of the Russian Empire was formed, which in 1802 was divided into Chernihiv and Poltava provinces. After a series of administrative reforms of 1919-1932, on October 15, 1932, the Chernihiv region was formed as part of the Ukrainian SSR . January 10, 1939 decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from the area withdrawn and transferred to the newly formed Sumy region Burynsky, Glinsky, Glukhov, Dubovyazovsky, Konotop, Krolevetsky, Nedrigaylovsky, Putivl, Romny, mid-Budsky, Smelovsky, Talalaivka, Hilchitsky, Hearts, Shalyginsky , Shostkinsky and Yampolsky districts. Since 1991 - as part of Ukraine.

• The level of urbanization (for 2001): urban population - 727.2 thousand people. - 58.4%, rural population - 518.1 thousand people. - 41.6%.
• The level of urbanization (for 2007): urban population - 690.5 thousand - 60.4%, rural population - 452.9 thousand - 39.6%.
• National composition according to official data (for 2001): Ukrainians 93.5%, Russians 5.0%, Belarusians 0.6%, others 0.9%.

As of February 1, 2015, the actual population of the region was 1,054,626 people, including the urban population — 678,603 people (64.35%) and the rural population — 376,023 people (35.65%). The permanent population is 1,046,084 people, including the urban population 668,369 people (63.89%), the rural population 377,715 people (36.11%). The population of the regional center was 294,614 people (27.94% of the population of the region) ^[2] .

General Information

The administrative center of the Chernihiv region is the city of Chernihiv .

The number of administrative units, councils and settlements of the region:

• rural areas - 22;
• urban districts - 2;
• settlements - 1530, including:
  • rural - 1488, including:
    • settlements - 60;
    • villages - 1425;
  • urban - 45, including:
    • urban-type settlements - 29;
    • cities - 15, including:
      • cities of regional importance - 4;
      • cities of regional significance - 12;
      • cities with district divisions - 1;
• township councils - 28;
• village councils - 525.

The local government in the region is carried out by the Chernihiv Regional Council, the executive power is the regional state administration. The head of the region is the chairman of the regional state administration, appointed by the President of Ukraine .

Areas

In Chernihiv region 22 district:

Cities

Cities of regional significance:

• Chernigov
• Nezhin
• Priluki
• Novgorod-Seversky

Cities of regional significance:

According to the materials of the Committee of Statistics of Ukraine (ukr.) And the General Directorate of Statistics in the Chernihiv region (ukr.)

Industry

Chernihiv , Nezhin , Priluki and Bakhmach are the main industrial centers of the region. Mechanical engineering, chemical, woodworking, light and food are the leading sectors of the economy. In the production of meat and milk per capita in 2000, Chernihiv region is among the top five. In the extreme west and in some places in the north are forests (20% of the land fund). Through the territory of the region runs the Dnieper-Donetsk oil and gas region .

Agriculture

The agro-industrial complex is represented: in the north, west - meat and dairy cattle breeding , grain farming , potato growing and flax growing ; in the south, the center is meat and dairy cattle breeding , pig breeding , grain farming and beet breeding . In the agrarian complex plant growing prevails. Main crops: cereals : winter wheat , rye , barley , oats , corn , buckwheat ; technical : flax , sugar beet ; fodder : corn for silage and green fodder, alfalfa , stable ; vegetable : carrots , table beets , cabbage , cucumbers , tomatoes . Horticulture and berry growing are also developed. Present fishing and beekeeping .

• Chernihiv Regional State Administration (ukr.)