Plan of the provincial capital Chernigov (PSZ Town Plans)

Plan of the provincial capital Chernigov

urban history

The Desna River flows east to west along the southern edge of Chernigov and the existence of seasonal floodplains suggests that the river behaves badly each spring. Yet the cathedral, government offices, and a plethora of parish churches densify the southern end of town... as if they just couldn't resist the lure of the water.

Read more about Chernigov - "Charm Town" - on the Guided Tour.

Polnoe Sobranie Zakonov Rossiiskoi Imperii (sobranie pervoe), Kniga chertezhei i risunkov (plany gorodov) [Complete Collection of Laws of the Russian Empire (first collection), Book of drawings and illustrations (town plans)], Sanktpeterburg: v Tipografii II Otdeleniia Sobstvennoi E. I. V. Kantseliarii, 1839.

Copies of the Book of Drawing and Illustrations can be found in several academic and research libraries. The Russian National Library provides open access to a digitized version.

Data extraction, translation, and annotation by Sierra Nota, Alex Dennett, and Kelly O'Neill

Russian

1805

Chernigov (Чернигов)

Chernigov Province (Чернигобская губерния)

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