Sedniv

Sedniv(Седнів)
Town
Coat of arms depicts Lyzohub's emblem over the Lyzohub House in Sedniv
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Chernihiv Oblast
Municipality	Sedniv municipality
Population (2015)
• Total	1,103
Postal code	14000
Area code(s)	(+380)
Vehicle registration	CB / 25

Sedniv is a small urban-type settlement in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is located in Chernihiv Raion. Population: 1,103 (2015 est.)

Sedniv is famous for being a home town of Cossack's Lyzohub family. Population of Sedniv suffered from Holodomor and in 1932 it lost its status of town in part due to the effect of the Soviet Union's 'Blackboard Policies'. From 1932-1959 Sedniv was a village.

Sedniv is located at the location of the Ruthenian city of Snovsk that was destroyed by Tatars in 1239. It is unknown when the town changed its name. It is known that in 1648-1781 it was a district (sotnia) seat of the Chernihiv region (polk).

Current research indicates the settlement called Sedniv in VII.century was named such by Danish colonialists. The prototype was from the name of the Danish settlement Seden. After the conquest of the lands now called Chernihiv by the Rurik Dynasty - the area was subsequently called Snovesk.

In the chronicles first mentioned as sources of the ancient city-fortress Snovsk. Near him in 1068 Prince Svyatoslav with three thousand soldiers broke the 12 thousandth Polovtsian army. The name comes from the River Snov ("sleep" - wash, bathe). Folk legend tells other versions of the town's name:

"The devastating hordes of the Crimean Tatars attacked Snovsk, but could not take the city-fortress. The Tartars then called the defending city of Snovsk "Sidnaame"(сидняме), which translated from Tatar language as if to mean evil and brave. Hence - Sedniv."

In the X - XI. centuries, Snovsk was one of the strongholds of Kievan Rus, the center of a separate administrative unit - Snovskian Thousand.

In the XII-XIII. centuries, Snovsk was part of the Chernihiv principality but later destroyed by Tatars invaders in 1239.

In the mid-XIV. century, the city became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

The drawing on the left is the Kamianytsia Lyzohub, 1846 a depiction of the Lyzohub stone-house created by Ukrainian icon, Taras Shevchenko in 1846.

1648-1781 - Sedniv was sotnia town within the Chernihiv Regiment, and later - the parish town of Little Russia, then in the Chernihiv province. In 1659 there was a short time it was a part of Sednivskyy Regiment.