Mazyr

**Mazyr** or **Mozyr** (, ;  _Mozyr_ , , Yiddish: מאזיר) is a city in the Gomel Region of Belarus on the Pripyat River. It is about  east of Pinsk and  northwest of Chernobyl. It is located at around . The population is 111,770 (2004 estimate). The total urban area, including the town of Kalinkavichy across the river, has a population of 150,000. Mazyr is known as a center of oil refining, salt extraction, machine building, and food processing in Belarus. It is home to one of the largest oil refineries in Belarus. This refinery pumps out 18 million metric tons per year, and is served by a tram line. The Druzhba pipeline carries crude oil from Russia, splitting in two at Mazyr. One pipeline branch is directed into Poland and the other one to Ukraine.

## Population

|Year|Total Population|Jewish population|% Jewish|Notes||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1897|style="text-align: right"|8076|style="text-align: right"|5631|style="text-align: right"|69.73%|Russian Census of 1897|
|1927|style="text-align: right"|14300|style="text-align: right"|~6000|style="text-align: right"|42%|Soviet Census of 1927|
|1939|style="text-align: right"|17500|style="text-align: right"|6307|style="text-align: right"|36.04%|Jewish population just before World War II|
|1970|style="text-align: right"|48000|style="text-align: right"|4300|style="text-align: right"|8.96%|Soviet Census of 1970. The Jewish population fell due to Holocaust and migration to bigger cities as Minsk, Moscow and Leningrad after World War II|
|1979|style="text-align: right"|105882|style="text-align: right"|3600|style="text-align: right"|3.40%|Soviet Census of 1979. The Jewish population fell due to the emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel and the United States|
|1989|style="text-align: right"|128000|style="text-align: right"|3200|style="text-align: right"|2.50%|Soviet Census of 1989. The Jewish population fell due to the emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel and the United States|
|1999|style="text-align: right"|114000|style="text-align: right"|565|style="text-align: right"|0.50%|The Jewish population fell due to the emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel and United States|
|2004|style="text-align: right"|111500|style="text-align: right"|<500|style="text-align: right"|0.45%||

## Twin towns – sister cities

Mazyr is twinned with:

- Chojnice, Poland
- Severodvinsk, Russia

## Notable people

- Siarhiej Dubaviec (b. 1959) – Belarusian journalist and writer
- George de Mohrenschildt⁣ – geologist and friend of Lee Harvey Oswald
- Isaac Don Levine was born there
- Zbigniew Morsztyn⁣ – Polish nobleman of Leliwa coat of arms, poet of the Baroque era, soldier, member of the Polish Brethren, Miecznik of Mazyr. Cousin and co-worker of Jan Andrzej Morsztyn.
- Ksenia Sitnik⁣ – singer and winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005
- Dzyanis Laptsew⁣ – footballer
- Hesya Helfman⁣ – member of _Narodnaya Volya_, who was implicated in the assassination of Tsar Alexander II

## Other websites

- Satellite photo of Mazyr (from Google Maps). Ravines can be seen very clearly.
- Mazyr town at Radzima.org
- FC Slavia-Mozyr Official Site - www.slaviya.info
- FC Slavia - www.slavia-mozyr.com
- Сайт горада Мазыр
- Cities of Belarus:Mozyr
- International Festival 'Hey, Rocknem!'
- The murder of the Jews of Mazyr  during World War II, at Yad Vashem website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Mazyr
- **native name**:

- **image skyline**: Mazyr Montage (2017).jpg
- **imagesize**: 250px
- **image shield**: Coat of Arms of Mazyr, Belarus.svg
- **pushpin map**: Belarus
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Region
- **subdivision name1**: Gomel Region
- **established title**: Mentioned
- **established date**: 1155
- **area total km2**: 44.1381
- **population as of**: 2019
- **population total**: 112348
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Further-eastern European Time, FET
- **utc offset**: +3
- **elevation m**: 160
- **postal code type**: Postal code
- **postal code**: 247760
- **area code**: +375 2363
- **blank name**: License plate
- **blank info**: 3
- **website**: [http://www.mymozyr.info www.mymozyr.info]