Nizhyn

The Ioanna Bogoslova Church in Nizhyn.

Nizhyn (Ukrainian: Ніжин; Russian: ; Nezhin), is a city located in the Chernihiv Oblast in northern Ukraine. The city is located on the Oster River, 150 km north-east of the nation's capital, Kiev, and is the administrative center of the Nizhynsky Raion, however, the city itself is also designated as a district in the oblast.

The current estimated population is 76,625 (as of the 2001 census).

The earliest known references to the city go back to 1078. In the times of Imperial Russia, Nizhyn became a self-governing city in 1625 (see Magdeburg rights}. In the nineteenth century Nizhyn was an uyezd capital of Chernigov guberniya and, before 1808, of Malorosiyskaya (or Little Russian) gubernia.

As a city with Magdeburg rights, Nizhyn was once a major center of Hasidic Judaism and is the site of the ohel (tomb) of the Hassidic master Rabbi Dovber Schneuri of Lubavitch.

Nizhyn has also long been noted for its famous cucumbers.

People

Semyon Desnitsky, a disciple of Adam Smith who introduced his ideas to the Russian public.
Sergey Korolyov, the head Soviet rocket engineer and designer during the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s.
Jacob Pavlovitch Adler, Jewish actor
Israel Rosenberg, founded the first Yiddish theater troupe in Imperial Russia.
Sonya Adler, one of the first women to perform in Yiddish theater in Imperial Russia.
Mark Bernes, a Soviet actor and singer of Jewish ancestry
Nestor Kukolnik, a Russian playwright and prose writer.
Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, a sprinter who has competed in the Olympic Games.

External references

()/() "A city, glorious and tender, loved by all", in Zerkalo Nedeli (the Mirror Weekly), July, 2005. [in Russian], [in Ukrainian]
() [Nizhen in Encyclopedia of Ukraine].

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	Subdivisions of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine

	Raions:	Bakhmatsky Raion \| Bobrovytsky Raion \| Borzniansky Raion \| Chernihiv City \| Chernihivsky Raion \| Horodniansky Raion \| Ichniansky Raion \| Koriukivsky Raion \| Koropsky Raion \| Kozeletsky Raion \| Kulykivsky Raion \| Mensky Raion \| Nizhyn City \| Nizhynsky Raion \| Nosivsky Raion \| Novhorod-Siversky Raion \| Pryluky City \| Prylutsky Raion \| Ripkynsky Raion \| Semenivsky Raion \| Shchorsky Raion \| Sosnytsky Raion \| Sribniansky Raion \| Talalayivsky Raion \| Varvynsky Raion
	Cities:	Bakhmach \| Bobrovytsia \| Borzna \| Chernihiv \| Horodnia \| Ichnia \| Koriukivka \| Kozelets \| Mena \| Nizhyn \| Nosivka \| Novhorod-Siversky \| Oster \| Pryluky \| Shchors \| Semenivka
	Towns:	Korop \| Kulykivka \| Ripky \| Sosnytsia \| Sribne \| Talalayivka \| Varva