Nizhyn Raion
Konysky was born in the village Perekhodivka (today Nizhyn Raion Chernihiv Oblast). He was of the old Chernihiv principality heritage that had over 400 years. The future writer grew up in the city of Nizhyn, about which he worded as such: "Nizhyn is a small city. At the same time it was the center of enlightenment of the "Chernihiv lands" and the north of the "Poltava lands". Here was located the Bezborodko Lyceum. Beside that Nizhyn had a glorious historic past and especially in trade therefore among its people were plenty of "distinguished" one."