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Chernihiv Oblast
Чернігівська область
Oblast
Chernihivska oblast[1]
Flag of Chernihiv Oblast
Flag
Coat of arms of Chernihiv Oblast
Coat of arms
Nickname: 
Чернігівщина (Chernihivshchyna)
Coordinates: 51°20′N 32°04′E / 51.34°N 32.06°E / 51.34; 32.06
Country Ukraine
Established15 October 1932
Administrative centerChernihiv
Largest citiesChernihiv, Nizhyn, Pryluky
Government
 • GovernorVyacheslav Chaus[2]
 • Oblast council64 seats
 • ChairpersonOlena Dmytrenko
Area
 • Total
31,865 km2 (12,303 sq mi)
 • RankRanked 3rd
Population
 (2022)[3]
 • Total
Decrease 959,315
GDP
[4]
 • Total₴ 114 billion
(€2.9 billion)
 • Per capita₴ 117,225
(€3,000)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
14-17xxx
Area code+380 46
ISO 3166 codeUA-74
Vehicle registrationСВ
Raions5
Hromadas57
HDI (2022)0.737[5]
high
FIPS 10-4UP02
NUTS statistical regions of UkraineUA14
Websitechor.gov.ua

Chernihiv Oblast (Ukrainian: Чернігівська область, romanized: Chernihivska oblast), also referred to as Chernihivshchyna (Ukrainian: Чернігівщина), is an oblast (province) in northern Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Chernihiv. There are 1,511 settlements in the oblast, with a total population of 959,315 (2022 estimate).[3]

Geography

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The total area of the province is around 31,900 km².

On the west, the oblast is bordered by the Kyiv Reservoir of the Dnieper River and Kyiv Oblast, which has a enclave known as Slavutych, which was created from Chernihiv Oblast for the inhabitants of Chernobyl following the Chernobyl disaster. It is bordered by Sumy Oblast to the east and Poltava Oblast to the south. The northern border of the oblast is part of Ukraine's international border abutting Belarus's Gomel Region in the north-west and the Russian Bryansk Oblast in the north-east, respectively.

The oblast is bisected into northern and southern sections by the Desna River, which enters the Dnieper just north of the Kyiv city limits.

History

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Medieval Transfiguration Cathedral and Boris and Gleb Cathedral in Chernihiv

Chernihiv Oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on 15 October 1932.

The capital city of Chernihiv has known human settlement for over 2,000 years, according to archaeological excavations. Chernihiv Oblast comprises a very important historical region, notable as early as the Kievan Rus' period, when the cities of Chernihiv and Novhorod-Siverskyi were frequently mentioned. The city of Chernihiv was the second most important Ukrainian city during the Rus' period of Ukrainian history, often serving as a major regional capital. Danylo of Chernihiv wrote of his pilgrimage to Jerusalem during this era. The region at various times was ruled by the Kievan Rus', Mongol Empire, Lithuania, Poland and Russia. Numerous tragic events have taken place in the region, such as the Battle of Kruty and the Koriukivka massacre.[6] During World War II, the province was occupied by Germany in 1941–1943.

During the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Chernihiv Oblast was one of the first regions where Russian and Ukrainian forces clashed.[7][8][9] On 4 April 2022 Governor of Chernihiv Oblast Vyacheslav Chaus stated that the Russian military had left Chernihiv Oblast, but that it had planted mines in many areas.[10] On 4 and 5 April 2022 units of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine retook control of their border crossing in Chernihiv Oblast.[11].

The oblast is located in the historic regions of Left-bank Ukraine and Polissia.

Demographics

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The current estimated population of the oblast is around 976,701 (as of 2021).

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, ethnic Ukrainians accounted for 93.5% of the population of Chernihiv Oblast, and ethnic Russians for 5.0%.[12][13]

Language

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See also: Languages of Ukraine
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, Ukrainian was the native language for over 89% of Chernihiv Oblast's population: it was the dominant language in all of the city and town councils, as well as in the absolute majority of the village councils of the oblast. In the extreme north of Chernihiv Oblast, near the border with Russia and Belarus, Russian was the dominant language in twelve village councils, all which also had significant (twenty percent or more) Ukrainian-speaking minorities.

