Dzernavichy
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Dzernavichy / Dernovichi
Дзёрнавічы / Дёрновичи | |
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![]() ![]() Dzernavichy / Dernovichi Location of Dzernavichy in Belarus | |
Coordinates: 51°36′20″N 29°43′58″E / 51.60556°N 29.73278°ECoordinates: 51°36′20″N 29°43′58″E / 51.60556°N 29.73278°E | |
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Founded | 18th Century |
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• Total | 0 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Area code(s) | +375 2355 |
License plate | 3 |
Dzernavichy[1] (Belarusian: Дзёрнавічы; Russian: Дёрновичи, Dernovichi), also spelled Dzyornavichy or Dyornovichi, is an abandoned Belarusian village in Naroulia District, Gomel Region.[2]
History[]
Founded in the 18th Century, in 1939 it annexed the farm Krasilovka (Russian: Красиловка). In 1943, during World War II, it was interested by the underground activities of Soviet partisans and was partially burned and ransacked by the Waffen-SS, that established a stronghold there. It was liberated on November 30, after a battle.
in 1959 it had a population of 1,016, with 308 families. Following the 1986 nuclear disaster of Chernobyl, it was abandoned and, from 1988, included in the Polesie State Radioecological Reserve;[3] a Belarusian nature reserve that adjoins the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine.
Geography[]
The village is located by the western shore of the Pripyat River, in front of Aravichy, between the cities of Pripyat, in Ukraine, and Naroulia.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ The names of settlements of the Republic of Belarus: Gomel Region: normative reference. N.A. Bagamolnikava et al; ed. V.P. Lemtyugovoy, Mn. Technology, 2006. ISBN 985-458-131-4. (PDF Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine)
- ^ a b OSM: location of Dzernavichy
- ^ "Polesie State Radioecological Reserve: about". Archived from the original on 2014-06-22. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
- Populated places in Gomel Region
- Minsk Voivodeship
- Minsk Governorate
- Ghost towns in the Polesie State Radioecological Reserve