Shtetls of Chernigov gubernia

Below is the map of settlements which has more that 1000 of Jewish population according to 1897 census in Chernigov Gubernia.

In 1897, there lived 114.452 Jews.

Part of Chernigov gubernia was moved to Russia in 1920’s and became a part of Bryansk region. These shtetls wouldn’t be described in this website due to lack of information and difficult political situation.

Chernigov
8799 Jews according to 1897 census (32% of total population)

Berezne
1357 Jews according to 1897 census (14% of total population)

Borzna
1516 Jews according to 1897 census (12% of total population)

Glukhov
3853 Jews according to 1897 census (26% of total population)

Gorodnya
1249 Jews according to 1897 census (29% of total population)

Kozelets
1634 Jews according to 1897 census (32% of total population)

Konotop
4426 Jews according to 1897 census (24% of total population)

Krolevets
1815 Jews according to 1897 census (17% of total population)

Korop
873 Jews according to 1897 census (14% of total population)

Mglin (now on the territory of Russia)
2674 Jews according to 1897 census (35% of total population)

Novgorod-Severskiy
2956 Jews according to 1897 census (32% of total population)

Novozybkov (now on the territory of Russia)
3836 Jews according to 1897 census (25% of total population)

Nezhin
7630 Jews according to 1897 census (24% of total population)

Oster
1596 Jews according to 1897 census (30% of total population)

Sosnitsya
1842 Jews according to 1897 census (26% of total population)

Starodub (now on the territory of Russia)
5109 Jews according to 1897 census (41% of total population)

Pogar (now on the territory of Russia)
1159 Jews according to 1897 census (23% of total population)

Surazh (now on the territory of Russia)
2398 Jews according to 1897 census (60% of total population)

Klintsy (now on the territory of Russia)
2605 Jews according to 1897 census (21% of total population)

Korzhovka (now on the territory of Russia)
985 Jews according to 1897 census (41% of total population)

Mena
1659 Jews according to 1897 census (26% of total population)
Почеп 3172 Jews according to 1897 census (33% of total population)

Repki
3049 Jews according to 1897 census (91% of total population)

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