Czernihów: All Data
Czernihów is a city in Ukraine. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Chernihiv: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
1055 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Principality of Principality of Chernigov, part of Kievan Rus'
1133 AD
Capital of Principality of Chernigov
1239 AD
Mentioned in: Sack of Chernigov, part of Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'
1240 AD
Capital of Principality of Chernigov (Mongol Empire)
1261 AD
Capital of Principality of Chernigov (Golden Horde)
1620 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Voivodeship of Czernihów Voivodeship, part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1914 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of Chernigov, part of Russian Empire
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian Civil War
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ukrainian-Soviet War
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ukrainian-Soviet War
1919 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ukrainian-Soviet War
1922 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle of Kiev
1991 AD
Mentioned in Event: Dissolution of the Soviet Union
2022 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Chernihiv, part of Northeastern Ukraine offensive
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Oblast of Chernihiv Oblast, part of Ukraine