Mazyr

Mazyr or Mozyr (Belarusian: Мазыр, pronounced [maˈzɨr]; Russian: Мозырь Mozyr [ˈmozɨrʲ], Polish: Mozyrz, Yiddish: מאזיר) is a city in the Gomel Region of Belarus on the Pripyat River. It is about 210 kilometres (130 miles) east of Pinsk and 100 kilometres (62 miles) northwest of Chernobyl. It is located at around 52°03′N 29°15′E. The population is 111,770 (2004 estimate). The total urban area, including the town of Kalinkavichy across the river, has a population of 150,000. Mazyr is known as a center of oil refining, salt extraction, machine building, and food processing in Belarus. It is home to one of the largest oil refineries in Belarus. This refinery pumps out 18 million metric tons per year, and is served by a tram line. The Druzhba pipeline carries crude oil from Russia, splitting in two at Mazyr. One pipeline branch is directed into Poland and the other one to Ukraine.

Mazyr
Belarusian: Мазыр
Russian: Мозырь
Coat of arms of Mazyr
Coat of arms
Mazyr is located in Belarus
Mazyr
Mazyr
Coordinates: 52°03′N 29°15′E
Country Belarus
RegionGomel Region
Mentioned1155
Area
 • Total44.1381 km2 (17.0418 sq mi)
Elevation
160 m (520 ft)
Population
 (2019)[1]
 • Total112,348
 • Density2,500/km2 (6,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (FET)
Postal code
247760
Area code+375 2363
License plate3
Websitewww.mymozyr.info

Population
Year Total Population Jewish population % Jewish Notes
1897 8076 5631 69.73% Russian Census of 1897
1927 14300 ~6000 42% Soviet Census of 1927[2]
1939 17500 6307 36.04% Jewish population just before World War II[3]
1970 48000 4300 8.96% Soviet Census of 1970. The Jewish population fell due to Holocaust and migration to bigger cities as Minsk, Moscow and Leningrad after World War II [4]
1979 105882 3600 3.40% Soviet Census of 1979. The Jewish population fell due to the emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel and the United States[4]
1989 128000 3200 2.50% Soviet Census of 1989. The Jewish population fell due to the emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel and the United States[4]
1999 114000 565 0.50% The Jewish population fell due to the emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel and United States[4]
2004 111500 <500 0.45%

Twin towns – sister cities

Mazyr is twinned with:[5][6]

Notable people
  • Siarhiej Dubaviec (b. 1959) – Belarusian journalist and writer[7]
  • George de Mohrenschildt⁣ – geologist and friend of Lee Harvey Oswald
  • Isaac Don Levine was born there
  • Zbigniew Morsztyn⁣ – Polish nobleman of Leliwa coat of arms, poet of the Baroque era, soldier, member of the Polish Brethren, Miecznik of Mazyr. Cousin and co-worker of Jan Andrzej Morsztyn.
  • Ksenia Sitnik⁣ – singer and winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005
  • Dzyanis Laptsew⁣ – footballer
  • Hesya Helfman⁣ – member of Narodnaya Volya, who was implicated in the assassination of Tsar Alexander II

References
  1. Archived February 22, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Belarys.by site about Mozyr Archived 2008-01-19 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Jewishgen.org Ghettos of Gomel district
  4. Jewish Heritage Research Group in Belarus. Archived 2018-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Miasta Partnerskie Chojnic". miastochojnice.pl (in Polish). Chojnice. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  6. "Межрегиональные и шефские связи". severodvinsk.info (in Russian). Severodvinsk. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  7. Дубавец Сяргей Іванавіч

Other websites

52°03′N 29°16′E

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