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Ultra Desna ( Ukrainian : Ультрас Десна ) is the organized supporters group of the Ukrainian multi-sports club Desna Chernihiv . They are quite famous for supporting and following their team, at home and away. In particular they show a warm welcome when them team enter in any stadium to play supporting the club until the end of every single. During Desna's matches the fan area displays a great view of white and blue being worn.

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58-509: The first organized departure of fans for the away match of Desna fans took place on 1 August 1990, when Chernihiv 's fans supported their home club in Kyiv . Four Chernihiv enthusiasts came to the match against SKA Kyiv ; one of them still supports Desna . For over 16 years, a loyal fan has always been with the team and has more than 170 away games. In independent Ukraine, a significant surge in attendance, up to 6,520 spectators per game on average in

116-519: A humid continental climate ( Köppen Dfb ) with cold, cloudy and snowy winters, and warm, sunny summers. The average annual temperature for Chernihiv is 7.0 °C (44.6 °F), ranging from a low of −5.6 °C (21.9 °F) in January to a high of 19.5 °C (67.1 °F) in July. Precipitation is well distributed throughout the year though precipitation is higher during the summer months and lower during

174-488: A Nazi prison and a forced labour battalion for Jews in the city. The Statue of Lenin on Myru Avenue was toppled on February 21, 2014, as part of the demolitions of the statues of Lenin in Ukraine . Until 18 July 2020, Chernihiv was designated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to Chernihiv Raion even though it was the center of the raion. As part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced

232-589: A military and territorial unit of the state at the time). Under the 1667 Treaty of Andrusovo the legal suzerainty of the area was ceded to the Tsardom of Russia , with Chernihiv remaining an important center of the autonomous Cossack Hetmanate . With the abolishment of the Hetmanate, the city became an ordinary administrative center of the Russian Empire and a capital of local administrative units. The area in general

290-499: A new emblem for the club; voting was ended until 22 July 2016 in the Desna's official Facebook page. In 2017, the club's president Oleksiy Chebotaryov resigned for being wanted by the Ukrainian law enforcement and ran from Ukraine. Club ownership was passed to Volodymyr Levin . Ultras Desna - North Block with some followers of football were pointing out that the club was proudly demonstrating

348-575: A parade through the streets of the city. Immediately the club and the Nord Block group took their distance on this fact, declaring themselves strangers about this fact. In November 2020, the eagle became the new mascot of Desna Chernihiv . This bird is depicted not as the coat of arms of the city, nor the team logo. In 2020, the club asked their fans to choose the Desna Chernihiv Player of the Year for

406-544: A penalty kick against Valmiera . On 7 July he scored against Derry City at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium in the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifying round. In March 2022, during the Siege of Chernihiv , Filippov, together with other former Desna Chernihiv players, helped raise money for the civilian population of the city of Chernihiv . In April, he donated his Sint-Truiden kit to

464-579: A settlement there indicate that it seems to have existed at least as early as the 9th century. Towards the end of the 10th century, the city probably had its own rulers. It was there that the Black Grave , one of the largest and earliest royal mounds in Eastern Europe , was excavated in the 19th century. The city was the second wealthiest and most important in the southern portion of the Kievan Rus' . From

522-637: A train station with bus station called Chernihiv Ovruch railway . Narrow gauge railway of 76 versts was laid from the Kruty station of the Moscow Kyiv-Voronezh railway towards Chernihiv. In 1893, on the left bank of the Desna River , in the area of a modern automobile bridge, a railway station was built along the Kyiv highway. Passengers were delivered here from the city and back by horse transport. In 1925, traffic

580-592: Is FC Desna Chernihiv . In 2022 the club was admitted into the Ukrainian First League for the season 2022–23 , keeping high the name of the city in the sport sphere. WFC Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv is Ukrainian professional women's football club from Chernihiv. The team won 6 times the Top Division , four times the Women's Cup and been in both competition second only behind Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv . The club won also

638-473: Is marshrutka from Chernihivska and Lisova metro stations, which go to the centre of Chernihiv, often to Peremohy Avenue. Buses to Novhorod-Siverskyi leave hourly from Chernihiv's Central bus station , located near the Chernihiv train station . Public transport includes buses and trolleybuses . There is no direct connection between railway station and Chernihiv-1 bus station to the most central sights on

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696-546: Is based in Chernihiv. The first stage of the plant was put into operation in 1963. The city also has the Chernihiv Musical Instrument Factory established in 1933. In 1995 a manufacturer of goods for animals, called COLLAR Company, was established by Yuri Sinitsa . Chernihiv has a Chernihiv Polytechnic National University and Taras Shevchenko National University "Chernihiv College". Chernihiv has

