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Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Homel" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84" title="غوميل – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="غوميل" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B3mel" title="Gómel – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Gómel" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qomel" title="Qomel – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Qomel" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Гомель – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Гомель" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Гомель – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Гомель" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="Гомел – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Гомел" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomelj" title="Gomelj – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Gomelj" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homyel%E2%80%99" title="Homyel’ – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Homyel’" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B2miel" title="Hòmiel – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Hòmiel" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homie%C4%BA" title="Homieĺ – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Homieĺ" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homel" title="Homel – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Homel" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homel" title="Homel – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Homel" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homel" title="Homel – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Homel" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homel" title="Homel – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Homel" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomel" title="Gomel – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Gomel" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BB" title="Γόμελ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γόμελ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Гомель – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Гомель" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B3mel" title="Gómel – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Gómel" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homel" title="Homel – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Homel" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homel" title="Homel – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Homel" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%85%D9%84" title="گومل – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="گومل" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homiel" title="Homiel – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Homiel" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homie%C4%BA" title="Homieĺ – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Homieĺ" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%98%B8%EB%A9%9C" title="호멜 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="호멜" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D5%B8%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%AC" title="Գոմել – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Գոմել" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homel" title="Homel – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Homel" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomelj" title="Gomelj – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Gomelj" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homiel" title="Homiel – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Homiel" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homyel" title="Homyel – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Homyel" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Гомель – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Гомель" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homel%27" title="Homel' – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Homel'" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%9C" title="הומל – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הומל" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%92%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="გომელი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="გომელი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Гомель – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Гомель" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Гомель – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Гомель" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homel" title="Homel – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Homel" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gome%C4%BCa" title="Gomeļa – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Gomeļa" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomelis" title="Gomelis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Gomelis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homel" title="Homel – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Homel" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%99" title="Гомељ – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Гомељ" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%85%D9%84" title="گومل – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="گومل" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homel" title="Homel – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Homel" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9B%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA" title="ホメリ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ホメリ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Гомель – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Гомель" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelj_(Steed)" title="Homelj (Steed) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Homelj (Steed)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homjel" title="Homjel – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Homjel" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homiel" title="Homiel – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Homiel" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Гомель – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Гомель" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomel" title="Gomel – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Gomel" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AB%D9%88%D9%85%D9%84" title="ګومل – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="ګومل" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homel" title="Homel – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Homel" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomel" title="Gomel – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Gomel" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomel" title="Gomel – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Gomel" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ty mw-list-item"><a href="https://ty.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homel" title="Homel – Tahitian" lang="ty" hreflang="ty" data-title="Homel" data-language-autonym="Reo tahiti" data-language-local-name="Tahitian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Reo tahiti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomel" title="Gomel – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Gomel" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Гомель – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Гомель" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Гомель – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Гомель" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomel" title="Gomel – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Gomel" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomel" title="Gomel – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Gomel" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home%C4%BE" title="Homeľ – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Homeľ" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomel" title="Gomel – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Gomel" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cu mw-list-item"><a href="https://cu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%94%D0%BB%D2%84%D1%8C" title="Гомєл҄ь – Church Slavic" lang="cu" hreflang="cu" data-title="Гомєл҄ь" data-language-autonym="Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ" data-language-local-name="Church Slavic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homjel" title="Homjel – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Homjel" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%99" title="Гомељ – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Гомељ" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homel" title="Homel – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Homel" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homel" title="Homel – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Homel" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D" title="கோமெல் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="கோமெல்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Гомель – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Гомель" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%86%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A5" title="โฆเมียล – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="โฆเมียล" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="Гомел – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Гомел" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homel" title="Homel – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Homel" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Гомель – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Гомель" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%85%D9%84" title="گومل – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="گومل" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomel%27" title="Gomel' – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="Gomel'" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomel" title="Gomel – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Gomel" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homyel" title="Homyel – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Homyel" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" 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class="tsingle" style="width:134px;max-width:134px"><div style="border:1;height:99px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Homie%C4%BA,_zam%C4%8Dy%C5%A1%C4%8Da._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C,_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%87%D1%8B%D1%88%D1%87%D0%B0_(2021)_04.