NIZHYN

Russian Nezhin, also spelled Nezin, city, Chernihiv oblast (province), north-central Ukraine. Nizhyn dates from the 11th century and was incorporated in 1781. It contains several buildings from the 17th and 18th centuries, including the cathedrals of St. Nicholas and of the Annunciation. A minor industrial centre before the 1917 Revolution, it now has engineering and food industries. The city's teacher-training institute is named for the novelist Nikolay Gogol, who studied in a Nizhyn lyceum. Pop. (1994 est.) 83,000.