Object description

Perevolochna was a former fortress and town in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Cossack Hetmanate, later a village in Poltava Oblast. Before establishing Kamianske Water Reservoir in 1960s, here also existed a river crossing. The settlement was situated at the bank of the Dnieper near the mouth of Vorskla River, where a ford across Dnieper enabled people to cross the river, hence its name. The crossing Perevolochna – Mishuryn Rih was also a key crossing during the battle of the Dnieper in October 1943.