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sozh River Embankment"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Homie%C4%BA%2C_zam%C4%8Dy%C5%A1%C4%8Da._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%87%D1%8B%D1%88%D1%87%D0%B0_%282021%29_04.jpg/250px-Homie%C4%BA%2C_zam%C4%8Dy%C5%A1%C4%8Da._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%87%D1%8B%D1%88%D1%87%D0%B0_%282021%29_04.jpg" decoding="async" width="132" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Homie%C4%BA%2C_zam%C4%8Dy%C5%A1%C4%8Da._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%87%D1%8B%D1%88%D1%87%D0%B0_%282021%29_04.jpg/330px-Homie%C4%BA%2C_zam%C4%8Dy%C5%A1%C4%8Da._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%87%D1%8B%D1%88%D1%87%D0%B0_%282021%29_04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8000" data-file-height="6000" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Sozh_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Sozh River">Sozh River</a> Embankment</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:124px;max-width:124px"><div style="border:1;height:99px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8B_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81._%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8B_%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0.jpg/250px-%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8B_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81._%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8B_%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0.jpg" decoding="async" width="122" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="674" data-file-height="551" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Peter_and_Paul_Cathedral,_Gomel" title="Peter and Paul Cathedral, Gomel">St. Peter and Paul Cathedral</a></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Gomel.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Gomel"><img alt="Flag of Gomel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Flag_of_Gomel.svg/150px-Flag_of_Gomel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Flag_of_Gomel.svg/225px-Flag_of_Gomel.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Relief_Map_of_Belarus.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Gomel is located in Belarus"><img alt="Gomel is located in Belarus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Relief_Map_of_Belarus.png/250px-Relief_Map_of_Belarus.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Relief_Map_of_Belarus.png/500px-Relief_Map_of_Belarus.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1197" data-file-height="1068" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:74.617%;left:80.041%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Gomel"><img alt="Gomel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Gomel</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Gomel in Belarus</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Belarus</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738" /><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Europe_relief_laea_location_map.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gomel is located in Europe"><img alt="Gomel is located in Europe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Europe_relief_laea_location_map.jpg/250px-Europe_relief_laea_location_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Europe_relief_laea_location_map.jpg/500px-Europe_relief_laea_location_map.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1580" data-file-height="1351" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:48.985%;left:65.289%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Gomel"><img alt="Gomel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Gomel</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Gomel (Europe)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Europe</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Gomel&params=52_26_43_N_30_59_03_E_region:BY_type:city(501102)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°26′43″N</span> <span class="longitude">30°59′03″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.44528°N 30.98417°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.44528; 30.98417</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Belarus" title="Regions of Belarus">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gomel_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Gomel Region">Gomel Region</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First mentioned</th><td class="infobox-data">1142</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Chairman</th><td class="infobox-data">Petr Kirichenko</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">145.12 km<sup>2</sup> (56.03 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">138 m (453 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2024)<sup id="cite_ref-pop_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pop-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">501,102</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">3,500/km<sup>2</sup> (8,900/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Moscow_Time" title="Moscow Time">MSK</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Postal code</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">246xx, 247xxx</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">+375 232(2)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">License plate</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gorod.gomel.by">www<wbr />.gorod<wbr />.gomel<wbr />.by</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Gomel</b><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Гомель</span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">IPA:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ru-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Russian" title="Help:IPA/Russian">[ˈɡomʲɪlʲ]</a></span>) or <b>Homyel</b> (<a href="/wiki/Belarusian_language" title="Belarusian language">Belarusian</a>: <span lang="be">Гомель</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Belarusian" title="Romanization of Belarusian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Belarusian-language romanization"><i lang="be-Latn">Homieĺ</i></span>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991" /><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">IPA:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="be-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Belarusian" title="Help:IPA/Belarusian">[ˈɣomʲelʲ]</a></span>) is a city in south-eastern <a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a>. It serves as the administrative centre of <a href="/wiki/Gomel_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Gomel Region">Gomel Region</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gomel_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Gomel District">Gomel District</a>, though it is administratively separated from the district.<sup id="cite_ref-pop_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pop-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2024, it is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_largest_towns_in_Belarus" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities and largest towns in Belarus">second-largest city</a> in Belarus with 501,102 inhabitants.<sup id="cite_ref-pop_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pop-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gomel&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are at least six narratives of the origin of the city's name. The most plausible is that the name is derived from the name of the stream Homeyuk, which flowed into the <a href="/wiki/Sozh_river" class="mw-redirect" title="Sozh river">river Sozh</a> near the foot of the hill where the first settlement was founded. Names of other Belarusian cities are formed along these lines: for example, <a href="/wiki/Polotsk" title="Polotsk">Polotsk</a> from the river <a href="/wiki/Palata_(river)" title="Palata (river)">Palata</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vitebsk" title="Vitebsk">Vitebsk</a> from the river Vitsba. </p><p>The first appearance of the name, as "Gomy", dates from 1142.<sup id="cite_ref-EB_Homyel_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB_Homyel-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Up to the 16th century, the city was mentioned as Hom', Homye, Homiy, Homey, or Homyi. These forms are tentatively explained as derivatives of unattested <i>*gomŭ</i> of uncertain meaning.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The modern name for the city has been in use only since the 16th or 17th century. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gomel&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kievan_Rus'"><span id="Kievan_Rus.27"></span>Kievan Rus'</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gomel&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Kievan Rus'"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-right"><div><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gomel_inner_fortress_in_the_12th_century.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Gomel_inner_fortress_in_the_12th_century.jpg/220px-Gomel_inner_fortress_in_the_12th_century.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Gomel_inner_fortress_in_the_12th_century.jpg/330px-Gomel_inner_fortress_in_the_12th_century.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Gomel_inner_fortress_in_the_12th_century.jpg/440px-Gomel_inner_fortress_in_the_12th_century.jpg 2x" data-file-width="495" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>Gomel's inner fortress in the 12th century</figcaption></figure></div></div> <p>Gomel was founded at the end of the 1st millennium AD on the lands of the <a href="/wiki/East_Slavs" title="East Slavs">Eastern Slavic</a> tribal union of <a href="/wiki/Radimichs" title="Radimichs">Radimichs</a>. It lay on the banks of the <a href="/wiki/Sozh" title="Sozh">Sozh River</a> and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Homeyuk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Homeyuk (page does not exist)">Homeyuk</a> stream. Sozh's high right bank, with bluffs carving through, provided a natural fortification. For some time, Gomel was the capital of the Gomel Principality, before it became part of the <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Chernigov" title="Principality of Chernigov">Principality of Chernigov</a>. Gomel is first mentioned in the <a href="/wiki/Hypatian_Codex" title="Hypatian Codex">Hypatian Codex</a> under the year 1142 as a territory of the princes of Chernigov. For some time, Gomel was ruled by the prince of Smolensk <a href="/wiki/Rostislav_Mstislavich" class="mw-redirect" title="Rostislav Mstislavich">Rostislav Mstislavich</a> before it was re-captured by <a href="/wiki/Iziaslav_III_Davidovich" class="mw-redirect" title="Iziaslav III Davidovich">Iziaslav III Davidovich</a>, after whose death it belonged to <a href="/wiki/Sviatoslav_Olgovich" title="Sviatoslav Olgovich">Sviatoslav Olgovich</a> and then to Sviatoslav's son Oleg. Under Oleg, Gomel went to the <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Novgorod-Seversk" title="Principality of Novgorod-Seversk">Principality of Novgorod-Seversk</a>. The next ruler was <a href="/wiki/Igor_Svyatoslavich" title="Igor Svyatoslavich">Igor Svyatoslavich</a>—the protagonist of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tale_of_Igor%27s_Campaign" title="The Tale of Igor's Campaign">The Tale of Igor's Campaign</a></i>. During this period, the town was a fortified point and the centre of a <a href="/wiki/Volost" title="Volost">volost</a>. In the 12th–13th centuries, the city's area was no less than 40 ha, and it had developed various crafts and was connected by trading routes with the cities of northern and southern Rus'. Archeological data have shown that the city was badly damaged during the Mongol-Tatar invasion in the first half of the 13th century. