Dobrush

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Dobrush Belarusian:Добруш
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Dobrush
Coordinates: 52°25′N 31°19′E / 52.417°N 31.317°E / 52.417; 31.317
Country	Belarus
Voblast	Homiel Voblast
Raion
Population (2005)
- Total	19,700
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Dobrush(Belarusian: Добруш, IPA: [ˈdɔbruʂ]) is a town and region within the Homiel Voblast of Belarus. It is located on the Iput River. Mentioned for the first time in 1335.

Dobrush is governed by a Regional Executive Committee, the chairman of which is Olga Mokhoreva. In 1986, the city suffered from heavy radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident^[1].

[edit] Links

• Dobrush Regional Executive Committee, in English
• Photos at Radzima.org
• Photos at Globus.tut.by

[edit] References

1. ^ http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chernobyl_radiation_map_1996.svg

v • d • e Subdivisions of Homiel Voblast, Belarus Districts (raioni) Aktsyabarski · Brahin · Buda-Kashalyowa · Chachersk · Dobrush · Homiel · Kalinkavichy · Khoiniki · Karma · Lyelchytsy · Loyew · Mazyr · Narowla · Petrykaw · Rahachow · Rechytsa · Svetlahorsk · Vetka · Yelsk · Zhlobin · Zhytkavichy Cities Brahin · Buda-Kashalyova · Chachersk · Dobrush · Homiel · Kalinkavichy · Khoiniki · Mazyr · Narowla · Petrykaw · Rahachow · Rechytsa · Svetlahorsk · Turaw · Vassilyevichy · Vetka · Yelsk · Zhlobin · Zhytkavichy

Coordinates: 52°25′N 31°19′E / 52.417°N 31.317°E / 52.417; 31.317

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