Podberezye

Podberezye stands on the Lovat at the mouth of the Khlavitsa, a river junction in the old Pskov country. The church district here was known as Trinity-Khlavitsa. Local tradition attributed its foundation to Princess Olga, and a monastery at the site suffered repeated Lithuanian attacks in the thirteenth century. During the Livonian War, fighting reached Trinity-Khlavitsa in 1580–1581 as the army of King Stephen Báthory advanced through the region. The riverside churchyard continued to serve the surrounding villages.