Chachersk

Chachersk stands where the Chechora joins the Sozh, in a wooded country once inhabited by the Radimichi. First mentioned in 1159, it belonged to the principality of Chernihiv and later to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. After the first partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772, it passed to Russia. Catherine II granted the town to Count Zakhar Chernyshev, who made it a residence and reshaped its centre with new buildings in the classical style.