Chernigov Governorate - Principal Cities

Principal Cities

  • Russian Census of 1897
  • Nezhin - 32,113 (Ukrainian - 21,733, Jewish - 7,578, Russian - 2,366)
  • Chernihiv - 27,716 (Ukrainian - 10,085, Jewish - 8,780, Russian - 7,985)
  • Konotop - 18,770 (Ukrainian - 10,290, Jewish - 4,415, Russian - 3,565)
  • Novozybkov - 15,362 (Russian - 11,055, Jewish - 3,787, Belorussian - 303)
  • Glukhov - 14,828 (Ukrainian - 8,621, Jewish - 3,837, Russian - 2,217)
  • Borzna - 12,526 (Ukrainian - 10,846, Jewish - 1,515, Russian - 109)
  • Starodub - 12,381 (Russian - 7,255, Jewish - 4,897, Ukrainian - 133)
  • Krolevets - 10,384 (Ukrainian - 8,328, Jewish - 1,815, Russian - 209)
  • Berezna - 9,922 (Ukrainian - 8,349, Jewish - 1,354, Russian - 144)
  • Novgorod-Seversky - 9,182 (Ukrainian - 4,884, Jewish - 2,941, Russian - 1,296)
  • Mglin - 7,640 (Russian - 4,840, Jewish - 2,675, Belorussian - 75)
  • Sosnitsa - 7,087 (Ukrainian - 5,068, Jewish - 1,840, Russian - 158)
  • Korop - 6,262 (Ukrainian - 5,309, Jewish - 865, Russian - 77)
  • Oster - 5,370 (Ukrainian - 3,229, Jewish - 1,596, Russian - 399)
  • Kozelets - 5,141 (Ukrainian - 2,834, Jewish - 1,632, Russian - 468)
  • Pogar - 4,965 (Russian - 3,800, Jewish - 1,159, Germans - 6)
  • Gorodnya - 4,310 (Ukrainian - 2,349, Jewish - 1,248, Russian - 604)
  • Surazh - 4,006 (Jewish - 2,400, Belorussian - 978, Russian - 559)
  • Novoye Mesto - 1,488 (Russian - 1,421, Jewish - 67)

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