Chernigiv, Chernihiv, & Chernigov

[Hannia]

Transliteration/sounds like:

Chernihiv = Чернігів in Ukrainian
Chernigov = Чернигов in Russian
Chernigaj = Чарнігай in Belarusyn

What time frame are you researching?

Chernihiv borders have changed many times in the last 2000 yrs.

TODAY Chernihiv is the official name of the oblast/region, the name of
the raion/county and the name of the regional capital in what is Ukraine.

Would you like a map of the region, the county or the city?

[lisaparx]

As far as my research shows,
my grandfather, Hryhory Parkhomenko, was born in a suburb of Chernihiv.
Nobody is sure of which suburb

The last time any family here saw him was about 1944.
Although they heard from him many years later.
He had 2 sisters Halya? and Luba.

If anybody ever comes across a 'Parkhomenko' in a suburb of Chernihiv...
it just may be a relative of mine.
eternally searching.

[IreneLviv]

Parkhomenko is a very poplular name in Chernihiv - hundreds of them within the region. One of them even designed the site of The Chernihiv State Archives...

[lisaparx]

Originally Posted by IreneLviv

Parkhomenko is a very poplular name in Chernihiv - hundreds of them within the region. One of them even designed the site of The Chernihiv State Archives...

Thanks for posting this!
I have been told before that 'Parkhomenko' is a popular last name...
it was just so hard to believe considering I have never met another
I believe now! thanks again~