Perevolochna

Perevolochna

Переволочна
Perewoloczna
Perevolochna Переволочна; Perewoloczna
submerged settlement (fortress)
	Dnieper at the site of Perevolochna
	Perevolochna Perevolochna
	Coordinates: 48°51′49″N 34°03′38″E / 48.863603°N 34.060570°E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Poltava

Perevolochna (

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.

History

Perevolochna was founded at the turn of the 13th to 14th century by the Lithuanian Great Duke

Vitaut

as a fortified settlement in order to protect his empire against enemies from the East.

Again Perevolochna is mentioned in 1640s belonging to

Zaporizhian Sich.^[1] Role of the town has increased from mid 1680s being the main fort on the Crimean direction.^[1]

In April 1709 Russian forces burned down Perevolochna.

Dnieper river and take refuge into Turkish-held Moldavia

.

On maps of 1730s Perevolochna fortress is shown on Dnieper river just north of the Ukrainian fortification line.

After the loss of Russia at the Pruth River Campaign, the fortress again became the key place of Southern frontier.^[1] It also played great role during the Russo-Turkish War of 1735–1739.^[1] In 1760s Perevolochna lost its city status, while in 1785 Perevolochna fortress was liquidated.^[1]

Since 1802 it was a town within Kobeliaky county, Poltava Governorate.^[1] Since 1919 Perevolochna was a village.^[1]

During the World War II at the end of September 1943 the Soviet army stormed Dnieper near Perevolochna establishing the bridgehead ("foothold") of Auly.^[3]^[4]

Until being flooded by the Soviet government with creation of the Dniprodzerzhynsk reservoir (today Kamianske Reservoir) in the middle of the 1960s,^[1] it belonged to Kobeliaky Raion (district) of Poltava Oblast (province) of Ukraine. On 6 December 1963 population of Perevolochna and Kyshenky was moved to the newly established village of Svitlohirske, while the submerged settlements were excluded from record.^[1]^[5]

Natives

Birthplace of
Yppolit Fedorovych Bohdanovich
(1743–1803)
Birthplace of Ivan Ivanovich Martinov (1771–1833)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Vyrskyi, D. Perevolochna (ПЕРЕВОЛОЧНА). Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine.
^ (Переволочна (Кобеляцький район)). Turkaramamotoru
^ ^a ^b Perevolochna. Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia
^ Yakiv Tykhonovych Nykonenko (НИКОНЕНКО Яків Тихонович). Poltavika.
^ History of Kobeliaky Raion (Історія кобеляцького району). Kobeliaky Raion council.

[ehuperev-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Vyrskyi, D. Perevolochna (ПЕРЕВОЛОЧНА). Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine.

[2] (Переволочна (Кобеляцький район)). Turkaramamotoru

[use-3] Perevolochna. Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia

[4] Yakiv Tykhonovych Nykonenko (НИКОНЕНКО Яків Тихонович). Poltavika.

[5] History of Kobeliaky Raion (Історія кобеляцького району). Kobeliaky Raion council.

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