The Vikhra (russian: Вихра), or Vichra ( be, Віхра) is a river in
Smolensky,
Krasninsky, and
Monastyrshchinsky District
Monastyrshchinsky District (russian: Монасты́рщинский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #261 and municipalLaw #89-z district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Smolensk Oblast, twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, ...
s of
Smolensk Oblast
Smolensk Oblast (russian: Смоле́нская о́бласть, ''Smolenskaya oblast''; informal name — ''Smolenschina'' (russian: Смоле́нщина)) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative centre is the city of ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
, and
Mstsislaw District
Mstsislaw District ( be, Мсціслаўскі раён, russian: Мстиславский район, Mstislavsky raion) is a raion (district) in Mogilev Region, Belarus, the administrative center is the town of Mstsislaw. As of 2009, its populat ...
of
Mogilev Region
Mogilev Region or Mogilev Oblast or Mahiliow Voblasts ( be, link=no, Магілёўская вобласць; ''Mahiloŭskaja voblasć''; russian: link=no, Могилёвская область; ''Mogilyovskaya Oblast''), is a region (''oblast'' ...
,
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
, a right tributary of the
Sozh
The Sozh, or Sož ( be, Сож, ; russian: Сож, uk, Сож) is an international river flowing in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. It is a left bank tributary of the Dnieper. The Sozh passes through Gomel, the second largest city in Belarus.
T ...
, flows through
Monastyrshchinsky District
Monastyrshchinsky District (russian: Монасты́рщинский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #261 and municipalLaw #89-z district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Smolensk Oblast, twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, ...
and is long.
The urban-type settlement of
Monastyrshchina is located on the banks of the Vikhra. The
Battle of the Vikhra River
The Battle of the Vikhra River ( lt, Vichros mūšis, russian: Битва на реке Вихре, be, Мсціслаўская бітва) took place on 29 April 1386 on the Vikhra River, tributary of the Sozh River, near Mstislavl between th ...
occurred in the area.
The source of the Vikhra is close to the village of
Korytnya in the southwest of Smolensk District, Smolensk Oblast, Russia. The Vikhra flows south, crosses the north-eastern corner of Krasninsky District and enters Monastyrshchinsky District. In Monastyrshchina it turns west and in the village of
Skreplevo turns southwest. It crosses into Belarus downstream of the village of
Bachenki. The mouth of the Vikhra is near the town of
Mstsislaw
Mstislaw or Mstislavl ( be, Мсціслаў, [], russian: Мстиславль [msʲtʲɪˈslavlʲ], pl, Mścisław, lt, Mstislavlis) is a town in the Mogilev Region, Eastern Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Mstsislaw District ...
.
References
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Rivers of Smolensk Oblast
Rivers of Mogilev Region
International rivers of Europe
Rivers of Belarus