Due to the Russification of Ukraine during the Soviet era, the share of Ukrainian speakers in the population of Chernihiv Oblast gradually decreased between the 1970 and 1989 censuses, while the share of Russian speakers increased.[14] Native language of the population of Chernihiv Oblast according to the results of population censuses:[15][16][17][18][19][20]

1959 1970 1989 2001
Ukrainian 88.1% 88.8% 85.7% 89.1%
Russian 11.1% 10.6% 13.6% 10.3%
Other 0.8% 0.6% 0.7% 0.4%

Native language of the population of the raions and cities of Chernihiv Oblast according to the 2001 Ukrainian census:[21]

Ukrainian Russian
Chernihiv Oblast 89.1% 10.3%
City of Chernihiv 74.0% 24.5%
City of Nizhyn 89.5% 8.9%
City of Pryluky 92.9% 6.8%
Bakhmach Raion 97.1% 2.5%
Bobrovytsia Raion 97.9% 1.8%
Borzna Raion 98.4% 1.4%
Varva Raion 97.0% 2.7%
Horodnia Raion 92.5% 7.0%
Ichnia Raion 97.8% 2.0%
Kozelets Raion 95.8% 3.8%
Korop Raion 97.8% 2.0%
Koriukivka Raion
(in pre-2020 borders)		 96.9% 2.8%
Kulykivka Raion 98.0% 1.7%
Mena Raion 97.5% 2.1%
Nizhyn Raion
(in pre-2020 borders)		 98.5% 1.3%
Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion
(in pre-2020 borders)		 63.9% 35.9%
Nosivka Raion 97.9% 1.7%
Pryluky Raion
(in pre-2020 borders)		 97.2% 2.4%
Ripky Raion 87.6% 11.4%
Semenivka Raion 80.4% 19.4%
Snovsk Raion 89.4% 10.3%
Sosnytsia Raion 98.4% 1.4%
Sribne Raion 98.3% 1.5%
Talalaivka Raion 98.0% 1.9%
Chernihiv Raion
(in pre-2020 borders)		 95.4% 4.0%

Ukrainian is the only official language on the whole territory of Chernihiv Oblast.[22]

According to a poll conducted by Rating from 16 November to 10 December 2018 as part of the project «Portraits of Regions», 80% of the residents of Chernihiv Oblast believed that the Ukrainian language should be the only state language on the entire territory of Ukraine. 12% believed that Ukrainian should be the only state language, while Russian should be the second official language in some regions of the country. 3% believed that Russian should become the second state language of the country. 5% found it difficult to answer.[23]

On 21 March 2023, Chernihiv Oblast Military Administration approved the «Programme to promote the functioning of the Ukrainian language as a state language in Chernihiv Oblast for 2023—2028», the main objective of which is to strengthen the positions of the Ukrainian language in various spheres of public life in the oblast.[24][25]

According to the research of the Content Analysis Centre, conducted from 15 August to 15 September 2024, the topic of which was the ratio of Ukrainian and Russian languages in the Ukrainian segment of social media, 76.2% of posts from Chernihiv Oblast were written in Ukrainian (67.8% in 2023, 56.6% in 2022, 18.1% in 2020), while 23.8% were written in Russian (32.2% in 2023, 43.4% in 2022, 81.9% in 2020).[26][27]

After Ukraine declared independence in 1991, Chernihiv Oblast, as well as Ukraine as a whole, experienced a gradual Ukrainization of the education system, which had been Russified[28] during the Soviet era. Dynamics of the ratio of the languages of instruction in general secondary education institutions in Chernihiv Oblast:[29][30][31][32][33][34][35]

Language of instruction,
% of pupils		 1991—
1992		 1992—
1993		 1993—
1994		 1994—
1995		 1995—
1996		 2000—
2001		 2005—
2006		 2007—
2008		 2010—
2011		 2012—
2013		 2015—
2016		 2018—
2019		 2021—
2022		 2022—
2023
Ukrainian 67.1% 70.3% 74.0% 78.0% 81.0% 94.0% 99.0% 99.0% 99.5% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 99.97% 100.0%
Russian 32.9% 29.7% 26.0% 22.0% 19.0% 6.0% 1.0% 1.0% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.03% —

According to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, in the 2023—2024 school year, all 89,872 pupils in general secondary education institutions in Chernihiv Oblast were studying in classes where Ukrainian was the language of instruction.[36]

The province has experienced long-term population decline. The population has fallen 37% from the 1959 figure of 1,554,000, the steepest decline of any Ukrainian oblast. It has the lowest population density in the country.

