Perevolochna

Perewolotschna (Ukrainian and Russian Переволочна ) was a settlement in the central Ukrainian Rajon Kobeljaky ( Poltava Oblast ) near the village Swiltohirske. It lay near the mouth of the river Vorskla at a ford across the Dnieper. From the position where the name of the place says, which is attributed to the Russian word for " over haul ". During the construction of the dam Dniprodserschynsker 1964, the population was relocated and flooded the area.

History

Perewolotschna was founded in the late 14th century by the Lithuanian Grand Duke Witold as part of a chain of fortified settlements. This had the task of his kingdom against 1399 him in the Battle of the Vorskla defeated the Tatars and other peoples of Eastern incident tab to secure. 1638 has Perewolotschna about 426 inhabitants and 10 mill wheels.

In the course of the Northern War, were on 30 Junijul. / July 1 Swed. / July 11, 1709greg. , Three days after the crushing defeat of the Swedes at the Battle of Poltava, collected the remains of the Swedish troops under Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt near the place of the Russians under General Alexander Danilovich Menshikov, after which a large part the Swedish army was. The Swedish King Karl XII. , The Ukrainian Ataman Ivan Mazepa and food Hordijenko other hand, could cross with 3,000 Swedes and Cossacks of the Dnieper River at the ford and find refuge in the Ottoman Moldova.

1753 was the place in from 84 yards, which lived in 53 Cossacks and 30 ferrymen. End of the 19th century lived in the town of 1,681 inhabitants.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Ippolit Fedorowytsch Bohdanowitsch (1743/1744-1803) Ukrainian- Russian writer, translator and journalist

• Place in the Poltava Oblast