Perevolochna

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