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania_and_Polish–Lithuanian_Commonwealth"><span id="Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania_and_Polish.E2.80.93Lithuanian_Commonwealth"></span>Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gomel&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1335, the Gomel region was annexed to the <a href="/wiki/Great_Duchy_of_Lithuania" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Duchy of Lithuania">Great Duchy of Lithuania</a> by <a href="/wiki/Algirdas" title="Algirdas">Algirdas</a>. From 1335 to 1406, it was under the ownership of Prince Patricia Narymuntovich and his sons, from 1406 to 1419 the city was ruled by the grand duke's deputies, from 1419 to 1435 it belonged to Prince <a href="/wiki/Svitrigaila" class="mw-redirect" title="Svitrigaila">Svitrigaila</a>, from 1446 to 1452 to Prince Vasiliy Yaroslavich, from 1452 to 1483 to the <a href="/wiki/Mozhaysk" title="Mozhaysk">Mozhaysk</a> prince Ivan Andreyevich, and from 1483 to 1505 to his son Semyon, who transferred it to the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Principality_of_Moscow" title="Grand Principality of Moscow">Grand Principality of Moscow</a>. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Second_Muscovite%E2%80%93Lithuanian_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Muscovite–Lithuanian War">Second Muscovite–Lithuanian War</a> of 1500–1503, Lithuania tried to regain Gomel and other lands transferred to Moscow, but had suffered defeat and lost one-third of its territory. In 1535, Lithuanian and Polish forces under <a href="/wiki/Jerzy_Radziwi%C5%82%C5%82" title="Jerzy Radziwiłł">Jerzy Radvila</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jan_Tarnowski" title="Jan Tarnowski">Jan Tarnowski</a> and Andrzej Niemirowicz re-captured the city after the surrender of Moscow's deputy, D. Shchepin-Obolensky. In the same year, the Great Duke of Lithuania <a href="/wiki/Sigismund_K%C4%99stutaitis" title="Sigismund Kęstutaitis">Sigismund Kęstutaitis</a> founded Gomel <a href="/wiki/Starostwo" title="Starostwo">Starostwo</a>. According to the peace agreement of 1537, Gomel together with its <a href="/wiki/Volost" title="Volost">volost</a> remained a Lithuanian possession. In 1535–1565, Gomel was the centre of the <a href="/wiki/Starostwo" title="Starostwo">starostwo</a>, and from 1565 onwards it was in <a href="/wiki/Rechytsa" title="Rechytsa">Rechytsa</a> <a href="/wiki/Powiat" title="Powiat">Powiat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Minsk_Voivodeship" title="Minsk Voivodeship">Minsk Voivodeship</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Gomel,_1560.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Coat_of_Arms_of_Gomel%2C_1560.gif/120px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Gomel%2C_1560.gif" decoding="async" width="110" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Coat_of_Arms_of_Gomel%2C_1560.gif/165px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Gomel%2C_1560.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Coat_of_Arms_of_Gomel%2C_1560.gif 2x" data-file-width="166" data-file-height="200" /></a><figcaption>Coat of Arms of Gomel, 1560</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1560, the city's first <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">coat of arms</a> was introduced. In 1569, Gomel became part of the <a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth" title="Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth">Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth</a>. From this moment on, the city became the arena of numerous attacks and battles between the <a href="/wiki/Cossacks" title="Cossacks">Cossacks</a>, Russia, and the <a href="/wiki/Polish-Lithuania_Commonwealth" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish-Lithuania Commonwealth">Polish-Lithuania Commonwealth</a>. In 1572, Gomel <a href="/wiki/Starostwo" title="Starostwo">Starostwo</a> was given to B. Sapega. At the beginning of the 1570s, Gomel was captured by the forces of <a href="/wiki/Ivan_the_Terrible" title="Ivan the Terrible">Ivan the Terrible</a>, but in 1576 it was re-captured by J. Radvila. In 1581, Gomel was again attacked by Russian troops, and in 1595–1596 it was in the hands of <a href="/wiki/Severyn_Nalyvaiko" title="Severyn Nalyvaiko">Severyn Nalyvaiko</a>'s Cossacks. </p><p>After the beginning of the struggle against <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Orthodox Christianity</a> in Lithuania, <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Orthodox</a> Nikolayevskiy Cathedral was closed, following the order of <a href="/wiki/Greek_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Catholic">Greek Catholic</a> <a href="/wiki/Eparch" class="mw-redirect" title="Eparch">Eparch</a> <a href="/wiki/Josaphat_Kuntsevych" title="Josaphat Kuntsevych">Josaphat Kuntsevych</a> in 1621. In 1633, the city was besieged by Cossacks Bulgakov and Yermolin, in 1648 captured by Golovatskiy's Cossack detachment, and in 1649 by Martyn Nebaba's detachment. After that, Gomel got through several sieges in 1651 but in 1654 was captured by Ivan Zolotarenko's detachment. He and his sons held the city until 1667 and then began to serve under <a href="/wiki/Alexis_of_Russia" title="Alexis of Russia">Alexis of Russia</a>, however, after the <a href="/wiki/Truce_of_Andrusovo" title="Truce of Andrusovo">Truce of Andrusovo</a> Gomel at last returned to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, where it first belonged to <a href="/wiki/Miko%C5%82aj_Krzysztof_%22the_Orphan%22_Radziwi%C5%82%C5%82" class="mw-redirect" title="Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł">M. K. Radvila</a> and then—till the <a href="/wiki/Annexation" title="Annexation">annexation</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>—to the <a href="/wiki/Czartoryski_family" class="mw-redirect" title="Czartoryski family">Czartoryski family</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_War" title="Great Northern War">Great Northern War</a>, Russian forces under <a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Danilovich_Menshikov" class="mw-redirect" title="Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov">Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov</a> stood in Gomel. In 1670, Gomel received <a href="/wiki/Magdeburg_rights" title="Magdeburg rights">Magdeburg rights</a>. Towards the middle of the 17th century, the city fell into crisis mainly due to the struggles mentioned above. It suffered significant damage, the population decreased severely, and many crafts disappeared. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russian_Empire">Russian Empire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gomel&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Russian Empire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gomel became part of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> after the first partition of the <a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth" title="Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth">Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth</a> in 1772 and was confiscated by the imperial treasury. In 1775, <a href="/wiki/Catherine_the_Great" title="Catherine the Great">Empress Catherine II</a> gave Gomel and Gomel eldership in the eternal hereditary possession of Russian military commander <a href="/wiki/Pyotr_Rumyantsev" title="Pyotr Rumyantsev">Pyotr Rumyantsev</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Homiel._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_(1799).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Homiel._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%281799%29.jpg/250px-Homiel._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%281799%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Homiel._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%281799%29.jpg/330px-Homiel._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%281799%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Homiel._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%281799%29.jpg/500px-Homiel._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%281799%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="814" /></a><figcaption>Map of Gomel in 1799</figcaption></figure> <p>The period when Gomel was part of the Russian Empire was marked by rapid growth of the population, urban infrastructure, and industrial capacity, predominantly after the construction of railways in the late 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Saints <a href="/wiki/Peter_and_Paul_Cathedral,_Gomel" title="Peter and Paul Cathedral, Gomel">Peter and Paul Cathedral</a>, designed by architect John Clark, was built in 1809–1819. <a href="/wiki/Nikolay_Rumyantsev" title="Nikolay Rumyantsev">Nikolay Rumyantsev</a> opened the first <a href="/wiki/Gymnasium_(school)" title="Gymnasium (school)">gymnasium</a>, inn, glass, tile, weaving and spinning factories, and distilleries. Under his patronage a church, a synagogue, a pharmacy, a poorhouse, and a permanent wooden bridge across the <a href="/wiki/Sozh_river" class="mw-redirect" title="Sozh river">Sozh river</a> were built. </p><p>After the death of Nikolay Rumyantsev, the city came into the possession of his brother Sergei Petrovich Rumyantsev. However, due to lack of money, Sergei indebted Gomel with the state treasury of the Russian Empire. Subsequently, after not being able to pay off the debt, the treasury sold the city. The <a href="/wiki/Gomel_Palace" title="Gomel Palace">Gomel Palace</a> was acquired by Prince <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Paskevich" title="Ivan Paskevich">Ivan Paskevich</a>, and the rest of the city by <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_I_of_Russia" title="Nicholas I of Russia">Nicholas I</a> (1838). Paskevich had an English garden made around the palace, which is still in place today. In 1856, the estate passed on to his son Fyodor Ivanovich Paskevich. </p><p>In 1842, the <a href="/wiki/Prince_J%C3%B3zef_Poniatowski_Monument" title="Prince Józef Poniatowski Monument">Prince Józef Poniatowski Monument</a>, one of the most iconic monuments of <a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a>, was relocated from Warsaw to Gomel, before it was restored to Poland in 1922. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Homiel,_Juzef_Paniato%C5%ADski._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C,_%D0%AE%D0%B7%D1%8D%D1%84_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%9E%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96_(1902)_(7).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Homiel%2C_Juzef_Paniato%C5%ADski._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%AE%D0%B7%D1%8D%D1%84_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%9E%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96_%281902%29_%287%29.jpg/250px-Homiel%2C_Juzef_Paniato%C5%ADski._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%AE%D0%B7%D1%8D%D1%84_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%9E%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96_%281902%29_%287%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Homiel%2C_Juzef_Paniato%C5%ADski._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%AE%D0%B7%D1%8D%D1%84_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%9E%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96_%281902%29_%287%29.jpg/330px-Homiel%2C_Juzef_Paniato%C5%ADski._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%AE%D0%B7%D1%8D%D1%84_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%9E%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96_%281902%29_%287%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Homiel%2C_Juzef_Paniato%C5%ADski._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%AE%D0%B7%D1%8D%D1%84_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%9E%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96_%281902%29_%287%29.jpg/500px-Homiel%2C_Juzef_Paniato%C5%ADski._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%AE%D0%B7%D1%8D%D1%84_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%9E%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96_%281902%29_%287%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1450" data-file-height="926" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Prince_J%C3%B3zef_Poniatowski_Monument" title="Prince Józef Poniatowski Monument">Prince Józef Poniatowski Monument</a> in Gomel</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1852, Gomel became the county town of the former Belitsa County (renamed to Gomel County).