Chernihivka (; ) is a

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in Berdiansk Raion,

Zaporizhzhia Oblast Zaporizhzhia Oblast (), commonly referred to as Zaporizhzhia (), is an oblast (region) in south-east Ukraine. Its administrative centre is the city of Zaporizhzhia. The oblast covers an area of , and has a population of The oblast is an import ...

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. Prior to 2020, it was also the

administrative center An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...

of the former Chernihivka Raion. It has a population of Chernihivka is situated midway between the cities of

Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia, formerly known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk until 1921, is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia ...

and

Berdyansk Berdiansk or Berdyansk (, ; , ) is a port city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, south-eastern Ukraine. It is on the northern coast of the Sea of Azov, which is connected to the Black Sea. It serves as the administrative center of Berdiansk Raion. The ...

on the bank of Tokmak River in the geographic territory known as Azov Upland. The town is located in the middle of the Pontic steppe away from major highways and railways. Chernihivka is a populated place of Chernihivka settlement council, which is a municipal community and beside the town also includes two rural settlements and four neighboring villages.

History

Chernihivka was founded in 1783, by villagers from

Chernigov Governorate Chernigov Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire. It was officially created in 1802 from the disbanded Little Russia Governorate (1796-1802), Little Russia Governorate and had its capital in Cher ...

(''Chernihiv Governorate''), who lived on territory of the today's Romny Raion (

Sumy Oblast Sumy Oblast (), also known as Sumshchyna (), is an oblast (province) in northeast Ukraine. The oblast was created in its modern-day form, from the merging of raions from Kharkiv Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast, and Poltava Oblast in 1939 by the Presid ...

). Until 26 January 2024, Chernihivka was designated

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...

. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Chernihivka became a rural settlement.

Economy

The agrarian company Zorya (meaning ''Star'') plays an important role in the region. During the Soviet times the company was called Zarya Kommunizma (the Dawn of Communism).

People from Chernihivka

Volodymyr Horilyi Volodymyr Ivanovych Horilyi (; born 11 October 1965) is a Soviet and Ukrainian retired football defender and a football coach. Career Horilyi played for a number of teams based in USSR including Tavriya Simferopol, Dynamo Kyiv, Zenit Lening ...

(born 1965), Soviet and Ukrainian footballer

References

{{Authority control Rural settlements in Berdiansk Raion Berdyansky Uyezd