Horodnia

Horodnia, in the northern Chernihiv country, first appears in written records in 1552. During the seventeenth century its position within local government changed repeatedly. From 1635 until 1654 it served as a Polish county centre. Later it became a company town in the Cossack administrative system, holding that role from 1705 to 1782.

The reorganisation of 1782 made Horodnia a county town again, now within the Russian imperial framework. Its successive roles (as a Polish county centre, a Cossack company town and an imperial county seat) gave this small northern settlement a recurring place in the administration of its surrounding countryside.