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was preceded by the construction of the St. Petersburg–Kiev highway and St. Petersburg–Sebastopol telegraph line, both of which passed through Gomel,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the opening of a beet sugar factory.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The construction of railways in the territory of Belarus in the late 19th century (<a href="/wiki/Libau%E2%80%93Romny_Railway" title="Libau–Romny Railway">Libau–Romny Railway</a> in 1873 and the Polesia railway in 1888) made Gomel a major railway junction and "drew many businessmen to the town, causing the establishment of banks, firms and factories, which in turn changed the pastoral and provincial character of a bygone Gomel into a trading and mercantile one"<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1913, Gomel had become a major industrial city with 104,500 inhabitants. Nearly 44% of its industrial output was metalworking, with large workshops servicing the rolling stock of the <a href="/wiki/Libau%E2%80%93Romny_Railway" title="Libau–Romny Railway">Libau–Romny Railway</a> and the Polesia railway. Other significant industries were woodworking, match manufacturing, breweries, and churning.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civil_war_and_early_Soviet_era">Civil war and early Soviet era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gomel&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Civil war and early Soviet era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Preceding the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Brest-Litovsk" title="Treaty of Brest-Litovsk">treaty of Brest-Litovsk</a>, on 1 March 1918, the city was occupied (the Executive Committee of the Gomel Council of Workers' Deputies had left already on 21 February) by German forces.<sup id="cite_ref-153431/_Contraband_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153431/_Contraband-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 1918, the city became part of <a href="/wiki/Chernihiv_Governorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Chernihiv Governorate">Chernihiv Governorate</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_State" title="Ukrainian State">Ukrainian State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-153431/_Contraband_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153431/_Contraband-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the overthrow of the Ukrainian State Gomel was administered by the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_People%27s_Republic" title="Ukrainian People's Republic">Ukrainian People's Republic</a> for 25 days.<sup id="cite_ref-153431/_Contraband_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153431/_Contraband-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 14 January 1919, Gomel was occupied by the Red Army. In March 1919, the largest uprising against the <a href="/wiki/Bolshevik" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolshevik">Bolsheviks</a> occurred in Gomel, known as the short-lived Strekopytov Revolt. Rebels seized strategic facilities and executed members of the Soviet leadership in the city. The uprising was crushed by Red Army units dispatched to Gomel.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1919, Gomel became the centre of <a href="/wiki/Gomel_Governorate" title="Gomel Governorate">Gomel Governorate</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic" title="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic">Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic</a>. After the end of hostilities, the restoration of industry and transportation began. In the 1920s, a number of large businesses were created: shipyards, a factory named "Polespechat", a shoe factory named "Trud", a bakery, and the first phase of a municipal power plant. In 1926, the city was passed to the <a href="/wiki/Byelorussian_SSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Byelorussian SSR">Byelorussian SSR</a>. </p><p>By 1940, 264 industrial enterprises had been established. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gomel&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Homiel,_Prabojnaja-Re%C5%BAnickaja._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C,_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F-%D0%A0%D1%8D%D0%B7%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_(12.1941).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Homiel%2C_Prabojnaja-Re%C5%BAnickaja._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F-%D0%A0%D1%8D%D0%B7%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%2812.1941%29.jpg/220px-Homiel%2C_Prabojnaja-Re%C5%BAnickaja._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F-%D0%A0%D1%8D%D0%B7%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%2812.1941%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Homiel%2C_Prabojnaja-Re%C5%BAnickaja._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F-%D0%A0%D1%8D%D0%B7%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%2812.1941%29.jpg/330px-Homiel%2C_Prabojnaja-Re%C5%BAnickaja._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F-%D0%A0%D1%8D%D0%B7%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%2812.1941%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Homiel%2C_Prabojnaja-Re%C5%BAnickaja._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F-%D0%A0%D1%8D%D0%B7%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%2812.1941%29.jpg/440px-Homiel%2C_Prabojnaja-Re%C5%BAnickaja._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F-%D0%A0%D1%8D%D0%B7%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%2812.1941%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1376" data-file-height="928" /></a><figcaption>War-torn Homel in 1941</figcaption></figure> <p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Gomel was under <a href="/wiki/German_occupation_of_Byelorussia_during_World_War_II" title="German occupation of Byelorussia during World War II">Nazi German occupation</a> from <a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">19 August 1941</a> until <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Dnieper" title="Battle of the Dnieper">26 November 1943</a>. The occupiers operated a Nazi prison and <a href="/wiki/Forced_labour_under_German_rule_during_World_War_II" title="Forced labour under German rule during World War II">forced labour</a> camps for prisoners of war and civilians, part of whom were Jews.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city was taken by <a href="/wiki/Konstantin_Rokossovsky" title="Konstantin Rokossovsky">Rokossovsky</a>'s <a href="/wiki/1st_Belorussian_Front" title="1st Belorussian Front">Belorussian Front</a> during the Gomel–Rechitsa Offensive. Eighty percent of the city had been destroyed, and the population of Gomel had dropped dramatically. According to the data of the registry, it numbered less than 15,000 inhabitants, compared to 144,000 in 1940. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-war_period">Post-war period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gomel&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Post-war period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the war, the restoration of Gomel began promptly. The majority of pre-revolutionary buildings had been lost. City streets were considerably expanded, and buildings in a <a href="/wiki/Stalinist_architecture" title="Stalinist architecture">Stalinist style</a> were erected. By 1950, almost all of the pre-war enterprises had resumed their work. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chernobyl_disaster">Chernobyl disaster</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gomel&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Chernobyl disaster"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a result of the <a href="/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster" title="Chernobyl disaster">disaster</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Chernobyl_Nuclear_Power_Plant" title="Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant">Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant</a> on 26 April 1986, Gomel suffered <a href="/wiki/Radioactive_contamination" title="Radioactive contamination">radioactive contamination</a>. At the beginning of the 21st century, a research centre for radiation medicine and human ecology was built in Gomel to overcome and study the consequences of the catastrophe at Chernobyl.<sup id="cite_ref-rcrm_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rcrm-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The development of radiological dose values varies between individual villages in severely contaminated regions, depending on the surroundings and the economic orientation. In general, living is possible in these areas today, even in formerly closed-off zones, if appropriate dietary rules are observed.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag needs further explanation. (November 2023)">further explanation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recent_history">Recent history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gomel&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Recent history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Districts_and_population_of_Homie%C4%BA_(Belarus).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Districts_and_population_of_Homie%C4%BA_%28Belarus%29.png/250px-Districts_and_population_of_Homie%C4%BA_%28Belarus%29.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Districts_and_population_of_Homie%C4%BA_%28Belarus%29.png/330px-Districts_and_population_of_Homie%C4%BA_%28Belarus%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Districts_and_population_of_Homie%C4%BA_%28Belarus%29.png/500px-Districts_and_population_of_Homie%C4%BA_%28Belarus%29.png 2x" data-file-width="1795" data-file-height="2059" /></a><figcaption>Districts and population of the city</figcaption></figure> <p>On 27 July 1990, the <a href="/wiki/Declaration_of_State_Sovereignty_of_the_Byelorussian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic">Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic</a> was drafted. Gomel became a city in the independent state of the Republic of Belarus the following year. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>, Gomel became an important base for Russian forces.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population">Population</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gomel&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Gomel" title="Special:EditPage/Gomel">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 2013, the city's population numbered 515,325,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> indicating a positive population growth and hence a reversal of the demographic crisis that began in 1993. