The Spassky Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Transfiguration, stands on the Val, the ancient detinets of Chernihiv. It is one of the oldest structures in Ukraine: along with Saint Sophia of Kyiv, it...
The St. Boris and Gleb Cathedral is the second ducal temple on the Chernihiv Val, located next to the Transfiguration Cathedral. It is younger than the Saviour by about a century and was built in the ...
The Chernihiv Collegium is a baroque building with a bell tower on the Val, next to the St. Boris and Gleb Cathedral. In 1700, one of the oldest educational institutions in Ukraine—the first higher-le...
The Vvedensky Church is the refectory Trinity-St. Elijah Monastery on Boldyna Hora in Chernihiv. It was erected in 1677–1679, even before the ensemble's main building, the Trinity Cathedral. This is a...
The Vasyl Tarnovsky Chernihiv Regional Historical Museum is one of the oldest historical museums in Ukraine. It is located on the Val, in a three-story building of the former men's gymnasium in the cl...
Katerynska Church is one of the best-known landmarks of Chernihiv and a symbol of the city. This 1715 Cossack church stands on a high cape, separated by a ravine from the Val, in the area of the ancie...
The Church of Michael and Theodore stands on Hetmana Polubotka Street in Chernihiv, on the grounds of the former estate of acting hetman Pavlo Polubotok. It is the only church in Ukraine consecrated i...
Chorna Mohyla (Black Mound) is the largest barrow in Chernihiv and one of the most famous archaeological sites of the Rus era. The mound, about 11 meters high and 125 meters in circumference, rises ri...
The Yeлец Uspensky Monastery is one of the oldest monasteries in Ukraine and a landmark of national significance in Chernihiv. It stands on the elevated right bank of the Desna River, between the anci...
The Trinity-Ilinsky Monastery stands on Boldyny Hory — picturesque hills above the Desna River on the outskirts of Chernihiv. Its history begins with a cave dug here by Anthony of Pechersk, the founde...
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