On October 17, 1943 while defending against German troops trying to cross the Sozh, Vologin and his assistant were killed by an artillery shell burst.
The grounds of the residence stretch for 800 meters along the steep right bank of the Sozh River.
To the east it bordered with the lands of Chernigov (on both sides of the Dneper and Sozh rivers), while to the south-east it was delimited by the river Snov.
Sozh | Sozh River |
The settlement is located along the right coast of the Dnieper River at its confluence with the Sozh.
Many rivers flow through the Mahilyow Voblast including the Dnieper (Dniapro), Berezina, Sozh, Druts, Pronya and Ptsich.