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261442011">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:30em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr valign="top"><td style="padding:0 0.5em"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:15em"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1775 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">5,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1858 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">13,700</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+174.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1880 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">23,600</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+72.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1897 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">36,775</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+55.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 1913 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">104,500</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+184.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1925 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">81,900</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−21.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1931 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">109,900</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+34.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1939 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">139,120</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+26.6%</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="padding:0 0.5em;border-left:solid 1px #aaa"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:15em"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1943 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">15,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−89.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 1959 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">168,270</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1021.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1970</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">272,253</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+61.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1979</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">382,785</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+40.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1989</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">500,846</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+30.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1999</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">475,500</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−5.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">2009</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">482,652</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2019</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">510,459</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+5.8%</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jewish_community">Jewish community</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gomel&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Jewish community"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HolocaustGomel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/HolocaustGomel.jpg/250px-HolocaustGomel.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/HolocaustGomel.jpg/330px-HolocaustGomel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/HolocaustGomel.jpg/500px-HolocaustGomel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3882" data-file-height="2733" /></a><figcaption>Mass grave of Holocaust victims</figcaption></figure> <p>After the annexation of Gomel by the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> and the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Pale_of_Settlement" title="Pale of Settlement">Pale of Settlement</a>, Gomel gradually became a centre of resettlement for the Jewish population of Russia. According to the 1897 census, 55% of the population of Gomel were <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a>. In 1903, there was a violent <a href="/wiki/Pogrom" title="Pogrom">pogrom</a> against the Jewish population of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From that moment on, a gradual decrease of the number of Jews in the city began. 40,880 Jews lived in Gomel in 1939, when they comprised 29.4% of the total population. Most Jews had left the city in anticipation of German occupation, but still between 3,000 and 4,000 Gomel Jews fell victim to the <a href="/wiki/Holocaust" class="mw-redirect" title="Holocaust">Holocaust</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-YV_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YV-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The end of the 1980s and beginning of the 1990s saw <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Belarus#Late_20th_century_to_modern_days" title="History of the Jews in Belarus">mass emigration</a> of Jews from Gomel, but at the same time restoration of Jewish institutions in the city by the remaining Jewish inhabitants.<sup id="cite_ref-JW_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JW-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gomel&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gomel is situated in the southeastern part of the country, on the right bank of the <a href="/wiki/Sozh_river" class="mw-redirect" title="Sozh river">river Sozh</a>, 302 km (188 mi) south-east of <a href="/wiki/Minsk" title="Minsk">Minsk</a>, 534 km (332 mi) east of <a href="/wiki/Brest,_Belarus" title="Brest, Belarus">Brest</a>, 171 km (106 mi) south of <a href="/wiki/Mogilev" title="Mogilev">Mogilev</a>, 237 km (147 mi) west of <a href="/wiki/Bryansk" title="Bryansk">Bryansk</a> and 111 km (69 mi) north of <a href="/wiki/Chernihiv" title="Chernihiv">Chernihiv</a>. </p><p>The terrain on which the city as a whole is built, is flat. On the right bank of the river, is a gradually decreasing plain water-glacial and <a href="/wiki/Fluvial_terrace" title="Fluvial terrace">fluvial terrace</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Sozh_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Sozh River">Sozh river</a>. The left bank is a low-lying alluvial plain. The highest elevation of 144 meters above sea level is found on the northern outskirts of Gomel, the lowest elevation of 115 m at the water boundary of the Sozh. Novobelitskiy district, which is located on the left bank of the river (i.e., towards the south), has elevations averaging 10–15 meters lower than the northern and central parts of the city. On the left bank of the Sozh many kilometers of beaches can be found. </p><p>Despite the city's relatively flat topography, it does have some significant oscillations. For example, the bluffs along the right bank of the Sozh stand out among such natural features with a slope of over 70% in places, and the gypsum stacks of the Gomel Chemical Plant among the manmade ones. The highest mound has a <a href="/wiki/Prominence" class="mw-redirect" title="Prominence">prominence</a> of roughly 82 metres (270 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gomel&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Northwest_Gomel_After_Rain.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Northwest_Gomel_After_Rain.jpg/220px-Northwest_Gomel_After_Rain.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Northwest_Gomel_After_Rain.jpg/330px-Northwest_Gomel_After_Rain.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Northwest_Gomel_After_Rain.jpg/440px-Northwest_Gomel_After_Rain.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4624" data-file-height="2604" /></a><figcaption>View of the city after a summer rainstorm</figcaption></figure> <p>Gomel has a warm-summer <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental_climate" title="Humid continental climate">humid continental climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> <i>Dfb</i>, <a href="/wiki/Trewartha_climate_classification" title="Trewartha climate classification">Trewartha</a> <i>Dcbo</i>). Summers see occasional heat spells in the low and mid 30s, and are comparatively long, lasting from mid-May to early September, with more than 113 days averaging above 15 °C (59 °F)<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and highs reaching 30 °C (86 °F) on roughly 13 days per year.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 7 August 2010, Gomel recorded a temperature of 38.9 °C (102.0 °F), which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Belarus.<sup id="cite_ref-wu_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wu-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like the rest of the central band of the <a href="/wiki/East_European_Plain" title="East European Plain">East European Plain</a>, the city has its minimum of <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> in May, which results from the rapidly rising temperatures and increased air’s water holding capacity.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike the eastern portion thereof, however, it does not have a second minimum in July or August as the temperatures are not high enough to dry out the soil to the extent where <a href="/wiki/Evapotranspiration" title="Evapotranspiration">evapotranspiration</a> drops significantly, thus preventing the surface layers of the air from moisturizing. Precipitation is common year-round, but even more so in the summer. July in particular brings ample rainfall, often in the form of thunderstorms. Winters, on the other hand, beginning in December and ending in early March, are generally marked by persistently gray skies, subfreezing daily means, and rather moderate snow depths. Thaws are not by any means uncommon and only 48 days throughout the three winter months won’t have temperatures climb above freezing.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Based on <a href="/wiki/Smoothing" title="Smoothing">smoothed</a> daily means, the period of <a href="/wiki/Air_frost" class="mw-redirect" title="Air frost">air frost</a> is about 116 days.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Coming with the <a href="/wiki/Prevailing_westerlies" class="mw-redirect" title="Prevailing westerlies">prevailing westerlies</a>, the frequent invasion of maritime air masses from the Atlantic moderates the climate, explaining the mild winters and relatively cool, somewhat cloudy summers compared to those farther inland. Overall, there is an average of 24 thunderstorms and 42 foggy days annually.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gomel’s bioclimatic type is upper supratemperate<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-climate_table_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-climate_table-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> subhumid.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Gomel (1991–2020, extremes 1927–present) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0<br />(50.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.8<br />(60.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.2<br />(75.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.3<br />(84.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.5<br />(90.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF2400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.2<br />(97.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">37.9<br />(100.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.9<br />(102.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.9<br />(94.