Ponornytsia

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Ponornytsya - settlement. Korops'ky District, Chernihiv region., Ukraine. First mentioned in 1654. In the 2nd half of the 17-18 century. Ponornytsya - sotnia town of Chernihiv regiment. Ponornytsi Cossacks led by Captain Zinkiv participated in the Northern War of 1700-1721 he was in 1866 - 368 houses, 3056 inhabitants. In 1869 in Ponornytsi opened popular college (at that time second in Chernihiv province) in 1897 - 932 yards, 4,782 residents Michael Stone (1888), a wooden Nativity (1893) Church, in rural schools, were 4 fairs a year. Ponornytsi natives were the anatomist and physiologist, founder of the first anatomical school, author of works on comparative anatomy, teratology PA Zagorski (1764-1846), Ukrainian writer and ethnographer P. Kuzmenko (1831-74). He graduated in 1859 Chernihiv Theological Seminary. He worked as a teacher in Ponornytsi. Were published, including the "Chernihiv piece." He owns a romantic poem ("Zhurba," "Love", etc.), the story "Not waiting, and it happened."