Chernigovka, Primorsky Krai
Chernigovka is a rural locality and the administrative center of Chernigovsky District, Primorsky Krai, Russia. Population:
History
Chernigovka was established in 1886 by a group of 25 families from the village of Mutin in Krolevetsky Uyezd of Chernigov Governorate. The migrants chose a comfortable plain surrounded by wooded hills and a small river, and named the village after their former home, Chernigov Governorate.Chernigovka is the second most populous village in the Russian Far East.
It is located at the junction of the Prikhankaiskaya Plain from the west and the Sikhote-Alin Mountains from the east, which is why the climate here differs from Vladivostok in the direction of sharply continental. Winters are frostier, summers are hotter.
Population
According to the 1926 census for the Far Eastern region, the settlement had 921 households and 4,064 residents, of which the predominant nationality was Ukrainian.The national composition of Chernigovka according to the 1939 census: Russians - 66.7% or 7,400 people, Ukrainians - 29.8% or 3,301 people.
Economy
Chernigovka has developed agriculture, food industry and mechanical engineering. Agriculture is represented by dairy and beef cattle breeding, production of soybeans, vegetables and potatoes.The Trans-Siberian Railway and the federal highway "Ussuri" Vladivostok - Khabarovsk pass through the village.