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.5<br />(81.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.0<br />(64.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6<br />(52.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">38.9<br />(102.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.8<br />(28.8) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.5<br />(31.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF9F3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.3<br />(41.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.1<br />(57.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9022; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.5<br />(68.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.9<br />(75.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.9<br />(78.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.1<br />(77.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.0<br />(66.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.5<br />(52.7) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.0<br />(39.2) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.5<br />(31.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC994; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">12.2<br />(54.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #D0D0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.2<br />(24.4) </td> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.5<br />(25.7) </td> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.3<br />(34.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.0<br />(48.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.0<br />(59.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.6<br />(65.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9123; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.4<br />(68.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9932; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.3<br />(66.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.7<br />(56.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.4<br />(45.3) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.6<br />(34.9) </td> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.7<br />(27.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">8.0<br />(46.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #C3C3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.5<br />(20.3) </td> <td style="background: #C5C5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.2<br />(20.8) </td> <td style="background: #DADAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.2<br />(28.0) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.3<br />(39.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8<br />(49.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC082; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.5<br />(56.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB368; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.4<br />(59.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC79; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.2<br />(57.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFDEBE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2<br />(48.6) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.0<br />(39.2) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.4<br />(31.3) </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.8<br />(23.4) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">4.2<br />(39.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #2929FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−35.0<br />(−31.0) </td> <td style="background: #2929FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−35.1<br />(−31.2) </td> <td style="background: #3030FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−33.7<br />(−28.7) </td> <td style="background: #9D9DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−13.6<br />(7.5) </td> <td style="background: #D9D9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.5<br />(27.5) </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.2<br />(31.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0<br />(42.8) </td> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.2<br />(34.2) </td> <td style="background: #D5D5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.2<br />(26.2) </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−12.0<br />(10.4) </td> <td style="background: #7171FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−21.7<br />(−7.1) </td> <td style="background: #4040FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−30.8<br />(−23.4) </td> <td style="background: #2929FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−35.1<br />(−31.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #C9FFC9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36<br />(1.4) </td> <td style="background: #C5FFC5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35<br />(1.4) </td> <td style="background: #C9FFC9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36<br />(1.4) </td> <td style="background: #C9FFC9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35<br />(1.4) </td> <td style="background: #9FFF9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64<br />(2.5) </td> <td style="background: #8EFF8E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73<br />(2.9) </td> <td style="background: #69FF69; color:#000000;" class="notheme">100<br />(3.9) </td> <td style="background: #ABFFAB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56<br />(2.2) </td> <td style="background: #AEFFAE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52<br />(2.0) </td> <td style="background: #A8FFA8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58<br />(2.3) </td> <td style="background: #B9FFB9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45<br />(1.8) </td> <td style="background: #C0FFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42<br />(1.7) </td> <td style="background: #AFFFAF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">632<br />(24.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average extreme snow depth cm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(3.1) </td> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9<br />(3.5) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6<br />(2.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2<br />(0.8) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5<br />(2.0) </td> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">9<br />(3.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days </th> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #A0A0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #5959FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13 </td> <td style="background: #5252FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14 </td> <td style="background: #3333FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16 </td> <td style="background: #5252FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14 </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12 </td> <td style="background: #4C4CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14 </td> <td style="background: #5252FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14 </td> <td style="background: #5959FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13 </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9 </td> <td style="background: #6868FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">144 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days </th> <td style="background: #2020FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">18 </td> <td style="background: #1818FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.03 </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #7F7FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #3939FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16 </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">75 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000B5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">86 </td> <td style="background: #0000C0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">83 </td> <td style="background: #0000D7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">77 </td> <td style="background: #0202FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66 </td> <td style="background: #0A0AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">64 </td> <td style="background: #0000F6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">69 </td> <td style="background: #0000F2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">70 </td> <td style="background: #0000EE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71 </td> <td style="background: #0000D7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">77 </td> <td style="background: #0000C8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81 </td> <td style="background: #0000B1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">87 </td> <td style="background: #0000AD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">88 </td> <td style="background: #0000D7; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">77 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #4F4F4F; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">43.3 </td> <td style="background: #919191; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72.5 </td> <td style="background: #C1C11E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">143.9 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">201.3 </td> <td style="background: #E8E800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">272.6 </td> <td style="background: #EFEF0D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">293.7 </td> <td style="background: #EEEE0A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">297.9 </td> <td style="background: #E7E700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">269.9 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">194.4 </td> <td style="background: #B6B660; color:#000000;" class="notheme">119.9 </td> <td style="background: #585858; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">47.0 </td> <td style="background: #3A3A3A; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">32.1 </td> <td style="background: #CCCC00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,988.5 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Percentage <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">possible sunshine</a> </th> <td style="background: #C0C025; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19 </td> <td style="background: #D4D400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25 </td> <td style="background: #E8E800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37 </td> <td style="background: #F1F112; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF43; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF43; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF43; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF47; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55 </td> <td style="background: #F6F61E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45 </td> <td style="background: #E5E500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35 </td> <td style="background: #B9B94E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17 </td> <td style="background: #ABAB9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13 </td> <td style="background: #EFEF0E; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">41 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: Pogoda.ru.net<sup