Editing Chernobyl (section)

=== Kievan Rus' and post-medieval era (880–1793) ===
The archaeological excavations that were conducted in 2005–2008 found a cultural layer from the 10–12th centuries AD, which predates the first documentary mention of Chernobyl.<ref>Pereverziev, S.V. ''[http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/83442 Exploring of Chernobyl hillfort. Problems and perspectives of medieval archaeology in exclusion zone] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708162014/http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/83442 |date=8 July 2020 }}''. Archaeology and old history of Ukraine. Collection of scientific works. Kyiv, 2010</ref>

Around the 12th century Chernobyl was part of the land of [[Kievan Rus′]]. The first known mention of the settlement as Chernobyl is from an 1193 charter, which describes it as a hunting lodge of [[Knyaz]] [[Rurik Rostislavich]].<ref name="ND">{{cite book |last=Davies |first=Norman |author-link=Norman Davies |title=[[Europe: A History]] |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1996 |isbn=0-19-820171-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.Chernobyl.in.ua/en/Chernobyl.htm |title=Chernobyl ancient history and maps}}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref> In 1362<ref name=hcvu>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Tronko |first=Petro |author-link=Petro Tronko |url=http://imsu-kyiv.com/msta-sela-kivsko-oblast/chornobylskyj-rajon/chornobyl.html |title=Chornobyl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222184456/http://imsu-kyiv.com/msta-sela-kivsko-oblast/chornobylskyj-rajon/chornobyl.html |archive-date=22 February 2020 |encyclopedia=[[The History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR]]}}</ref> it was a crown village of the [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]]. Around that time the town had own castle which was ruined at least on two occasions in 1473 and 1482.<ref name=hcvu/> The Chernobyl castle was rebuilt in the first quarter of the 16th century being located nearby the settlement in a hard to reach area.<ref name=hcvu/> With revival of the castle, Chernobyl became a county seat.<ref name=hcvu/> In 1552 it accounted for 196 buildings with 1,372 residents, out of which over 1,160 were considered city dwellers.<ref name=hcvu/> In the city were developing various crafts professions such as blacksmith, cooper among others.<ref name=hcvu/> Near Chernobyl has been excavated [[bog iron]], out of which was produced iron.<ref name=hcvu/> The village was granted to [[Filon Kmita]], a captain of the royal [[cavalry]], as a [[fiefdom]] in 1566. Following the [[Union of Lublin]], the province where Chernobyl is located was transferred to the [[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland]] in 1569.<ref name=hcvu/> Under the Polish Crown, Chernobyl became a seat of eldership ([[starostwo]]).<ref name=hcvu/> During that period Chernobyl was inhabited by [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] [[peasant]]s, some [[Polish people|Polish]] people and a relatively large number of Jews.<ref>{{Cite web|title= The Situation of Ethnic Minorities|url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6a80718.html|website=Refworld|language=en|access-date=27 May 2020|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308155009/https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6a80718.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Jews were brought to Chernobyl by [[Filon Kmita]], during the Polish campaign of colonization. The first mentioning of Jewish community in Chernobyl is in the 17th century.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://eleven.co.il/diaspora/communities/14672/ |title=Chernobyl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813112054/https://eleven.co.il/diaspora/communities/14672/ |archive-date=13 August 2020 |encyclopedia=Electronic Jewish Encyclopedia}}</ref> In 1600 the first Roman Catholic church was built in the town.<ref name=hcvu/> Local population was persecuted for holding Eastern Orthodox rite services.<ref name=hcvu/> The traditionally [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Eastern Orthodox]] Ukrainian peasantry around the town were forcibly converted, by Poland, to the [[Ruthenian Uniate Church]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Serhii|first=Plokhy|title=Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|year=2018|isbn=9780241349038}}</ref> In 1626, during the [[Counter-Reformation]], a [[Dominican order|Dominican]] church and [[monastery]] were founded by Lukasz Sapieha. A group of [[Old Catholics]] opposed the decrees of the [[Council of Trent]].{{clarify|date=June 2017}} The Chernobyl residents actively supported the [[Khmelnytsky Uprising]] (1648–1657).<ref name=hcvu/>

With the signing of the [[Truce of Andrusovo]] in 1667, Chernobyl was secured after{{dubious|What is the meaning of "was secured after the Sapieha family" in proper English?|date=September 2020}} the [[Sapieha family]].<ref name=hcvu/> Sometime in the 18th century, the place was passed on to the [[Chodkiewicz]] family.<ref name=hcvu/> In the mid-18th century the area around Chernobyl was engulfed in a number of peasant riots, which caused [[Nikolai Vasilyeich Repnin|Prince Riepnin]] to write from [[Warsaw]] to Major General [[Mikhail Krechetnikov|Krechetnikov]], requesting [[hussar]]s to be sent from [[Kharkiv]] to deal with the uprising near Chernobyl in 1768.<ref name=hcvu/> The 8th Lithuanian Infantry Regiment was stationed in the town in 1791.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gembarzewski|first=Bronisław|title=Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831|year=1925|language=pl|publisher=Towarzystwo Wiedzy Wojskowej|location=Warszawa|page=35}}</ref> By the end of the 18th century, the town accounted for 2,865 residents and had 642 buildings.<ref name=hcvu/>