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Oleg Svyatoslavich ( Russian: Олег Святославич; c. 1052 – 1 August 1115) was a prince from Kievan Rus' whose equivocal adventures ignited political unrest in the country at the turn of the 11th and 12th centuries. He reigned as Prince of Chernigov from 1094 to 1097, and as Prince of Novgorod-Seversk from 1097 to 1115.
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For a time the principality was the second most powerful after Kiev. The principality was formed in the 10th century and maintained some of its distinctiveness until the 16th century. The Principality of Chernigov consisted of regions of modern-day Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia.
World War II. During World War II, Chernihiv was occupied by the German Army from 9 September 1941 to 21 September 1943. The Germans operated a Nazi prison and a forced labour battalion for Jews in the city. Independent Ukraine
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Oleg Svyatoslavich ; c. 1052 – 1 August 1115) was a Rus Sviatoslavichi prince whose equivocal adventures ignited political unrest in Kievan Rus' at the turn of the 11th and 12th centuries. He reigned as Prince of Chernigov from 1097 to 1115, and was the progenitor of the Olgovichi family.
Vita of Michael of Chernigov A hagiography vita of Michael of Chernigov was written some time after his death, describing his life in detail, and framing his execution as martyrdom . [2] It is unclear when this account was written (at least after the Mongol census in Suzdalia and Novgorod in 1257–59 [9] ), and how historically reliable it is. [2]
During the German-Soviet war in 1941–4 Chernihiv suffered extensive damage. After the war the city’s industrial capacity reached its prewar level by the beginning of the 1950s, and the population grew rapidly; it was 90,000 in 1959, of which 69 percent was Ukrainian, 20 percent Russian, 8 percent Jewish , and 1 percent Polish; 159,000 in ...