id="cite_ref-pogoda_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pogoda-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Belarus Department of Hydrometeorology (percent sun 1957–1960 and 1973–2000)<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gomel&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2010-built_Gomel_AKSM-321_trolleybus_1797_on_route_1_in_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/2010-built_Gomel_AKSM-321_trolleybus_1797_on_route_1_in_2015.jpg/250px-2010-built_Gomel_AKSM-321_trolleybus_1797_on_route_1_in_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/2010-built_Gomel_AKSM-321_trolleybus_1797_on_route_1_in_2015.jpg/330px-2010-built_Gomel_AKSM-321_trolleybus_1797_on_route_1_in_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/2010-built_Gomel_AKSM-321_trolleybus_1797_on_route_1_in_2015.jpg/500px-2010-built_Gomel_AKSM-321_trolleybus_1797_on_route_1_in_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="721" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Trolleybus" title="Trolleybus">trolleybus</a> in the city centre in 2015</figcaption></figure> <p>The public transportation system uses over 1,000 buses and <a href="/wiki/Trolleybus" title="Trolleybus">trolleybuses</a>. Over 210 million passenger rides were registered in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Taxicab" class="mw-redirect" title="Taxicab">Taxi</a> services ($10 for a one-way intracity ride) are available 24 hours a day. The city is an important railroad hub in the southeastern part of Belarus, as it is situated midway on the <a href="/wiki/Minsk" title="Minsk">Minsk</a>–<a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a> rail link. The strategic location of Gomel near the border with Russia and Ukraine provides a direct connection to both countries’ vast railroad networks. </p><p>The trolleybus network opened on 20 May 1962<sup id="cite_ref-murray_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-murray-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and now consists of 23 routes (not counting variations). On 15 December 2010, following the construction of an <a href="/wiki/Overhead_wire" class="mw-redirect" title="Overhead wire">overhead wire</a> network in Egorenko, Sviridov, and Chechersk Streets, a new trackless trolley line opened to the terminus "Klinkowski Neighborhood," which resulted in a change of the trolleybus routes 9, 16, and 17. The length of the network is about 74 km (46 mi), and the total length of the trolleybus routes is 475 km (295 mi). The rolling stock comprises <a href="/w/index.php?title=ACSM-201&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ACSM-201 (page does not exist)">ACSM-201</a>, <a href="/wiki/ACSM-321" class="mw-redirect" title="ACSM-321">ACSM-321</a>, MAZ-203T, and ACSM-213 types. There are more than 60 bus routes totaling 670 km (416 mi), and a number of express routes. The rolling stock consists mainly of MAZ-105, MAZ-107, MAZ-103 buses, and to a lesser extent MAZ-203, MAZ-206, and since 2014, the extra-large-capacity, low-floor <a href="/wiki/MAZ-215" title="MAZ-215">MAZ-215</a>. Express routes use Rodemich-A type buses. The 24 minibus lines use Ford Transit, GAZelle, Mercedes-Benz, and Peugeot vans. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Gomel_Airport" title="Gomel Airport">Gomel Airport</a> is located 8 km (5 mi) northeast of the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gomel&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD_%22%D0%A6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9%22_(%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD_%22%D0%A6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9%22_%28%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%29.JPG/220px-%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD_%22%D0%A6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9%22_%28%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD_%22%D0%A6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9%22_%28%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%29.JPG/330px-%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD_%22%D0%A6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9%22_%28%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD_%22%D0%A6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9%22_%28%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%29.JPG/440px-%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD_%22%D0%A6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9%22_%28%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Central_Stadium_(Gomel)" title="Central Stadium (Gomel)">Central Stadium</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Gomel is home to a wide range of sports facilities that have been developed and improved in recent years. These facilities, including eight stadiums and the Ice Palace, which has two ice arenas, support common activities such as hockey, track and field, and football. <a href="/wiki/HK_Gomel" title="HK Gomel">HK Gomel</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Belarusian_Extraleague" title="Belarusian Extraleague">Belarusian Extraleague</a> is the local pro hockey team. The <a href="/wiki/Central_Stadium_(Gomel)" title="Central Stadium (Gomel)">Central Stadium</a> is the home of Gomel's local football club, <a href="/wiki/FC_Gomel" title="FC Gomel">FC Gomel</a>. Gomel hosts multiple international competitions in these facilities, the annual "Bells of Chernobyl" competition being one of the many.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to sports facilities, Gomel has a multitude of <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Reserve_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympic Reserve School">Olympic Reserve Schools</a>, which are more commonly referred to as sports schools. </p><p>Many of Gomel's sports schools prepare athletes from a young age. Numerous champions have been trained by schools such as these. For example, one school, Gomel's Olympic Reserve Number 4, has trained 97 World and European champions as well as two Olympic athletes. Gomel State College of Olympic Reserve, on the other hand, trains coaches rather than athletes. From this school, 44 graduates have participated in the Olympics, European championships, and World championships.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gomel also participates in the <a href="/wiki/Deaflympics" title="Deaflympics">Deaflympics</a> and, between the years 2007–2009, has been awarded: two gold medals, one silver medal, and two bronze medals.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gomel&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gomels universities include <a href="/wiki/Francisk_Skorina_Gomel_State_University" title="Francisk Skorina Gomel State University">Francisk Skorina Gomel State University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pavel_Sukhoi_State_Technical_University_of_Gomel" title="Pavel Sukhoi State Technical University of Gomel">Pavel Sukhoi State Technical University of Gomel</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gomel_State_Medical_University" title="Gomel State Medical University">Gomel State Medical University</a>. Gomel State Medical University provides classes in both English and Russian. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gomel&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti" /><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:362px;max-width:362px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:160px;max-width:160px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:130px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%91%D1%8B%D0%BB%D1%8B_%C2%AB%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%9E%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%87%D1%8B_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%91%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%C2%BB.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" 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<p>Throughout the eight hundred-year history of Gomel, only a few sights have been preserved. A small number belong to the 1700s and 1800s, while the main part belongs to the 20th and 21st centuries. Most of the architectural monuments of the 20th century date back to the 1950s. They are mostly concentrated downtown. </p><p>SIghts include the <a href="/wiki/Rumyantsev-Paskevich_Residence" class="mw-redirect" title="Rumyantsev-Paskevich Residence">Rumyantsev-Paskevich Residence</a>, the Winter Garden, <a href="/wiki/Peter_and_Paul_Cathedral,_Gomel" title="Peter and Paul Cathedral, Gomel">St. Peter and Paul Cathedral</a>, the Gomel Oblast (Regional) Museum of Local Lore, the Hunting Lodge, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gomel_State_Circus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gomel State Circus (page does not exist)">Gomel State Circus</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96_%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%8F%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%BA" class="extiw" title="be:Гомельскі дзяржаўны цырк">be</a>]</span>, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gabriel_Kh._Va%C5%A1%C4%8Danka_Art_Gallery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gabriel Kh. Vaščanka Art Gallery (page does not exist)">Gabriel Kh. Vaščanka Art Gallery</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%86%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8D%D1%8F_%D0%93._%D0%A5._%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%88%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%96" class="extiw" title="be:Карцінная галерэя Г. Х. Вашчанкі">be</a>]</span>, and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gomel_Regional_Drama_Theater&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gomel Regional Drama Theater (page does not exist)">Gomel Regional Drama Theater</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96_%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80" class="extiw" title="be:Гомельскі абласны драматычны тэатр">be</a>]</span>. </p><p>The Ferris Wheel and the Ferris Tower, located in the park a few hundred meters from the palace complex, are popular for exploring the city. Since the topography of Gomel is relatively flat, the height of the surrounding buildings makes it easy to view the city from the wheel and the watchtower. </p><p>Gomel also hosts Sožski Karahod, a dance festival held every other year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_residents">Notable residents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gomel&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Notable residents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Geishtor_Leonid_Grigorievich.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Geishtor_Leonid_Grigorievich.JPG/250px-Geishtor_Leonid_Grigorievich.JPG" decoding="async" width="130" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Geishtor_Leonid_Grigorievich.JPG/330px-Geishtor_Leonid_Grigorievich.