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Zhlobin (Belarusian: Жло́бін; Russian: Жло́бин) is a city in the Homel voblast of Belarus, on the Dnepr river. The population is about 72,800 people. The town was first mentioned in writing in 1492. Homyel voblast is an administrative region of Belarus with a center in Homyel. This and Mahilyow voblasts severely suffered after the Chornobyl nuclear reactor catastrophe. ... The Dnieper River (Belarusian: Дняпро/Dnyapro; Russian: Днепр/Dnepr; Ukrainian: Днiпро/Dnipro; Polish: Dniepr; Latin: Borysthenes, Danaper) is a river (2290 km length) which flows from Russia through Belarus and then Ukraine. ... Events January 2 - Boabdil, the last Moorish King of Granada, surrenders his city to the army of Ferdinand and Isabella after a lengthy siege. ...


External links

  • Zhlobin.org: Information and photos (in Russian) (http://zhlobin.org)
  • Photos on Radzima.org (http://radzima.org/pub/miesta.php?miesta_id1=hozhzhlo)

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Zhlobin (Belarus) (458 words)
The town of Zhlobin is situated 93 km to the southwest of Gomel, 215 km away from Minsk.
In the middle of the 16th century Zhlobin was a part of the Minsk Voevodstvo.
Zhlobin was famous for its fairs; the road from Mogiliov to the south of Belarus ran through the town.
The Gavlins of Zhlobin (199 words)
Our mission is to share the genealogy, documents and photo documents of the Gavlin family of Zhlobin.
Some time after this census was taken, or perhaps prior to the census, Berca left Zhlobin for Bessabrabia (now Moldova).
I speculate that the Yiddish pronunciation of Gavli was Havli.
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