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Mazyr - Belarus

Principal Locations
  1. Ashmiany
  2. Asipovichy
  3. Babrujsk, Babruysk, Bobruysk
  4. Babruysk
  5. Baranavichy
  6. Baranaviči, Baranavichy
  7. Barysau
  8. Barysaŭ, Barysau
  9. Beshankovichy
  10. Biaroza
  11. Brest
  12. Brest, Bieraście
  13. Bychau
  14. Dziatlava
  15. Homel
  16. Homiel, Homel, Gomel
  17. Hrodna
  18. Hrodna (Hóradnia, Haródnia), Grodno
  19. Iuje
  20. Klimavichy
  21. Kobryn
  22. Lida
  23. Mahiloŭ, Mahilyow, Mogilyov
  24. Mahilyow
  25. Maladzechna
  26. Mazyr
  27. Minsk
  28. Minsk, Miensk
  29. Navahrudak
  30. Niasvizh
  31. Orsha
  32. Pinsk
  33. Polatsk
  34. Salihorsk
  35. Shklou
  36. Slonim
  37. Slutsk
  38. Svetlahorsk
  39. Svislach
  40. Turaw
  41. Valozhyn
  42. Viciebsk, Vitsebsk, Vitebsk
  43. Vitsebsk
  44. Zhlobin


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Mazyr, Belarus


Coat of Arms

Mozyr (Belarusian: Мазы́р, Мо́зыр; Russian: Мо́зырь) is a town in the Homel voblast of Belarus on the Pripyat River about 210 km east of Pinsk and 100 km northwest of Chernobyl. The population is 107,000 (1996). Mozyr is known for as a center of oil refining, machine building, and food processing in Belarus. It is home ot one of the largest oil refineries in Belarus, pumping out 18 million metric tons per year. The Friendship Pipeline carries crude oil from Russia splitting in two at Mozyr. One pipeline branch is directed into Poland and the other one to Ukraine.

In 1986, the city suffered from heavy radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident.


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