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="5184" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Leonid_Geishtor" title="Leonid Geishtor">Leonid Geishtor</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Igor_Avrunin" title="Igor Avrunin">Igor Avrunin</a> (1957–2020), athlete</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paluta_Badunova" title="Paluta Badunova">Paluta Badunova</a> (1885–1938), a prominent member of the Belarusian independence movement of the early 20th century, the only woman at <a href="/wiki/Rada_of_the_Belarusian_Democratic_Republic" title="Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic">the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic</a> and a victim of Stalin's purges of 1937-38<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yitzchak_Eizik_Epstein" title="Yitzchak Eizik Epstein">Yitzchak Eizik Epstein</a> (1770–1857), <a href="/wiki/Hasidic_Judaism" title="Hasidic Judaism">Hasidic</a> rabbi, author of several works of <a href="/wiki/Chabad_philosophy" title="Chabad philosophy">Chabad philosophy</a><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuri_Foreman" title="Yuri Foreman">Yuri Foreman</a> (born 1980), the first Israeli boxing world champion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonid_Geishtor" title="Leonid Geishtor">Leonid Geishtor</a> (born 1936), Belarusian Olympic champion and world champion sprint canoer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elena_Ginko" title="Elena Ginko">Elena Ginko</a> (born 1976), athlete</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Kalesnikava" title="Maria Kalesnikava">Maria Kalesnikava</a> (born 1982), professional flutist, political prisoner in <a href="/wiki/Penal_colony" title="Penal colony">Penal Colony no 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Nayfeld" title="Boris Nayfeld">Boris Nayfeld</a> (born 1947), former Belarusian/Russian mob boss</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrei_Gromyko" title="Andrei Gromyko">Andrei Gromyko</a> (1909–1989), a Soviet <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Soviet_Union)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Soviet Union)">Minister of Foreign Affairs</a> (1957–1985) and <a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="List of heads of state of the Soviet Union">Chairman</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Presidium_of_the_Supreme_Soviet" title="Presidium of the Supreme Soviet">Presidium of the Supreme Soviet</a> (1985–1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gennady_Korotkevich" title="Gennady Korotkevich">Gennady Korotkevich</a> (born 1994), competitive programming champion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Grabovski" title="Mikhail Grabovski">Mikhail Grabovski</a> (born 1984), retired professional ice hockey player, 10 seasons in the <a href="/wiki/NHL" class="mw-redirect" title="NHL">NHL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Landarsky" title="Robert Landarsky">Robert Landarsky</a> (born 1936), artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Lebedeff" title="Aaron Lebedeff">Aaron Lebedeff</a>, (1873–1960) Yiddish singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Manning" title="Dick Manning">Dick Manning</a> (1912–1991), American songwriter<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrey_Melnichenko_(industrialist)" title="Andrey Melnichenko (industrialist)">Andrey Melnichenko</a> (born 1972), Russian businessman and billionaire</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Petrokovets" title="Mark Petrokovets">Mark Petrokovets</a> (1937–2006), scientist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuri_Rydkin" title="Yuri Rydkin">Yuri Rydkin</a> (born 1979), poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanisla%C5%AD_%C5%A0abunie%C5%ADski" title="Stanislaŭ Šabunieŭski">Stanislaŭ Šabunieŭski</a> (1868–1937), architect</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seryoga" title="Seryoga">Seryoga</a> (born 1976), rapper</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larisa_Shchiryakova" title="Larisa Shchiryakova">Larisa Shchiryakova</a>, journalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bella_Shumiatcher" title="Bella Shumiatcher">Bella Shumiatcher</a> (1911–1990), pianist and music educator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Sidorsky" title="Sergei Sidorsky">Sergei Sidorsky</a> (born 1954), <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Belarus" title="Prime Minister of Belarus">Prime Minister of Belarus</a> from 2003 until December 2010</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanstantsin_Sivtsov" title="Kanstantsin Sivtsov">Kanstantsin Sivtsov</a> (born 1982), professional road cyclist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Tikhanovsky" title="Sergei Tikhanovsky">Sergei Tikhanovsky</a> (born 1978), political activist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lev_Vygotsky" title="Lev Vygotsky">Lev Vygotsky</a> (1896–1934), psychologist<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iryna_Yatchanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Iryna Yatchanka">Iryna Yatchanka</a> (born 1965), Belarusian Olympic medal winner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Yezersky" title="Greg Yezersky">Greg Yezersky</a> (born 1959), American engineer, consultant and university lecturer</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns_–_sister_cities"><span id="Twin_towns_.E2.80.93_sister_cities"></span>Twin towns – sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gomel&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Twin towns – sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Belarus" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Belarus">List of twin towns and sister cities in Belarus</a></div> <p>Gomel is <a href="/wiki/Sister_city" title="Sister city">twinned</a> with:<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Anapa" title="Anapa">Anapa</a>, Russia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, 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alt="Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Burgas" title="Burgas">Burgas</a>, Bulgaria</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine"><img alt="Ukraine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/40px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/60px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Clermont-Ferrand" title="Clermont-Ferrand">Clermont-Ferrand</a>, France</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine"><img alt="Ukraine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dnipro" title="Dnipro">Dnipro</a>, Ukraine</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine"><img alt="Ukraine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Donetsk" title="Donetsk">Donetsk</a>, Ukraine</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fort_Myers,_Florida" title="Fort Myers, Florida">Fort Myers</a>, United States</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Harbin" title="Harbin">Harbin</a>, China</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Krasnoselsky_District,_Saint_Petersburg" title="Krasnoselsky District, Saint Petersburg">Krasnoselsky (Saint Petersburg)</a>, Russia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kurgan,_Kurgan_Oblast" title="Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast">Kurgan</a>, Russia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kursk" title="Kursk">Kursk</a>, Russia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)"><img alt="Georgia (country)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/40px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/60px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kutaisi" title="Kutaisi">Kutaisi</a>, Georgia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia"><img alt="Latvia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/40px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/60px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Liep%C4%81ja" title="Liepāja">Liepāja</a>, Latvia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Magnitogorsk" title="Magnitogorsk">Magnitogorsk</a>, Russia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia"><img alt="Serbia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/40px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/60px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Novi_Sad" title="Novi Sad">Novi Sad</a>, Serbia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Omsk" title="Omsk">Omsk</a>, Russia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Protvino" title="Protvino">Protvino</a>, Russia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rostov-on-Don" title="Rostov-on-Don">Rostov-on-Don</a>, Russia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Samara" title="Samara">Samara</a>, Russia</li> <li><span 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ulyanovsk" title="Ulyanovsk">Ulyanovsk</a>, Russia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Vasileostrovsky_District" title="Vasileostrovsky District">Vasileostrovsky (Saint Petersburg)</a>, Russia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Voronezh" title="Voronezh">Voronezh</a>, Russia</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_twin_towns">Former twin towns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gomel&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Former twin towns"><span>edit</span></a><span 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class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gomel&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 April</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=belsat.gov.by&rft.atitle=%D0%A7%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F+%D0%BD%D0%B0+1+%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8F+2024+%D0%B3.+%D0%B8+%D1%81%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F+%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F+%D0%B7%D0%B0+2023+%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4+%D0%BF%D0%BE+%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B5+%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%8C+%D0%B2+%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B5+%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%2C+%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C+%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C+%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2+%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE+%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B0&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.belstat.gov.by%2Fofitsialnaya-statistika%2Fsolialnaya-sfera%2Fnaselenie-i-migratsiya%2Fnaselenie%2Fstatisticheskie-izdaniya%2Findex_89355%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGomel" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/əl/: 'le' in 'bottle'">əl</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">GOH</span>-məl</i></a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dictionary.com/browse/gomel">"Gomel"</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Random_House_Webster%27s_Unabridged_Dictionary" title="Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary">Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary</a></i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-EB_Homyel-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-EB_Homyel_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFCampbell" class="citation web cs1">Campbell, Heather. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Homyel-Belarus">"Homyel Belarus"</a>. <i>www.britannica.com</i>. Encyclopedia Britannica<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 May</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.britannica.com&rft.atitle=Homyel+Belarus&rft.aulast=Campbell&rft.aufirst=Heather&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Fplace%2FHomyel-Belarus&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGomel" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Этимологический словарь славянских языков: праславянский лексический фонд,</i> под ред. О.Н. Трубачева, вып.7 (Москва, 1980), стр.21.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Экономика Белорусии в Эпоху Империализма 1900-1917. Под редакцией Г. Ковалевского и др. 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