Kolpny

Kolpny lies near the meeting of the Kolpenka and the Sosna, in the frontier country south-east of Oryol. In 1571 mounted watchmen from Mtsensk and Novosil were stationed at the mouth of the Kolpna to guard against raids. A newly settled village is recorded here in 1678. By the reign of Catherine II the small settlement had a stone church dedicated to Cosmas and Damian, with a chapel of Saints Peter and Paul.