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 
+YearTotal PopulationJewish population% JewishNotes18978076563169.73%Russian Census of 1897192714300~600042%Soviet Census of 1927Belarys.by site about Mozyr  193917500630736.04%Jewish population just before World War IIJewishgen.org Ghettos of Gomel district 19704800043008.96%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 Jewish Heritage Research Group in Belarus. 197910588236003.40%Soviet Census of 1979. The Jewish population fell due to the emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel and the United States198912800032002.50%Soviet Census of 1989. The Jewish population fell due to the emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel and the United States19991140005650.50%The Jewish population fell due to the emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel and United States2004111500<5000.45%

 Twin towns – sister cities 

Mazyr is twinned with:

  Chojnice, Poland
  Severodvinsk, Russia

 Notable people 

 Siarhiej Dubaviec (b. 1959) – Belarusian journalist and writerДубавец Сяргей Іванавіч
 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

 References 

 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

Category:Cities in Belarus
Category:Gomel Region