Perevolochna
Переволочна Perewoloczna | |
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submerged settlement (fortress) | |
Coordinates: 48°51′49″N 34°03′38″E / 48.863603°N 34.060570°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Poltava |
Perevolochna (Ukrainian: Переволочна) is a former fortress and town in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Cossack Hetmanate, and later a village in Poltava Oblast. Before the establishment of Kamianske Water Reservoir in the 1960s, here also existed a river crossing. The settlement was situated at the bank of the Dnieper near the mouth of Vorskla River,[1] where a ford across Dnieper enabled people to cross the river, hence its name.[2] The crossing Perevolochna – Mishuryn Rih was also a key crossing during the Battle of the Dnieper in October 1943.