754-470: Is sport enemy with the fans of Polissya Zhytomyr and Cherkashchyna , even they are friendly soccer group fan. Chernihiv Chernihiv ( Ukrainian : Чернігів , IPA: [tʃerˈn⁽ʲ⁾iɦiu̯] ; Russian : Чернигов , romanized :  Chernigov , IPA: [tɕɪrˈnʲiɡəf] ) is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within

812-554: Is the 5-domed Transfiguration Cathedral , commissioned in the early 1030s by Mstislav the Bold and completed several decades later by his brother, Yaroslav the Wise . The Cathedral of Sts Boris and Gleb , dating from the mid-12th century, was much rebuilt in succeeding periods, before being restored to its original shape in the 20th century. Likewise built in brick, it has a single dome and six pillars. The crowning achievement of Chernihiv masters

870-483: Is underway. The earliest residential buildings in the downtown date from the late 17th century, a period when a Cossack regiment was deployed there. Two most representative residences are those of Polkovnyk Lyzohub (1690s) and Polkovnyk Polubotok (18th century). The former mansion, popularly known as the Mazepa House, used to contain the regiment's chancellery. One of the most profusely decorated Cossack structures

928-466: Is undoubtedly the ecclesiastical collegium , surmounted by a bell-tower (1702). The archbishop's residence was constructed nearby in the 1780s. St. Catherine Church (1715), with its 5 gilded pear domes, traditional for Ukrainian architecture, is thought to have been intended as a memorial to the regiment's exploits during the storm of Azov in 1696. All through the most trying periods of its history, Chernihiv retained its ecclesiastical importance as

986-552: The 2020–21 Europa League third qualifying round for the first time in club history. Filippov was also included in the Ukrainian Premier League Best IX for the season. On 22 September 2020 he signed a three-year contract with Sint-Truiden for €1.5 million, becoming the most expensive player sold by Desna Chernihiv. He made his debut for the club in the Belgian First Division A against Mechelen at

1044-671: The AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne , replacing Facundo Colidio in the 66th minute. On 17 October he scored his first league goal against Beerschot at the Olympisch Stadion . On 3 February 2021, he made his debut in the 2020–21 Belgian Cup against Lokeren-Temse at the Daknamstadion . In February 2022 he moved on loan to Riga in the Latvian Higher League . On 12 March he scored his first league goal by converting

1102-575: The Desna 's fan during the russian aggression, set up a volunteer center They buy necessary things for the Armed Forces and go to the front, take people out of hot spots and even catch looters Everyone is trying to help as much as they can. Some are defending the country at the forefront, some are supporting the economy by working in the rear, some are volunteering. In the column of the New Channel #GoodHistories,

1160-515: The Italy Women's Cup in 2007. In the 2001–02 , 2003–04 , 2006–07 seasons they played in the UEFA Women's Cup . Oleksandr Filippov Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Filippov ( Ukrainian : Олександр Олександрович Філіппов ; born 23 October 1992) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Oleksandriya . In 2016, Filippov moved to Desna Chernihiv With the club he

1218-719: The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1618–1648), where it was granted Magdeburg rights in 1623 and in 1635 became a seat of Chernihiv Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province . The area's importance increased again in the middle of the 17th century during and after the Khmelnytsky Uprising . In the Hetman State , Chernihiv was the city of deployment for the Chernihiv Cossack regiment (both

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1276-629: The Ukrainian Cup in the season 2017–18 against Dynamo Kyiv . The club and during the season 2019–20 got again into the Quarterfinals of the Ukrainian Cup for the second time of the history of the club. In Premier League in the season 2019–20 , Desna got into the play-offs for the Championship round table and qualified mathematically at least for the Europa League third qualifying round , for

1334-632: The Ukrainian Premier League has been registered on the official website of the President of Ukraine , Petro Poroshenko . In December 2019, during the match against Dynamo Kyiv , the fan show a great choreography for the team and the ground in the stadium after the Dynamo's fan did the same for their club. On 12 March 2020 during the Quarterfinal match in Ukrainian Cup against Vorskla Poltava , in

1392-562: The Ultras Desna - North Block , due to the COVID-19 pandemic , supported Desna from the roof of the library of Tarnovsky (Museum of antiquities) , just beside the Chernihiv Stadium . In November 2020, a group of fans dressed in team-colored caps and scarves showed up at the club's offices, forcing Ovrachenko to leave. They then threw the manager into a garbage can and accompanied him as in

