Chernigovka () is a

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(a '' selo'') and the

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Chernigovsky District Chernigovsky District () is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #132-KZ district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai. The area of the district is .

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. Population:

History

Chernigovka was established in 1886 by a group of 25 families from the village of Mutin in

Krolevetsky Uyezd Krolevetsky Uyezd (; ) was one of the subdivisions of the Chernigov Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the eastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Krolevets. Demographics At the time of the Russian Empire C ...

Chernigov Governorate Chernigov Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire. It was officially created in 1802 from the disbanded Little Russia Governorate (1796-1802), Little Russia Governorate and had its capital in Cher ...

. 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 The Russian Far East ( rus, Дальний Восток России, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in North Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asia, Asian continent, and is coextensive with the Far Easte ...

. 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 (2,034 men and 2,030 women), of which the predominant nationality was Ukrainian (690 households). 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

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and

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. Agriculture is represented by dairy and beef

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, production of

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and

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. The

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(Muchnaya station) and the federal highway "

Ussuri The Ussuri ( ; ) or Wusuli ( ) is a river that runs through Khabarovsk and Primorsky Krais, Russia and the southeast region of Northeast China in the province of Heilongjiang. It rises in the Sikhote-Alin mountain range, flowing north and formi ...

Vladivostok Vladivostok ( ; , ) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai and the capital of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. It is located around the Zolotoy Rog, Golden Horn Bay on the Sea of Japan, covering an area o ...

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pass through the village.

Airbase

At the Chernihovka "VETRYAK" military airfield, two aviation regiments were stationed until 2009: the 319th Separate Red Banner Helicopter Regiment named after V. I. Lenin, operating

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and

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helicopters, and, since 1985, the 187th Assault Aviation Regiment on

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attack aircraft, which, as a result of the 2009 military reorganization, were disbanded, and a first-class aviation base was formed, incorporating the former 319th Separate Helicopter Regiment and the 187th Assault Aviation Regiment, as well as personnel from the disbanded 18th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment "Normandie-Niemen" (Galyonki), in 2010, the first-class aviation base underwent another reorganization, the base was disbanded, separating the army aviation into the independent 575th Army Aviation Base and the assault aviation into the assault aviation group of the 6983rd Aviation Base (headquartered at Khurba Airfield,

Khabarovsk Krai Khabarovsk Krai (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (a krai) of Russia. It is located in the Russian Far East and is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District. The administrative centre of the krai is the types of ...

, after Army General S. K. Shoigu took over as Minister of Defense, a decision was made to restore the former names of the distinguished regiments, and since 2013, the 18th Assault Aviation Regiment "Normandie-Niemen," part of the 303rd Guards Mixed Aviation Division, and the 319th Separate "Lenin" Helicopter Regiment have been stationed at the Chernihovka airfield.

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* * {{Authority control Rural localities in Primorsky Krai