Bakhmach

Bakhmach lies in the Severian country east of Chernihiv. The chronicle records it in 1147 among towns caught in the conflicts of the princes of Kyiv and Chernihiv. During the uprising led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky in 1648, its inhabitants formed part of a Cossack company, and Bakhmach became a company town within the Hetmanate. Its history followed the fortunes of the contested lands between the Desna and the Seim.