1450-542: The fir wood it was painted upon, was taken to Moscow by Svyatoslav's descendants, the Baryatinsky family, in 1579. The nearby Chernihiv Glory Memorial we can find Saint Anthony Caves of Saint Elijah and the Holy Trinity features a small eponymous church , built 800 years ago. The roomy Trinity cathedral , one of the most imposing monuments of Cossack baroque , was erected between 1679 and 1689. Its refectory, with

1508-463: The 2003/04 season, occurred in the first half of the 2000s. The highest attendance at home matches in the championship of Ukraine — 6,684 — was recorded in the 2007/08 season, in which the team took 4th place in the Ukrainian First League . Since 2008, the club team has never been without support in away matches. For eight years, at least one fan is always been with the team no matter the circumstances or weather. In 2010, Desna could have disappeared from

1566-450: The SKA Kyiv) that played in Chernihiv for the next couple of years. In 1977 Desna was revived now in place of the amateur club " Khimik Cherhihiv " that won regional competitions. On 27 May 2018, the team got promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League for the first time in their history. The original team colours were blue shirts, blue shorts, blue socks. The team got into the Quarterfinals of

1624-576: The Val. Trolleybus 1 and bus 38 are going to the Drama Theater stop near Piatnytska Church . Different routes come to Hotel Ukraine from different sides. The main Football club of Chernihiv is called FC Desna Chernihiv , the original name of the club was " Avanhard Chernihiv " during its first year of existence. Between 1961 and 1970 the club was called Desna. In 1972 it was replaced with SC Chernihiv (team of

1682-510: The adjoining church of Presentation to the Temple, was finished by 1679. There are also the 17th-century towered walls, monastic cells , and the five-tiered belfry from the 1780s. Other historic abbeys in the vicinity of Chernihiv include those in Kozelets and Hustynia , which feature superb examples of Ukrainian Baroque . Cheksil , one of the largest enterprises in the Ukrainian textile industry,

1740-467: The city had been completely encircled by Russian forces. On 5 April 2022, Governor of Chernihiv Oblast Vyacheslav Chaus stated that the Russian military has left Chernihiv Oblast, but that it had planted mines in many areas. On 19 August 2023, a Russian missile strike killed seven in the city. On 17 April 2024, another Russian missile strike killed over a dozen people in the city. Distribution of

1798-475: The city population peaked at 25,000, lasted until 1239 when the city was sacked by the hordes of Batu Khan , and entered a long period of relative obscurity. The area fell under the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1353. The city was burned again by Crimean khan Meñli I Giray in 1482 and 1497 and in the 15th to 17th centuries changed hands several times between Lithuania, Muscovy (1408–1420 and from 1503), and

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1856-562: The club's supervisory board without showing any information about the club's owner (a common issue among most Ukrainian professional clubs), three members out of 14 were also current members of the UAF Executive Committee including Hennadiy Prokopovych and Artem Frankov as well as the president of the Ukrainian PFL Serhiy Makarov . They also signed and an electronic petition with a request to return Desna Chernihiv to

1914-532: The condition of the rolling stock and the quality of the services provided do not meet modern requirements. Since the introduction of the new high-speed train timetable, the trailed wagons of the 93/94 Chernihiv – Odesa train were canceled. As of 2015, regular trains from Minsk to Odesa , and from St. Petersburg to Kyiv to Kharkiv run through Chernihiv, and there are direct connections with Moscow. Trains to Crimea (Simferopol, Feodosia) were canceled on 27 December 2014 due to Russia's annexation of Crimea . The area

1972-584: The early 11th century on, it was the seat of the powerful Principality of Chernigov , whose rulers at times vied for power with Kievan Grand Princes , and often overthrew them and took the primary seat in Kiev for themselves. The grand principality was the largest in Kievan Rus and included not only the Severian towns but even such remote regions as Murom , Ryazan and Tmutarakan . The golden age of Chernigov, when

2030-449: The ex-player of the team. Masalov lost his Russian passport at the destroyed Chernihiv Stadium . The left defender, who previously played for Desna , moved to play in Russian for Ufa as a free agent. Ultras of the Chernihiv club recorded an appeal to the football player-traitor and burned Masalov's Russian passport. The group is friends of Dynamo Kyiv , Kharkiv , Dnipro , Lviv , Stal Kamianske and Ivano-Frankivsk fans. The group

