Dzernavichy Explained

Dzernavichy
Native Name:
Other Name:Dernovichi
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Belarus
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Gomel Region
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Narowlya District
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:18th century
Population Total:0
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:MSK
Utc Offset:+3
Pushpin Map:Belarus
Coordinates:51.6056°N 29.7328°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Area Code:+375 2355
Blank Name:License plate
Blank Info:3

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

History

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

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

Notes and References

  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. . (PDF)
  2. [OpenStreetMap|OSM]
  3. Web site: Polesie State Radioecological Reserve: about . 2016-10-23 . 2014-06-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140622032959/http://www.zapovednik.by/en/about/ . dead .