Modern researchers trace the history of Sedniv to the Danish settlement of Seden, from which the city got its name.

[3] When the territories of the modern-day Chernihiv region were captured by the Rurik dynasty, Sedniv was renamed to Snovesk (Ukrainian: Сновеськ).

Folk legend tells other versions of the town's name: "The devastating hordes of the Crimean Tatars attacked Snovsk, but could not take the city-fortress.

From 10th to 11th centuries, Snovsk was one of the strongholds of Kievan Rus', the center of a separate administrative unit - Snovskian Thousand.

During the Ukrainian-Soviet War the town was captured by Russian troops on January 20, 1918, and was retaken by joint German and Ukrainian armies on March 18, 1918.

Soviet-aligned Bohun Cossack Regiment attacked the town on January 10, 1919, annexing it into Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets.

On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Sedniv became a rural settlement.

[12] The village is located on the River Snov, and sits about 25 km from the railway station in Chernihiv.