Chernigov
Tschernigow , Ukrainian Tschernihiw , Polish Czernihów means:
a place:
- the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv
an administrative unit:
- the former principality of Chernigov (around 1023–1401)
- the former Czernihów Voivodeship of the Polish-Lithuanian aristocratic republic (1635–1667)
- the former Russian governorate of Chernigov (1802–1925)
- today's Ukrainian Oblast Chernihiv (since 1932)
- the former diocese of Chernigov
a person or group of people:
- Michael von Tschernigow (or Mikhail Vsevoloditsch; 1185–1246), Russian Grand Duke; is venerated as a saint in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church today
- Mstislav von Tschernigow (* around 983, † 1034/36), Prince of Tmutarakan (around 988-1034 / 36) and Tschernigow (1024-1034 / 36)
- a princely house, see Princes von Tschernigow
- the title for nobles in the Polish-Lithuanian aristocratic republic (1635–1795) ( prince, voivode, castellan of Czernihów )
in the military sector:
- the Russian Chernigov Regiment in 1813 under Major General Prince Shachowskoi
- a war operation (Chernigov-Poltava operation), see Battle of the Dnepr
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