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24-656: The town was first chronicled in 1044. From 1098 it was the capital of the Siverian Principality , which served as a buffer zone against incursions of the Cumans (Polovtsy) and other steppe peoples. One of the numerous campaigns of local princes against the Cumans produced the great monument of early East Slavic literature , the Tale of Igor's Campaign . After the town's destruction by Mongols in 1239, it passed to

48-615: A large Severian Principality, which stretched as far as the upper reaches of the Oka River . Until the end of the century, the principality served as a buffer state against Cuman attacks. Its most celebrated ruler was Prince Igor (1150–1202), whose exploits are recounted in the 12th century epic The Tale of Igor's Campaign . After the Mongol invasion of Rus' , the principality became largely ruined; however, it remained intact throughout repeated Tatar invasions . Unfortunately, not much

72-473: A separate historical-cultural reserve named after The Tale of Igor's Campaign . The town has managed to maintain random planning in its landscape. The boundary of the town historical center remains vague. Tourist attractions are located on two high capes divided by ravines: the ensemble of Savior-Transfiguration Monastery  [ uk ] and the town centre. The architectural monuments of state significance are scattered on five separate areas which compose

96-765: Is a historical region in present-day southwest Russia , northern Ukraine , and eastern Belarus . The largest part lies in modern Russia, while the central part of the region is the city of Chernihiv in Ukraine. The region received its name from the Severians , an East Slavic tribe which inhabited the territory in the late 1st millennium A.D.; their name is Slavic meaning "Northerners". Their main settlements included seven cities of modern Russia ( Kursk , Rylsk , Starodub , Trubchevsk , Sevsk , Bryansk , Belgorod ) and five cities of modern Ukraine ( Liubech , Novhorod-Siverskyi, Chernihiv , Putyvl , Hlukhiv ). According to

120-611: Is also depicted on the ₴ 5 note. The best examples of Baroque painting in Ukraine are the church paintings in the Holy Trinity Church of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. Rapid development in engraving techniques occurred during the Ukrainian Baroque period. Advances utilized a complex system of symbolism , allegories, heraldic signs, and sumptuous ornamentation. From the 17th century onwards, there

144-784: Is distinct from the Western European Baroque in having more moderate ornamentation and simpler forms, and as such was considered more constructivist . Many Ukrainian Baroque buildings have been preserved, including several buildings in Kyiv Pechersk Lavra and the Vydubychi Monastery in Kyiv . The historian Andrew Wilson has identified All Saints' Church, the Cathedral of the Assumption and

168-486: Is known about this period as Severia was rarely mentioned in written accounts of the 13th century. By the mid 14th century, it was already part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania as appanage duchy, whose Gediminid princes ( Ruthenian -speaking and Orthodox by religion) established their capitals in the cities of Novhorod-Siverskyi, Starodub , and Trubchevsk . During the 1501-1503 Lithuanian-Muscovite wars, an ally of

192-673: Is now recognized as a leading figure in European Baroque sculpture. The Russian Baroque architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli , who is best known for designing the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg and Catherine Palace in Tsarskoe Selo , also made contributions to the Ukrainian Baroque style, designing St. Andrew's Church and Mariinskyi Palace in Kyiv . The palace is now used as the official residence of

216-859: The Primary Chronicle , the Severians paid tribute to the Khazars , along with the neighboring Polans . Prince Oleg of Novgorod (reigned 879–912) conquered them and incorporated their lands into the new principality of Kievan Rus' . By the time of Yaroslav the Wise (1019–1054) the Severian peoples had lost most of their distinctness, and the areas of Severia along the upper course of the Desna River became controlled by Chernihiv. In 1096, Oleg I of Chernigov (also referred to as Oleh ) created

240-628: The Baroque epoch: volume and emotions were almost absent. The collection of Severian icons is preserved in the Museum of Ukrainian home icons of the Radomysl Castle . Cossack Baroque Ukrainian Baroque ( Ukrainian : Українське бароко ), also known as Cossack Baroque ( Ukrainian : Козацьке бароко ) or Mazepa Baroque , is an architectural style that was widespread in Ukraine in

264-834: The Metropolitan of Kyiv from 1633 to 1647, was crucial in developing the style as part of his drive to reform the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and adapt the Church to the challenges of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation . Ukrainian Baroque reached its apogee in the time of the Cossack Hetman Ivan Mazepa , from 1687 to 1708. Mazepa Baroque is an original synthesis of Western European Baroque architectural forms and Ukrainian national Baroque architectural traditions. Ukrainian Baroque

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288-690: The President of Ukraine . The Galician-Italian architect Bernard Merettini designed the ornate St. George's Cathedral , Lviv, used as a mother church by the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church . Certain features of the Ukrainian Baroque influenced the Naryshkin Baroque movement in the 17th–18th century in Moscow . Modern Ukrainian church buildings, such as Troieshchyna Cathedral , are also built in this style, but it

