 The former town is near a wide spot in the Hnylopiat river, a tributary of Teteriv River where several small streams feed into it from both sides.The original name of the town was Makhnovka (pronounced "Makhnivka" in Ukrainian).During the Soviet period in 1935–2016 it was named Komsomolskoye ("Komsomolske" in Ukrainian), honoring the Lenin's Communist League of Young People Komsomol.