Narovlya

Narowlya

Narowlya

Town in Gomel Region, Belarus

Narowlya (Belarusian: Нароўля, romanized: Naroŭlia;[lower-alpha 1] Russian: Наровля, romanized: Narovlya; Polish: Narowla) is a town in Gomel Region, Belarus, and the administrative center of Narowlya District.[1] As of 2023, it has a population of 8,352.[1]

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In 1986, the city experienced heavy radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident.[2] Today it is located on the border of Polesie State Radioecological Reserve.

  • Wooden synagogue before 1906.
  • Painting of around 1927 by Aron Kascialianski (1891-1934)
  • Synagogue in 1916

Notes

  1. Official transliteration.

References

  1. [1]
    "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  2. [2]
    "English: Chernobyl radiation map from CIA handbook, SVG'd by User:Sting, and re-anglified by me (To the same strange names used in the original)".
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