Chernihiv
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Cher·ni·hiv
(chər-nē′həv, -nyē′hēw) or Cher·ni·gov (-gəf) A city of northern Ukraine northeast of Kiev. First mentioned in 907, it was the capital of the Chernigov principality in the 11th century and later passed to Lithuania, Poland, and Russia.
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BERSON has supplied two of its InLine+ UV disinfection systems to the wastewater treatment plant in the city of
Chernihiv, north-east of Kiev, the Ukrainian capital.
In my city of
Chernihiv, Russian is the primary language.
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