Chernigovka was established in 1886 by a group of 25 families from the village of Mutin in Krolevetsky Uyezd of Chernigov Governorate. The migrants chose a comfortable plain surrounded by wooded hills and a small river, and named the village after their former home, Chernigov Governorate.[6]
Chernigovka is the second most populous village in the Russian Far East.
It is located at the junction of the Prikhankaiskaya Plain from the west and the Sikhote-Alin Mountains from the east, which is why the climate here differs from Vladivostok in the direction of sharply continental. Winters are frostier, summers are hotter.
According to the 1926 census for the Far Eastern region, the settlement had 921 households and 4,064 residents (2,034 men and 2,030 women), of which the predominant nationality was Ukrainian (690 households).[7]
The national composition of Chernigovka according to the 1939 census: Russians - 66.7% or 7,400 people, Ukrainians - 29.8% or 3,301 people.[8]
At the Chernihovka "VETRYAK" military airfield, two aviation regiments were stationed until 2009: the 319th Separate Red Banner Helicopter Regiment named after V. I. Lenin, operating Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters, and, since 1985, the 187th Assault Aviation Regiment on Su-25 attack aircraft, which, as a result of the 2009 military reorganization, were disbanded, and a first-class aviation base was formed, incorporating the former 319th Separate Helicopter Regiment and the 187th Assault Aviation Regiment, as well as personnel from the disbanded 18th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment "Normandie-Niemen" (Galyonki), in 2010, the first-class aviation base underwent another reorganization, the base was disbanded, separating the army aviation into the independent 575th Army Aviation Base and the assault aviation into the assault aviation group of the 6983rd Aviation Base (headquartered at Khurba Airfield, Khabarovsk Krai, after Army General S. K. Shoigu took over as Minister of Defense, a decision was made to restore the former names of the distinguished regiments, and since 2013, the 18th Assault Aviation Regiment "Normandie-Niemen," part of the 303rd Guards Mixed Aviation Division, and the 319th Separate "Lenin" Helicopter Regiment have been stationed at the Chernihovka airfield.
Законодательное Собрание Приморского края. Закон №161-КЗ от 14 ноября 2001 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Приморского края», в ред. Закона №673-КЗ от 6 октября 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Приморского края "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Приморского края"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Красное знамя Приморья", №69 (119), 29 ноября 2001 г. (Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai. Law #161-KZ of November 14, 2001 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Primorsky Krai, as amended by the Law #673-KZ of October 6, 2015 On Amending the Law of Primorsky Krai "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Primorsky Krai". Effective as of the official publication date.).
Законодательное Собрание Приморского края. Закон №132-КЗ от 6 августа 2004 г. «О Черниговском муниципальном районе», в ред. Закона №559-КЗ от 6 марта 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в статью 4 Закона Приморского края "О Черниговском муниципальном районе"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Ведомости Законодательного Собрания Приморского края", №65, 9 августа 2004 г. (Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai. Law #132-KZ of August 6, 2004 On Chernigovsky Municipal District, as amended by the Law #559-KZ of March 6, 2015 On Amending Article 4 of the Law of Primorsky Krai "On Chernigovsky Municipal District". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).