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The Best Attractions In Gomel Region

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Gomel Region or Homyel’ Voblasc’ is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is Gomel. The total area of the region is 40,400 square kilometres , the population in 2011 stood at 1,435,000 with the number of inhabitants per km2 at 36.Important cities within the region include: Gomel, Mazyr, Zhlobin, Svietlahorsk, Rechytsa, Kalinkavichy, Rahachow, Dobrush. Both the Gomel Region and the Mogilev Region suffered severely after the Chernobyl nuclear reactor catastrophe. The Gomel Province borders the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in places, and parts of it is designated as mandatory or voluntary resettlement areas as a result of the radioactiv...
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The Best Attractions In Gomel Region

  • 1. Gomel Palace & Park Ensemble Gomel
    The Rumyantsev-Paskevich Residence is the main place of historical importance in the city of Gomel, Belarus. The grounds of the residence stretch for 800 meters along the steep right bank of the Sozh River. An image of the residence is featured on the Belarusian 20,000-ruble bill. The two-storey palace of Field Marshal Pyotr Rumyantsev was built between 1777 and 1796 to a Neoclassical design attributed to Ivan Starov. The palace replaced the ruined castle of Gomel's previous owner, Michael Frederick Czartoryski. The central part is surmounted by a square belvedere with a wide flat dome. The six-columned Corinthian portico faces an extensive English park. The main portico is placed on a high platform and is supported by four Corinthian columns. After Pyotr Rumyantsev's death in 1796, the gr...
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  • 2. Palace of the Rumyantsevs and the Paskeviches Gomel
    The Rumyantsev-Paskevich Residence is the main place of historical importance in the city of Gomel, Belarus. The grounds of the residence stretch for 800 meters along the steep right bank of the Sozh River. An image of the residence is featured on the Belarusian 20,000-ruble bill. The two-storey palace of Field Marshal Pyotr Rumyantsev was built between 1777 and 1796 to a Neoclassical design attributed to Ivan Starov. The palace replaced the ruined castle of Gomel's previous owner, Michael Frederick Czartoryski. The central part is surmounted by a square belvedere with a wide flat dome. The six-columned Corinthian portico faces an extensive English park. The main portico is placed on a high platform and is supported by four Corinthian columns. After Pyotr Rumyantsev's death in 1796, the gr...
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  • 6. Archangel Michael Cathedral Mazyr
    The Archangel Michael's Cathedral of Mozyr is a Belarusian orthodox cathedral church of the Eparchy of Turov located in Mozyr. The church was built in the 18th century as a Catholic church of Franciscan monastery in late baroque style in the form of two-towered three-nave basilica.
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  • 10. History Museum of Gomel Gomel
    Babruysk, Babrujsk, or Bobruisk is a city in the Mogilev Region of eastern Belarus on the Berezina river. It is a large city in Belarus. As of 2009, its population was 215,092. The name Babruysk probably originates from the Belarusian word babyor , many of which used to inhabit the Berezina. However, beavers in the area had been almost eliminated by the end of the 19th century due to hunting and pollution. Babruysk occupies an area of 66 square kilometres , and comprises over 450 streets whose combined length stretches for over 430 km . Babruysk is located at the intersection of railroads to Asipovichy, Zhlobin, Kastrychnitski and roads to Minsk, Gomel, Mogilev, Kalinkavichy, Slutsk, and Rahachow. It has the biggest timber mill in Belarus, and is also known for its chemical, machine buildi...
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