{{Verification|date=August 2022}}{{Infobox building | name = Ancient Chernihiv | native_name = Чернігів стародавній <!-- images -->| image = Spasopreobrazh-cathedral-chernihiv.JPG | image_caption = Saviour-Transfiguration Cathedral of 11th century <!-- location -->| location = Chernihiv Oblast | location_city = Dytynets Park, Chernihiv | location_country = Ukraine | coordinates = {{coord|51|29|28|N|31|17|55|E|display=inline,title}} <!-- stats -->| building_type = National Architecture-Historical Reserve | opened_date = State Reserve | website = [http://oldchernihiv.com/ oldchernihiv.com] }} '''Ancient Chernihiv''' ({{langx|uk|Національний державний архітектурно-історичний заповідник «Чернігів стародавній»|Chernihiv starodavnii}}) is the National Architecture-Historical Reserve located in the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv. It was created at first as an affiliate of the National Reserve "Sophia of Kyiv". Since August 1, 1967, the site is a separate entity consisting of 34 monuments of architecture. In 2023–2024, UNESCO lead the efforts to rehabilitate the sites of the reserve bombed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 April 2024 |title=Ukraine: UNESCO paves the way for the rehabilitation of Chernihiv’s historic centre |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2676/ |access-date=25 March 2025 |website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre}}</ref>
==Architectural landmarks== * Dytynets Park of Chernihiv, also known as Chernihiv's motte (earthworks) * Saviour-Transfiguration Cathedral * Boris and Gleb Cathedral * Chernihiv's Collegium * House of Lyzohub (Colonel of the Chernigov Regiment) * Piatnytska Church * Catherine's Church * Yelets-Dormition Monastery * Black Grave (kurgan) * Boldyni Hory * Saint Anthony's Caves * Trinity and St. Elijah's Monastery (Trinity Cathedral, St. Elijah's Church, Presentation Church) * Monument to Ivan Mazepa * Monument to Prince Igor
Since 1989, the site is placed on the tentative list of World Heritage Sites of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), receiving its reference number 668.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Historic Centre of Tchernigov, 9th -13th centuries |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/668/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |language=en}}</ref> According to the description, the site only includes Saviour-Transfiguration Cathedral and Borysohlibskyi Cathedral. As of 2023, the creation of a renewed nomination was underway,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shaposhnikov |first=Denys |date=2023-01-26 |title=Історичний центр Чернігова подають до списку Світової спадщини ЮНЕСКО |url=https://suspilne.media/367078-istoricnij-centr-cernigova-podaut-do-spisku-svitovoi-spadsini-unesko/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Суспільне Новини |language=uk}}</ref> and it will include the central part of Dytynets, Yeletska Hora with the ensemble of Yelets Monastery, Black Grave, Boldyna Hora with the 10th century kurgan grave field, and the complex of the Trinity Monastery.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-16 |title=«Культурний ландшафт Чернігова»: чергова спроба включити до Списку всесвітньої спадщини ЮНЕСКО історичну частину міста |url=https://oldchernihiv.com/kulturnyj-landshaft-chernigova-chergova-sproba-vklyuchyty-do-spysku-vsesvitnoyi-spadshhyny-yunesko-istorychnu-chastynu-mista/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Чернігів Стародавній |language=uk}}</ref> As of December 2025, the nomination process has slowed down, primarily due to disputes between the regional and local governments.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rekun |first=Oksana |date=15 December 2025 |script-title=uk:Фактично без змін з 1989 року. Чому історичні пам'ятки Чернігова досі не в списку ЮНЕСКО |trans-title=Factually without changes since 1989. Why are the historic monuments of Chernihiv still not on the UNESCO list |url=https://suspilne.media/chernihiv/1187774-fakticno-bez-zmin-z-1989-roku-comu-istoricni-pamatki-cernigova-dosi-ne-v-spisku-unesko/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260115145351/https://suspilne.media/chernihiv/1187774-fakticno-bez-zmin-z-1989-roku-comu-istoricni-pamatki-cernigova-dosi-ne-v-spisku-unesko/ |archive-date=15 January 2026 |access-date=15 January 2026 |website=Suspilne Chernihiv |language=uk}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Чернигов. Елецкий монастырь.jpg|Yelets-Dormition Monastery's cathedral was modeled after that of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra File:Чернігів.Собор Бориса й Гліба.JPG|Borys and Hlib Cathedral in front of Saviour-Transfiguration Cathedral File:AX Chernihiv Pyatnytska Church.jpg|The Piatnytska Church (c. 1201, restored after World War II) File:2015 Будинок губернатора Чернігів.jpg|Chernihiv Regional Art Museum File:Храм архістратига Михаїла з дзвіницею (Чернігів).jpg|Church of the Archangel Michael File:Чернігівський колегіум (Чернігів).jpg|Chernihiv Collegium File:Троїцький монастир.jpg|Trinity Monastery File:Іллінська церква та дзвінниця.jpg|Church of St. Elijah and its bell tower File:Курган Чорна Могила, Чернігів.JPG|Black Grave File:Кургани Гульбище та Безименний.jpg|Hulbyshche and Bezimennyi kurgans, Boldyni Hory File:Чернігів .Будинок полкової канцелярії.JPG|House of Lyzohub File:Вид на Катерининську церкву.jpg|St. Catherine's Church </gallery>
==See also== * List of historic reserves in Ukraine * List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Ukraine
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{in lang|uk|ru|en}} [http://oldchernihiv.com/ Official website] * [http://ukrainaincognita.com/khramy/chernigiv-stolytsya-lisovoi-imperii-chastyna-persha Capital of Forest Empire, part I] * [http://ukrainaincognita.com/khramy/chernigiv-stolytsya-lisovoi-imperii-chastyna-druga Capital of Forest Empire, part II] * [http://ukrainaincognita.com/khramy/chernigiv-stolytsya-lisovoi-imperii-chastyna-tretya Capital of Forest Empire, part III] * [http://www.castles.com.ua/czernihow.html List of monuments of cultural heritage of Ukraine] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071130084349/http://ostrovskogo.ok.net.ua/kray6.htm ЧЕРНІГІВСЬКИЙ ДЕРЖАВНИЙ АРХІТЕКТУРНО-ІСТОРИЧНИЙ ЗАПОВІДНИК "ЧЕРНІГІВ СТАРОДАВНІЙ"] * [http://cult.gov.ua/index/0-22 Chernihiv Ancient at website of the Chernihiv Region State Administration] {{Historic reserves of Chernihiv Oblast}}{{Authority control}}
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