Gomel or Homel, (Belarusian Гомель; Russian: Гомель, transliteration: Gómel') is the second-largest city of Belarus and the main city of Homiel Province. It has a population of 481,000 (2005 estimate). Gomel is situated in the southeastern part of the country, on the right bank of Sozh river, close to the border to Ukraine and to Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The coordinates of the centre of Gomel are 52.4° N 30.9° E. Image File history File links Coat_of_Arms_of_Homiel,_Belarus. ... Transliteration is a mapping from one system of writing into another. ... Homiel Province (Gomel Province) is a province (voblast) of Belarus with a center in Homiel. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sozh (Belarusian: ; Russian: ) is a river in Belarus and Russia, a left tributary of the Dnieper river. ... Chernobyl area. ...

The exact date of the founding of Gomel is not known. It was first mentioned in chronicles from the first half of the 12th century; the officially accepted date is 1142. (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Sutoku, emperor of Japan Emperor Konoe ascends to the throne of Japan Henry the Lion becomes Duke of Saxony Births Farid od-Din Mohammad ebn Ebrahim Attar, Persian mystical poet (died 1220) Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (died 1192) Bornin1142, a GameFAQs user...

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In 1854 Gomel merged with the neighbouring Bielica town situated on the left bank of Sozh River, which is now is a part of Gomel city and one of its four wards. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 157 KB) Краткое описание Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Homyel Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 157 KB) Краткое описание Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Homyel Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Sozh (Belarusian: ; Russian: ) is a river in Belarus and Russia, a left tributary of the Dnieper river. ...

Gomel contained about fifty thousand Jews (a third of total population) on the eve of WWII. Some Jewish residents escaped in the early months of the war but those who remained were later confined to ghettos and eventually executed by the Nazis, suffering the fate of millions of Jews who perished in the Holocaust. Rabbi Avraham Elyashiv was the Rabbi of this city of 24 synagogues before the Holocaust. Concentration camp inmates during the Holocaust The Holocaust was Nazi Germanys systematic genocide (ethnic cleansing) of various ethnic, religious, national, and secular groups during World War II. Early elements include the Kristallnacht pogrom and the T-4 Euthanasia Program established by Hitler that killed some 200,000 people. ... Rabbi Avraham Elyashiv was the Av Beth Din of the city of Homel. ...

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