2088-718: The first time in the history of the Club since 1960. FC Chernihiv is another club in the city of Chernihiv, founded in 2003, which they play in Chernihiv Arena , they won the Chernihiv Oblast Football Championship . The club in 2020, got a certificate for vistup to participate for the Ukrainian Second League for the season 2020–21 . For the first time in the entire history, the place will be represented in professional football by two teams, one of which

2146-417: The football map of Ukraine, but a team of enthusiasts of led by Oleksiy Chebotaryov saved the situation - Desna not only continues to exist, but also sets maximum goals. In 2016, an Australian fan called Ian Brash become a real fan of Desna and constantly traveled from England to Ukraine to see the team playing at home and away, supporting the club. In the same year the club appealed to its fans to choose

2204-586: The interior. After the domes collapsed in 1611, they were augmented and reconstructed in the Ukrainian baroque style. The wall, monastic cells , and bell-tower all date from the 17th century. The nearby mother superior's house is thought to be the oldest residential building in the Left-Bank Ukraine . The cloister's holiest icon used to be that of Theotokos , who made her epiphany to Sviatoslav of Chernigov on 6 February 1060. The icon, called Yeletskaya after

2262-479: The neighborhood were owned by Jews. There were 1,321 Jewish artisans in Chernihiv, including 404 tailors and seamstresses, but the demand for artisan labor was limited to the town. There were 69 Jewish day-laborers, almost exclusively teamsters . Few, however, were employed in factories. During World War II , Chernihiv was occupied by the German Army from 9 September 1941 to 21 September 1943. The Germans operated

2320-629: The north-northeast of Kyiv . The area was served by Chernihiv Shestovytsia Airport prior to 2002, and during the Cold War it was the site of Chernihiv air base . The city of Chernihiv is crossed by Desna River , a major left tributary of the Dnieper River . "Desna" means "right hand" in the Old East Slavic language . It is 1,130 km (700 mi) long, and has a drainage basin that covers 88,900 km (34,300 sq mi). In Ukraine,

2378-655: The number of raions of Chernihiv Oblast to five, the city was merged into Chernihiv Raion. In June 2022, Chernihiv signed an agreement with Rzeszów, Poland to become sister cities. On 24 February 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , the city was under siege by the Russian Armed Forces according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, in its first battle since the Second World War. On 10 March 2022, Mayor Vladyslav Atroshenko announced that

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2436-642: The oblast. Chernihiv's population is 282,747 (2022 estimate). The city was designated as a Hero City of Ukraine by the Ukrainian government during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine . The name Chernihiv / Chernigov is a compound name, which begins with the Slavic root Cherni- / Cherno- , which means 'black'. Scholars vary with interpretations of the second part of the name ( -hiv / -gov , -говъ ) though scholars such as Dr. Martin Dimnik, Professor of Medieval History at University of Toronto , connect Chernihov with

2494-433: The population by native language according to the 2001 census : Despite considering Ukrainian a native language, not all people were using it in daily life, as Russian remained the primary language for communication in Chernihiv. A 2017 survey that asked what language do participants use at home revealed that Ukrainian was spoken only by 18% of the city's population, both Ukrainian and Russian were at 28%, while Russian

2552-519: The public relations specialist of FC Desna Dmytro told how the team of fans became a powerful volunteer center. Together with Vysokyi Val, the Desna Volunteer Center organized great donations of a large number of people, including former and current players of FC Desna ( Yehor Kartushov , Andriy Dombrovskyi , Yevhen Selin , Artem Favorov , Denys Favorov , Oleksandr Filippov , Yevhen Past , Vladyslav Kalitvintsev , etc.), significant support

2610-600: The river is 253 km (157 mi). The area of its drainage basin is 8,700 km (3,400 sq mi). The Snov freezes in November – late January and stays icebound until March – early April. Part of the river forms the Russia–Ukraine border. According to Ruthenian chronicles, in 1068 a battle took place at the Snov River between Duke of Chernihiv Sviatoslav Yaroslavich and Cumans led by Duke Sharukan . Chernihiv has

2668-528: The river's width ranges from 60 to 250 m (200 to 820 ft), with its average depth being 3 m (9.8 ft). The mean annual discharge at its mouth is 360 m /s (13,000 cu ft/s). The river freezes over from early December to early April and is navigable from Novhorod-Siverskyi to its mouth, for about 535 km (332 mi). The Snov River , right tributary of the Desna River ( Dnieper basin ), also goes through Chernihiv. The length of

