Krychaw

Krychaw or Krichev is a metropolis inside the jap Belarusian Mogilev Region. Krychaw is the workplace of the Krychaw Raion. As of 2009, its populace changed into 27,202. It is positioned on the Sozh River. Sozh, or Soz is an global river flowing in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. It is a left financial institution tributary of the Dnieper River. Sozh passes via Gomel, the second one largest metropolis in Belarus. Krychaw turned into first mentioned in 1136.

The Soviet Air Force Krichev Air Base was located east of Krychaw at some stage in the Cold War. Krichev is a army air base inside the Mogilev Region, Belarus. It is located thirteen km east of the metropolis of Krychaw. The base served the interceptor air protection function for the Soviet Air Force, hosted by the 28th Fighter Aviation Regiment, 2nd Air Defence Corps, Moscow Air Defence District. Krichev had been discovered by way of 1957 with the aid of Western Lockheed U-2 overflights. The twenty eighth IAP operated the Sukhoi Su-9 regiment within the Sixties and 1970s.