Vikhra ( Belorussian Vihra ) - a river in the Smolensk region of Russia and the Mogilev region of Belarus, the right tributary of the Sozh River , flows through the territory of the Smolensk and Monastyrshchinsky districts , for 118 km. The source is located on the southern slope of the Smolensk Upland southeast of the village of Korytnya, Smolensk region. The direction of the current is south-southeast. The mouth in the Mogilev region opposite the village of Ponarv. The channel is winding.
| Whirlwind | |
|---|---|
| Belor. Vihra | |
 Whirlwind in the area of the Teterinki tract | |
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 158 km |
| Pool | 2230 km² |
| Water consumption | 14.5 m³ / s |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | |
| • Location | Korytnya village, Smolensk region |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Sozh |
| • Coordinates | |
| River slope | 0.4 m / km |
| Location | |
| Water system | Sozh → Dnipro → Black Sea |
| Country |
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| Regions | Smolensk region , Mogilev region |
The name apparently came from the word vortex , vortex , since the river is very winding.
On the river stands the city of Mstislavl .
Tributaries
(km from the mouth) [1]
- 142 km: Trostyanka river (lv)
- 139 km: Upokoy river (lv)
- 137 km: Spadtskaya River (pr)
- 130 km: River Delnya (pr)
- ? km: Bezvodka stream (pr)
- ? km: Voronka stream (lv)
- ? km: Khvoynya creek (pr)
- 105 km: Lyutaya river (lv)
- 104 km: Zheleznyak river (lv)
- 96 km: river Rufa (pr)
- ? km: Krutets creek (pr)
- ? km: Medvedok creek (ave.)
- ? km: Chilec stream (lv)
- 80 km: Molokhovka river (ave.)
- ? km: Lutsnya creek (lv)
- 63 km: Velnianka river (lv)
- 57 km: Gorodnya river (pr)
- 52 km: River Mertva (pr)
- ? km: Luceika creek (pr)
- ? km: Krapivnya stream (lv)
- ? km: Baratchonka stream (pr)
- ? km: Kokhlya river (lv)
- 30 km: Black River (ave.)
- ? km: Rodobuzh creek (lv)
- 26 km: river Sutotka (pr)
- 3 km: Serebryanka Stream (pr)
History
In 1386, in a battle on the Vikhra River, the Lithuanian commander Skirgailo defeated the army of Smolensk Prince Svyatoslav Ivanovich , who tried to return the Principality of Mstislav . In 1708, one of the battles with the Swedes in the Northern War took place on the river in the Monastyrshchinsky district.
In 2013, at the bottom of the Vikhra River, near Mstislavl , a complete set of uniform for a knight of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was found. The find is in the Mstislav Museum [2] [3] .
Images
Vihra river in the area of Shelegovka village | Whirlwind River in winter |
Literature
- In the Vikhra River Basin: Essays on the History of Villages and Monasteries of the Monastyrshchinsky District / Edited by prof. G. T. Ryabkov (†). - Smolensk: Smolensk Regional Book Publishing House Smyadyn, 1993. - 400 p. - 3,000 copies. - ISBN 5-87210-029-9 . (in per.)
Notes
- ↑ Surface water resources of the USSR. Hydrological knowledge. Volume 5. Belarus and the Upper Dnieper. M., 1963.
- ↑ Black Diggers from Russia helped to find armor from the time of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- ↑ Archaeologists have found a unique 500-year-old knight's armor ON