Name: City Semenivka. Status: county-level city in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine, the administrative center of the Semenov district. Location: Located on the River Zealous (pool Desna) in the 139 km Z.-V. of Chernigov. Area: 7.3 square meters. Km. Population: 8473 inhabitants. River: he earnestly (pool Gums). Time of foundation: 1680 Background: Established in 1680, the son of Hetman Ivan Samoilovych Ukraine, Colonel of the regiment Starodub Semyon Samoylovych. Originally it was a Starodub regiment since 1782 - in Novgorod-Seversky Viceroyalty. Since 1797 Semenivka located in the Little Russian, and since 1802 - Chernigov province and was initially Novomiskyy, and from 1808 - Novozybkov county. At the end of the XVIII century. she became parish center. Originating as a Cossack settlement, Semenivka quickly grew due to the influx of other groups. The rich forest area served as a reliable shelter for villagers who fled here from Belarus and Russia from a feudal enslavement. Semenivka inhabitants main occupation was agriculture. Grown mainly rye, buckwheat, hemp. However, sandy and clay soils are unsuitable for farming, and farmers engaged in cattle breeding, and various crafts, including leather, shoemaking, pottery, spinning and weaving, dohtovym. Residents Semenivka treated sheepskin sewn casings. Among them were good painters, carvers. After the legalization of serfdom in 1783 in Left Bank Ukraine Semenivka peasants became the property of the landowner. At the end of the XVIII century. - Beginning of XIX century. Semenivka was a significant trade center. In 1781 a 5 benches sold cloth, silk, metal products, sugar, tea, coffee, wine, vodka. It held three annual fairs. On the eve of the First World War, was built railway line "Novozybkov - Pyrohivka" which runs through Semenivka and linking two important railway lines: "Moscow - Gomel" and "Moscow - Kyiv".