Crossings in the form of mill dams are available in every locality. Below the dams there are fords. In Brodetsky there is a wooden narrow-gauge railway bridge length. 20 and wide 5 steps. The river valley is intersected by a dam long. 210 and wider 5 steps.
Between s.s. Khazhin and Bystrik there is a wooden narrow-gauge railway bridge long. 93 and lat. 5 steps. Lamba ll. up to 1 verst, width. 5 steps.
In the mountains Berdichev: D) wooden bridge on stilts, length. 200 and wider Step 12, 2) dam with 2 bridges. The dam is currently closed.
It was broken by the spring flood of 1906 and has not yet been repaired.
3) railway bridge length. 10 and wide 4.26 fathoms. The mill dams are fairly well maintained; most of them allow artillery to cross them.
3) Ot Verkhnyaya Rudnya to the mouth (26/4 verst). Both banks, with a few exceptions, are high with a very significant steepness. Naimenfa they are available above the village. Shumsk.
The soil is loam with stones. Both banks are icy.
The width of the valley ranges from 50 to 300 fathoms.
The soil is loam, sometimes rocky. The subsoil is rock.
Below Cape Troyanova the valley is dry and passable everywhere; below p. Shumsk is meadow, dammit wet.
The width of the river is from 6 to 50 steps, the depth is from '/3 to 4 arsh. Shores of the sume, polope. There are many stakes; They are deep and impassable for fording.
In general, the river is passable only in places below the dams; for the rest of its length, passability is hampered by the steep, rocky banks of the valley. There are crossings at almost every settlement. Half of it is of poor quality and the artillery will not withstand it. |
Freeze Rotten at the end of November or began de-
December Opens at the end of February or in the first half of March.
The flood lasts 2-3 weeks, in general it is very high in water and often causes great devastation. The construction of new crossings is possible almost everywhere and does not present any major difficulties. The most difficult thing is to arrange the descents and ascents to the crossings. Tributaries of the river flow into the Gnilopyat river from the left. Heel and Rottenheel.
a) Ryuka Pyatka originates south of the village of Pilipki and flows into Gnilopyat near the village. Sosnovka, length 161] ver. The dimensions of the heels are insignificant, the valley is wet. The inside of the ponds is passable for hiking, and in dry times it is also passable for horseback riders. There are 4 permanent crossings.
6) Ryka Rottenfoot. The source is 3 versts south of metro station Raigorolok. The general direction of the current is to the northeast. It flows into Gnilopyat above the village of Raiki, the name is 28'/ verst long. The size of the river is insignificant, but it is passable only above Raigorodok. Below this, the viscosity of the bottom and the swampiness of the banks prevent this. In view of the possibility of easily establishing a new bridge crossing everywhere (krom$tavov), the river is only a weak obstacle to the movement of troops.
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R'ka Guiva. (Right tributary of Teterev).
The source of the Guiva River near Cape Kazatina; the general direction of the current to the village. Halaim Gorodok to the north-east, to the village of Lyasovka to the north, to the mouth to the north-west. Flows into Teterev near Rudnya. The total length is 202 versts.
1) From the source to the village. Kashperovka (21 versts). To s. Virnigorodok banks are low, gently sloping; Below, the right bank is steep and cut by ravines, which is why it is difficult to reach for artillery. The soil is loam. The shores are deserted. The command to Virnigorodok is indifferent, below the right bank commands.
The valley is 95 fathoms wide. up to '[» verst; soil is swampy black soil; The valley is passable only in dry times. Below the mouth of the river. Kayanka, the depth of the valley reaches 10 fathoms.
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The width of the river ranges from 3 to 15 steps, the depth from 1'/" to 2 arshins, the current is quite fast. The solid banks rise 1'/2-2 arshins. The bottom is quite hard. The ford dams are impassable. Crossings at every settlement. In Kazyatyn there is a wooden bridge long. and width 6 steps. The crossings are almost entirely in order. In general, the river from the source to the village. Vernigorodok is passable in dry times for fording for all types of weapons. Below the market is less accessible, because of larger sizes.
2) Ot s. Kashperovka to the dam in the village. Mlichesche (у9'/» ver.). The height of the banks ranges from 3 to 9 soots.