Shchors

(prior to 1935, Snovsk), a city (since 1924) and administrative center of Shchors Raion, Chernigov Oblast, Ukrainian SSR. Shchors is situated on the Snov River, a tributary of the Desna, 69 km northeast of Chernigov. It has a railroad station on the Gomel’-Bakhmach Line. Shchors has a furniture factory, a butter factory, a food-processing combine, and enterprises servicing the railroad industry. The N. A. Shchors Memorial Museum is located in the city.