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Dzernavichy

Coordinates: 51°36′20″N 29°43′58″E / 51.60556°N 29.73278°E / 51.60556; 29.73278
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Dzernavichy
Дзёрнавічы (Belarusian)
Дёрновичи (Russian)
Dernovichi
Dzernavichy is located in Belarus
Dzernavichy
Dzernavichy
Location of Dzernavichy in Belarus
Coordinates: 51°36′20″N 29°43′58″E / 51.60556°N 29.73278°E / 51.60556; 29.73278
CountryBelarus
RegionGomel Region
DistrictNarowlya District
Founded18th century
Population
 • Total
0
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
Area code+375 2355
License plate3

Dzernavichy[1] or Dernovichi (Belarusian: Дзёрнавічы, romanizedDzyornavichy; Russian: Дёрновичи, romanizedDyornovichi) is an abandoned village in Narowlya District, Gomel Region, Belarus.[2]

History

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Founded in the 18th century, in 1939 it annexed the farm Krasilovka (Russian: Красиловка). In 1943, during World War II, it was interested by the underground activities of Soviet partisans and was partially burned and ransacked by the Waffen-SS, that established a stronghold there. It was liberated on November 30, after a battle.

in 1959 it had a population of 1,016, with 308 families. Following the 1986 nuclear disaster of Chernobyl, it was abandoned and, from 1988, included in the Polesie State Radioecological Reserve;[3] a Belarusian nature reserve that adjoins the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine.

Geography

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The village is located by the western shore of the Pripyat River, in front of Aravichy, between the cities of Pripyat, in Ukraine, and Narowlya.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ The names of settlements of the Republic of Belarus: Gomel Region: normative reference. N.A. Bagamolnikava et al; ed. V.P. Lemtyugovoy, Mn. Technology, 2006. ISBN 985-458-131-4. (PDF Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine)
  2. ^ a b OSM: location of Dzernavichy
  3. ^ "Polesie State Radioecological Reserve: about". Archived from the original on 2014-06-22. Retrieved 2016-10-23.