stone foundations bridge. Above Yekaterinopol there is a railway bridge. The remaining crossings are partly wooden bridges, partly mill dams. New crossings across the river. Rotten Tikich can be arranged most conveniently:
a) To the area from the village. Snftki to metro station Stavische. | 6) Almost all the way to section 7 Kidovskaya Greblya - Buzhanka - Murzintsy.
c) A mile south of the village of Murzintsy.
Crossing the river and crossings to the mouth of the river. Tsitsili, due to the swampiness of the valley, is accessible only to single riders, the distance to Zhilovskaya Rowing is completely impossible, only in some places detached pedestrians can get through. Below to V. Kut there is a serious obstacle. From Vesely Kut to the mouth of the river there is no significance, since the banks are insignificant and the valley is dry.
Tikich freezes in December, but sometimes it doesn’t freeze at all. Opens in March. There is almost no spill.
R. Tsitsimya. (Levvyy tributary of the Gniloy Tikich river).
Source y x. Old (from the swamp), flows southeast to Lsenovka, further south to the village. 7Kuravlikha, from the village. Zhuravlikha before its confluence with the river. Gniloy Tikich near the village. Zhidovskaya Greblya, flow to the southeast. Length 29 versts. The steepness of the valley banks is insignificant. The command is not noticeable until Yasenovka, further to the village. Kuravlikha belongs to the right bank, and from the village. 7/Kuravlikha to the mouth variable. The soil is black soil.
The width of the valley ranges from!/» verst to 2 versts. The ground is swampy. The valley is passable only by separate pedestrians and is covered with bushes; There are many ditches and ditches cutting across the valley.
The width of the river is 1-3 steps, the depth is '[>-11/> arith.. The speed of the current is '/' -1 foot. in a second. The bottom is very muddy. Dam - 2. There are 3 permanent crossings. R. Tsitsil!ya has tactical significance, due to the impassability of its swampy valley and crossings. It is difficult to arrange new crossings.
The river freezes in late November or early December. Opens in March. There are no spills.
R. Shpolka. (Lion tributary of the Gniloya Tikich river).
The source is near the village. Tereshki; to Cape Shpola it flows to the south, further to the village of Yurovki to the west, from where to the confluence with the river. Gniloy Tikich, near the station. Zvenigorodka South-West and. d., to the southwest. “The flow of the river is extremely winding. Its length is about 563/4 versts.
The banks of the valley up to Cape Shpola are of considerable steepness, further up to Yurkovka they become flatter; this area is accessible to artillery; Below the mouth the steepness is so significant that it is passable only by walking in loose formation. The command is partly variable, partly indifferent. The soil up to Yurkovka is black soil, further to the mouth there is black soil with clay, and in places there are outcrops of stone rocks.
The width of the valley from the sources to Cape Shpola and from Ferma to the exit to the Gnily Tikich valley is 40-60 fathoms, the rest is 1-2 versts. The soil is black soil mixed with sand up to Yurkovka and clay further to the mouth. In areas from metro Shpola to the village. Vasilkova and from Yurkovka to the mouth the valley is wet and passable only by single trails. The rest of the route is dry and passable.
Lo m. Shpola River consists of a series of dams, but the dams are shallow and almost everywhere can be waded. From Shpola metro station to the village. Vasilkov depth '/›—1'/" arsh.. Current speed '/>—1 ft. per second. The bottom is marshy; banks of the furnace. Further on there is again a series of dams, but the dams are deeper and the waters are impassable. The river itself has a width from 1 arshin to 5 fathoms, a depth from 1 to 3 arshins. The bottom is viscous almost everywhere, the banks are furnace. There are 14 permanent crossings. Many of them are very weak; new crossings can easily be arranged on the section Iskrenno to Stepanovka, in the village. Yurkovka, Skalevatka and in the village. Erki. In general, the river to the Shpola borough does not have any significance; DalBe along its entire length can delay the movement of troops and convoys.
Freeze from mid-November to mid-December. Opens in February. Spring floods are significant, especially in the area from Shpola metro station to the village. Vasilkov.
Tributaries of the river The sloughs are negligible in size, but most of the riverbanks flow in deep and steep ravines, which is why they can cause logging when crossing both them and when moving along the river valley. Bobbins.
R. Popovka. (Right tributary of the Gniloya Tikich river).