Chernihiv Oblast (
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translit. Chernihivs’ka oblast’; also referred to as
Chernihivshchyna -
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oblast (province) of northern
Ukraine. The
administrative center of the oblast is the city of
Chernihiv.
The total area of the province is around 31,900 km².
The oblast is bordered on the west by the Kiev Reservoir of the Dnieper River and Kiev Oblast, by the Sumy Oblast to the east, and the Poltava Oblast to the south. The northern border of the oblast is part of Ukraine's international border abutting Belarus's Homyel Voblast in the north-west and the Russian Bryansk Oblast in the north-east, respectively.
The oblast is bisected into northern and southern sections by the Desna River, which enters the Dnieper just north of the Kyiv city limits.
