Czyhirynka – Hiking, Water and Culture

Czyhirynka is traversed by the 57-kilometre hiking trail no. 43. It connects Kirovsk, Borovitsa, Skachok, Kolbovo, Chyhirynka, Nemki, Stayki, Cherebomir, Khvoynitsa, Novy Gorodok and Kirovsk. The exact sequence of places gives the route a clear spatial structure; you can use it as a guide for your own planning without turning it into a rigid daily schedule.

Water and Trails

A waterway follows the Drut River and the Chyhirynskoye Reservoir, passes through Chechevichi and ends in Chyhirynka. The active section of this route is 150 kilometres long. Different types of routes run side by side on land and water. The distances help you organise the planned scope in advance.

The two routes differ in their mode of travel and overall scope. Their distances and the sequence of the places or bodies of water mentioned provide two different ways of organising your travel plans: one along a land route and the other along a water route. This enables a comparison of the thematic focuses without equating the routes.

Reservoir and Technology

The Chyhirynskoye Reservoir was created by the dam of the Chyhirynskaya HPP. The Chyhirynskaya HPP was commissioned in 1959. Access to an excursion to the Chyhirynskaya HPP involved a 3-kilometre forest path, an unpaved road and a dam road. The sequence of these surfaces is practical information in its own right for planning such a section of the route.

Nature and Surroundings

Near the Chyhirynskoye Reservoir, tourism providers work together according to the cluster principle to promote recreation in the “Chigirinka” recreational zone of republican significance. In the wider regional area, the cluster includes parts of the Bykhow and Kirovsk districts. In the wider surroundings of Chyhirynka, the hiking trail no. 43 has a possible overnight stopping place on the shore of the Chyhirynskoye Reservoir, 1 kilometre beyond Kolbovo. The different spatial references can be considered separately when planning, rather than being read as a single distance.

Culture and History

An excursion destination in Chyhirynka is the Museum of Military and Labor Glory of Chyhirynka Secondary School. Chyhirynka is also home to a burial mound cemetery dating from the period of Kyivan Rus. The open regional “Senofest” festival takes place in Chyhirynka every year. It serves to revive folk traditions, customs, and the traditional culture of hay mowing and haymaking, as well as to increase the tourist appeal of the Kirovsk district. The museum, burial mound cemetery and festival offer different cultural perspectives that you can incorporate independently into your travel plans.

When choosing a holiday apartment in Czyhirynka, travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions are considered alongside your personal focuses on hiking, waterways and culture. These details form a separate level of the selection process and can be weighted differently depending on your travel plans. The order of your areas of interest may also vary.

Other Places

Other places include Babrujsk, Bychau, Zhukovo, Krasnapolle, Staryna, Mogilev and Mokradź.

Route

For the overarching travel overview: Mogilev Region.