 It also was located just north of the city of Amadoca which was a capital of Amadocium situated between the lake (palus) of Amadoca (in the west) and the mountains (montes) of Amadoca (in the east).Chernobyl was originally part of the land of Kievan Rus′.The first known mention of Chernobyl is from an 1193 charter, which describes it as a hunting-lodge of Knyaz Rurik Rostislavich.