312-478: The Ukrainian and Russian Soviet republics , finally dividing the land of the former Severians. Since the 16th and 17th centuries, the specific Severian icon-painting style had been forming. It was much influenced by conservative Byzantine specimens which dominated in the Grand Duchy of Moscow . Severian icons are characterized by internal restraint, severeness and asceticism . These features survived during

336-430: The 17th and 18th centuries. It was the result of a combination of local architectural traditions and European Baroque . Thanks to influences from Western Europe , from the late 16th century the lands of modern Ukraine came under the influence of the secularized Baroque form of art and architecture, which was still unknown in the neighbouring Tsardom of Russia . According to the historian Serhii Plokhy , Petro Mohyla ,

360-703: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Khan of Great Horde Sheikh Ahmed destroyed the duchy's capital Novgorod-Siverskyi which by that time was controlled by Muscovites. After the Lithuanian defeat at the Battle of Vedrosha , the Severian Principality was acquired by Muscovy . After the war the duchy was controlled by Muscovite subject Prince Vasiliy Shemiachich (after he was imprisoned in Moscow in 1523,

384-727: The Trinity Gate within the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra as good examples of the style, along with St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv and St. Catherine 's in Chernihiv . The exterior of St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv also underwent significant alterations in the Baroque style. Another example of the style is the Church of St. Elias in Subotiv , where Bohdan Khmelnytsky buried his son Tymish in 1653 after his death in battle. The church

408-538: The duchy was governed by Muscovite voivodes (capetanus)). During the 18th century, the Hetmans of Ukrainian Cossacks established residences in the towns of Baturyn , Hlukhiv , and Pochep . Hlukhiv, in particular, developed into a veritable capital of 18th-century Ukraine . Following the October Revolution , the Severian lands, populated by a mixture of Ukrainians and Russians , were divided between

432-786: The monastery of the Saviour's Transfiguration. It features a Neoclassical cathedral (1791–1796, designed by Giacomo Quarenghi ), 17th century stone walls, and several ecclesiastic foundations dating from the 16th century. Other landmarks include the Cossack Baroque Assumption Cathedral, a triumphal arch (1787), and the wooden church of St. Nicholas (1760). Siverian Principality Severia ( Old East Slavic : Сѣверія , romanized:  Sěverìja , Russian : Северщина , romanized :  Severshchina ) or Siveria ( Ukrainian : Сіверія / Сіверщина , romanized : Siveria / Sivershchyna )

456-551: The princes of Bryansk and then to the Grand Dukes of Lithuania . It was ruled by Dymitr Korybut (Kaributas), son of Algirdas . Muscovy obtained the area following the Battle of Vedrosha in 1503, but lost it to Poland after the Time of Troubles , when it submitted to False Dmitry I in the Battle of Novhorod-Siverskyi . Nowogród Siewierski was granted Magdeburg city rights in 1620 by Polish King Sigismund III Vasa . It

480-553: The raion. As part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernihiv Oblast to four, the city was merged into Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion. During the 24 February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was occupied by Russian forces. Despite historic disasters, the town has preserved many architectural monuments, and a branch of the Chernihiv State Historical and Architectural Reserve had been established, which since 1990 has become

504-417: The territory of the preserve. The biggest area is the territory of Savior-Transfiguration Monastery. The other areas are Dormition Cathedral, the wooden St. Nicolas Church, a triumphal arch, and shopping arcades. There are constructions and residential buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries in the town centre. The main point of interest in the town is the former residence of the Chernihiv metropolitans ,

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528-596: Was also a flowering of baroque literature in Ukraine, which in turn helped lay the foundations for Russian secular literature. The Ukrainian Baroque sculptor Johann Georg Pinsel , who was active during the mid-18th century in Galicia , was the subject of a special exhibition at the Louvre in Paris in 2012–2013. Pinsel, who demonstrated a unique, masterful expressiveness of form and a highly personal characterization of drapery

552-459: Was made the capital of a separate namestnichestvo in 1782–97. Thereafter its importance steadily declined. During World War II , Novhorod-Siverskyi was occupied by the German Army from 26 August 1941 to 16 September 1943. Until 18 July 2020, Novhorod-Siverskyi was designated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion even though it was the center of

576-548: Was the easternmost powiat (county) seat of Poland. The town passed to Russia as a result of the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) . During the Cossack epoch, it received the status of military company town ( sotenne misto ) and later regimental town ( polkove misto ); these were military and administrative divisions in the Cossack army and country. Also Novhorod-Siverskyi became a cultural center of Left-bank Ukraine . It

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