Zabrama Explained

En Name:Zabrama
Ru Name:Забрама
Map Label Position:right
Coordinates:52.1367°N 32.3022°W
Federal Subject:Bryansk Oblast
Adm District Jur:Klimovsky District
Adm District Jur Ref:[1]
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Kamenskokhutorsky Rural Settlement
Adm Selsoviet Type:Rural settlement
Inhabloc Cat:Rural locality
Inhabloc Type:Posyolok

Zabrama (Russian: Забрама) is a rural locality (a posyolok) in Klimovsky District, Bryansk Oblast, Russia. It is located on the river Snov. A few buildings belonging to the Kamenka Assumption Monastery still stand in the village.

History

Initially the settlement was called Podmonastyrskaya Slobodka (Russian: Подмонастырская Слободка, meaning free settlement close to a monastery). It was situated next to Kamenka Assumption Monastery. The monastery was founded in 1687 and initially was male. In 1764 it was abandoned, but in 1786 restored as a female monastery.

Kamenka Assumption monastery was closed, by the decision of Bryansk Governorate Executive Committee from October 15, 1928. Eventually a start was made on disassembling the stone building and the fence of the monastery for building needs.

After the war, the surviving buildings of the monastery housed an orphanage. In 1954 there was a fire in the orphanage.[2]

In the middle of the twentieth century, Zabrama belonged to kolkhoz Serp i Molot (Russian: Серп и Молот, Sickle and Hammer).

At the beginning of the 21st century, the wooden bridge over the river Snov was in disrepair. A new bridge was built in just one month, and opened October 18, 2012. The new bridge was also wooden.[3]

Geography

Zabrama is located in the southwest of Bryansk Oblast, just 1 km from the border with Ukraine. The village stands on the right bank of the Snov River. On the opposite bank of the river stands village Skachok. The river is crossed by a wooden single track bridge, that is 96 meters long.[3]

3.5 km to the west from Zabrama stands Kamenskiy Khutor, the center of Kamenskokhutorskoye Rural Settlement, of which Zabrama is a part.

Population

Although in the middle of the 20th century the population of the village was over 200 inhabitants, now the village is almost deserted.

Landmarks

Surviving buildings and structures of Kamenka Assumption Monastery include:[4]

Spring Monakhova Krynitsa (Russian: Монахова криница, monk's well) is located on the opposite side of the river of Snov, just 500 meters from the monastery. The spring has been declared a national natural monument of regional significance.[9]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. http://www.regionz.ru/index.php?ds=66053 Распоряжение администрации Брянской области «Об утверждении реестра административно-территориальных единиц...»
  2. http://www.kray32.ru/klimovskiy003_01_5.html История монастыря
  3. http://www.kray32.ru/klimovskiy003_03.html Мост через реку Снов
  4. http://www.kray32.ru/klimovskiy003_01.html Успенский Каменский монастырь
  5. http://www.kray32.ru/klimovskiy003_01_1.html Собор Успения
  6. http://www.kray32.ru/klimovskiy003_01_2.html Колокольня
  7. http://www.kray32.ru/klimovskiy003_01_3.html Ограда
  8. http://www.kray32.ru/klimovskiy003_01_4.html Погост
  9. http://www.kray32.ru/klimovskiy003_02.html Святой источник «Монахова криница»