The history of the river goes back to the very distant past, during the time of Ivan the Terrible. The channel for the river in the center of the city was dug by captured Tatars and Turks. The river and moat were supposed to separate the future walls of the Kremlin from the city.
But after digging deeper (I'm talking about history), I came across an interesting fact why the river has two names.
Before the reconstruction, the water flowed in a completely different direction, between Kozlenskaya and Sovetsky Prospekt streets...by the way, there is an obvious lowland there, indicating the former riverbed.
But in the 16th century, a canal was dug near the church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker to lead the river in the right direction.
Oh, how great it would be if the Sodima flowed through its old channel through almost the entire Nizhny Posad!
There was another Kopanka river very close by, but it was treated even worse: it disappeared from the map of the city altogether.
Recently, I have been attracted to such small rivers that flow through a populated area.
I like to explore places where residential areas are integrated into the relief-the floodplain of the river.
There are always many bridges across such streams, as their construction does not require much effort and effort.
My favorite place is where the Zolotukha, one might say, turns into a real Sodima, the channel of which has not been touched.
The Sodima/Zolotukha flows through residential multi-storey blocks.
In the Oasis shopping center area, the river runs underground.
And then the most cozy place among the courtyards begins.
It is a pity that the banks were concreted to strengthen the riverbed.
I often come here for different plots.
And I've already rented these yards more than once, day and night.
This time, the focus would be on the river.
Then the Zolotukha fully turns into Sodima, goes into the industrial zone, and only in the Teplichny microdistrict will it reopen for public access.
There are dugouts on this river in another neighborhood, which I photographed for the first time in my life.
There is another similar river Shogrash...you can also walk along its shores.
By the way, it captures a lot more neighborhoods...But I've been through it all before. We need new rivers!