Age structure

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0-14 years: 12.9% Increase (male 70,680/female 67,487)
15-64 years: 68.4% Decrease (male 352,230/female 378,864)
65 years and over: 18.7% Decrease (male 61,722/female 138,277) (2013 official)

Median age

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total: 42.8 years Steady
male: 38.5 years Increase
female: 46.9 years Steady (2013 official)

Administrative subdivisions

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Main article: Administrative divisions of Chernihiv Oblast
Map of Chernihiv Oblast.

Since July 2020, Chernihiv Oblast is administratively subdivided into 5 raions (districts).

The following data incorporates the number of each type of administrative divisions of Chernihiv Oblast:

  • Administrative centre — 1 (Chernihiv),
  • Raions — 5,
  • Hromadas — 57, including:
    • Urban hromadas — 16,
    • Settlement hromadas — 24,
    • Rural hromadas — 17.

The local administration of the oblast is controlled by the Chernihiv Oblast Rada. The governor of the oblast is the Chernihiv Oblast Rada speaker, appointed by the President of Ukraine.

Important settlements

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Largest cities
  1. Chernihiv (294,727)
  2. Nizhyn (72,422)
  3. Pryluky (58,456)
  4. Bakhmach (18,798)
  5. Nosivka (14,185)
  6. Novhorod-Siverskyi (14,025)
Other settlements

Raions

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Flag Coat of arms Name Ukrainian name Administrative centre Area
(km2)		 Population estimate (2021)[37]
Chernihiv Raion Чернігівський район Chernihiv 10,249 445,430
Koriukivka Raion Корюківський район Koriukivka 4,578 86,435
Nizhyn Raion Ніжинський район Nizhyn 7,226 215,908
Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion Новгород-Сіверський район Novhorod-Siverskyi 4,630.5 62,141
Pryluky Raion Прилуцький район Pryluky 5,214 149,401
Chernihiv Oblast Чернігівська область Chernihiv 31,865 959,315

The Slavutych municipality is located in Chernihiv Oblast on the eastern bank of the Dnieper, but officially belongs to Kyiv Oblast (being an administrative exclave).


Economy

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Industry

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The economy of Chernihiv Oblast is centered around petroleum and natural gas extraction, transport, machinery, tobacco and the textile industry. A major tobacco factory is situated in Pryluky. The cities of Bakhmach and Nizhyn are important railway junctions on the route from Russia and Belarus to Southeast Europe. There are notable machinery and electronics industries in Chernihiv. Chernihiv also has a brewery producing beer under the name "Chernihivske".

Religion

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Main article: History of Christianity in Ukraine

The religion among believers in the oblast is overwhelmingly Eastern Orthodox. A substantial percentage of the population is atheist. Small minorities of Ukrainian Catholics, Roman Catholics (including the descendants of earlier Polish colonists), and recent converts to Protestantism are also present.

Culture and tourist attractions

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There are several outstanding historical Orthodox churches and buildings in Chernihiv, Novhorod-Siverskyi, Liubech, Nizhyn, Kozelets, and Pryluky. Nizhyn is a historical Cossack city and home to a university.

Chernihiv Oblast was famous for its specific style of folk icon-painting. Brightness and realistic depictions of the saints were typical for it, with red and hot yellow paints used. The icons were decorated by flowers in a manner reminiscent of Slavonic pre-Christian traditions. The icons from Chernihiv Oblast were spread outside its territory. Many of them are preserved in the Museum of Ukrainian home icons of the Radomysl Castle.[citation needed]

Nomenclature

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Most of Ukraine's oblasts are named after their capital cities, officially referred to as "oblast centres" (Ukrainian: обласний центр, translit. oblasnyi tsentr). The name of each oblast is a relative adjective, formed by adding a feminine suffix to the name of respective centre city: Chernihiv is the centre of the Chernihivs'ka oblast' (Chernihiv Oblast). Most oblasts are also sometimes referred to in a feminine noun form, following the convention of traditional regional place names, ending with the suffix "-shchyna", as is the case with the Chernihiv Oblast, Chernihivshchyna.

See also: Romanization of Ukrainian
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See also

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