2726-563: The season 2019-20 , the match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during the COVID-19 pandemic and fans supported the team outside the Stadion Yuri Gagarin . They are also active in many social media like the Russian-based Telegram Channel . In May 2020, during the play off for the Europa League third qualifying round , during the matches against Dynamo Kyiv and against Kolos Kovalivka ,

2784-426: The season 2020. The result was Oleksandr Filippov with 228 votes, Yevhen Past with 197 votes, Yevhen Past 149 votes. In February 2021, the president of the club Volodymyr Levin expressed his gratitude to the fans to be appeared again in Chernihiv Stadium to support the team, after the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic . A Desna's fan Andriy (Sheriff) Kozachenko died in the war with Russian hatred. In 2022,

2842-614: The seat of either a bishopric or an archbishopric. At the outskirts of the modern city lie two ancient cave monasteries formerly used as the bishops' residences. The caves of the Yeletskyi Monastery are said to predate those of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (Kyiv Monastery of the Caves). Its magnificent six-pillared cathedral was erected at the turn of the 11th to 12th centuries; some traces of its 750-year-old murals may still be seen in

2900-477: The winter months. The record high was 41.1 °C (106.0 °F) and the record low was −36.0 °C (−32.8 °F). Chernihiv's architectural monuments chronicle the two most flourishing periods in the city's history – those of Kievan Rus' (11th and 12th centuries) and of the Cossack Hetmanate (late 17th and early 18th centuries). The oldest church in the city and one of the oldest churches in Ukraine

2958-509: The worship of "the black god" Chernibog . The city of Chernihiv is also historically known by different names in other languages – Polish : Czernihów ; Yiddish : טשערניגאָב . Chernihiv was first mentioned (as Черниговъ ) in the Rus'–Byzantine Treaty (907) , but the time of its establishment is unknown. Artifacts from the Khazar Khaganate uncovered by archaeological excavations at

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3016-471: Was opened on the Nizhyn to Chernigiv section of the Southwest Railway. But rail transport in Chernihiv was postponed until 1928. The bridge over the Desna River was not ready and trains still arrived on the left bank, where the old narrow-gauge railway station was located, and passengers got to Chernihiv by road bridge. According to 2006 data, the volume of freight traffic is 84,737 wagons per year. Over 4.5 million passengers are transported each year. However,

3074-404: Was promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League in the 2017–18 season . In the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League season, he played 28 matches and scored 5 goals. On 30 October 2019 he scored 2 goals in Ukrainian Cup against MFC Mykolaiv away at the Tsentralnyi Miskyi Stadion . He was the second top scorer in the 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League with 16 goals and helped his club qualify for

3132-411: Was provided to Chernihiv defenders and have already raised one million hryvnias with fundraising, search and purchase of the necessary equipment for the needs of the Armed Forces. On Desna's Instagram channel was published a page on which the Ultras Desna sent an explosive "greeting" to the Russians after the invasion. In August 2022, Ultras Desna burned Oleksandr Masalov 's passport Desny fans appealed to

3190-479: Was ruled by the Governor-General appointed from Saint Petersburg , the imperial capital, and Chernihiv was the capital of local namestnichestvo (province) (from 1782), Malorosiyskaya or Little Russian (from 1797) and Chernigov Governorate (from 1808). According to the census of 1897, the city of Chernihiv had 11,000 Jews out of a total population of 27,006. Their primary occupations were industrial and commercial. Many tobacco plantations and fruit gardens in

3248-404: Was served by Chernihiv Shestovytsia Airport , and during the Cold War it was the site of Chernihiv air base . The close airport is in Kyiv at the Boryspil Airport located 143.1 kilometres (89 miles) away, and the smaller, municipally owned Zhuliany Airport located 158.7 km (98.6 mi) away on the southern outskirts of the city of Kyiv . A popular transport to Chernihiv from Kyiv

3306-403: Was the exquisite Piatnytska Church , constructed at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries. This graceful building was seriously damaged in the Second World War ; its original medieval outlook was reconstructed to a design by Pyotr Baranovsky . The historic center of Chernihiv has been on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List since 1989, but currently the creation of a renewed nomination

3364-438: Was the most at 53%. However the 2022 Russian invasion has caused a new wave of Ukrainization in Chernihiv, with more and more people switching to Ukrainian in their private lives. According to a survey conducted by the International Republican Institute between April and May 2023, 53% of the city's population spoke Ukrainian at home, and 41% spoke Russian. Chernihiv stands on the Desna River 150 km (93 mi) to

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