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Mozyr is a city of regional subordination, the center of the Mozyr district of the Gomel region. It is located on a hilly area within the Mozyr ridge. The city is located 133 km west of Gomel and 220 km southeast of Minsk. The largest port in Belarus, Pkhov, on the Pripyat River, is located on the territory of the settlement. Mozyr area - 3674 hectares. Population - 108.8 thousand people (2010). Coordinates: 52°03′00″ s. sh. 29°14′00″ in. D. Time zone: UTC+3. Telephone code: +375 236. Postal codes: 247760. Car code: 3.

Mozyr Map

History of Mozyr

For the first time in written sources, the city was mentioned in 1155 as a gift from the Kiev prince Yuri Dolgoruky to the Chernigov prince Svyatoslav Olgovich.

In the middle of the XIV century Mozyr was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and since 1569 the city was part of the Commonwealth. In 1577 the Magdeburg Law was granted to the city. At the beginning of the 17th century, Mozyr was engulfed in flames. As a result, the Mozyr castle and a significant part of the city were destroyed.

After the Commonwealth was divided, Mozyr withdrew Russian Empire. Soviet power in the city was established in 1917. During World War I Mozyr was occupied by German troops. In the period from 1918 to 1920 - part of the Ukrainian People's Republic. In 1954, Mozyr became part of the Gomel region.

Mozyr today

Mozyr is an industrial city. Enterprises of the chemical, petrochemical, oil refining, machine-building, woodworking, and food industries operate on its territory. Mozyr Oil Refinery JSC produces gasoline and diesel fuel, as well as paraffin, fuel oil, bitumen. Among the large enterprises: JSC "Mozyrsalt", Mozyr enlarged printing house, "Mozyrdrev", OJSC Mozyr clothing factory "Nadeks", "Slavyanka", Mozyr brewery, factory "Nadeks".

Public transport is represented by buses and trams. Despite the fact that the port of Phow is the largest in the country, river transport poorly developed.

Sights of Mozyr

The main attraction of Mozyr is the memorial complex "Mound of Glory" (1967), which is a 45-meter stele, a cube on a granite pedestal, the burial place of soldiers who died during the liberation of the city in 1944.

Other attractions include: Monument to Vera Zakharovna Khoruzhey, Castle Hill, Church of St. Michael the Archangel (1743), inside which ancient icons are kept, St. Michael's Church (1645) - the oldest church in the city, New Apostolic Church (1997), St. Nicholas Church.

The Dramatic Theater named after I. Melezh operates in the city, demonstrating a classic work of art and a wonderful game of actors. Six Palaces of Culture are also open.

The United Museum of Local Lore is interesting, including the museum of Polissya life "Polesskaya Veda", the Pushkar Museum, an exhibition hall, a museum of partisan glory in the village of Romanovka.

Every year, the city hosts the Land Under White Wings festival.

Adamenko Evgeny Bunislavovich

First mention City with Area NUM height Climate type Population Density

3062 people/km²

National composition demonym

Mozyryan; Mozyryanka; Mozyryane.

Timezone Telephone code Postal codes car code rivers Day of the city

3rd Saturday of September

Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel

Monument to V. I. Lenin.

The center of the Mozyr district of the Minsk province.

In December 1917, Soviet power was established in Mozyr.

From February to December 1918, the city was occupied by the troops of Kaiser Germany.

From December 1918 to March 1920 the city was part of the Ukrainian People's Republic.

Since 1924, Mozyr was a district center, in 1926-1930, 1935-1938 the center of the Mozyr district, from 1938 to 1954 - the center of the Polessye region. In 1954, Mozyr and the Mozyr region became part of the Gomel region.

During the Great Patriotic War

origin of name

Often the name of the city is explained from the ethnonym Mazury, but the name Mozyr appeared much earlier than the ethnonym. This contradiction removes the explanation of the name from the Finno-Ugric term mosar- "swamp; swampy lowland, overgrown with grass, bushes.

Climate

Climate of Mozyr (1989 - 2008)
Indicator	Jan.	Feb.	March	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sen.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Year
Average maximum, °C	−0,5	−0,3	5,4	13,6	20	22,9	25	24,1	17,6	11,4	3,5	−0,7	11,8
Average temperature, °C	−3,2	−2,8	1,3	8,5	14	17,3	19,4	18,3	12,8	7,2	0,9	−3,2	7,5
Average minimum, °C	−5,9	−5,3	−2,8	3,4	8,0	11,8	13,8	12,6	8	3	−1,7	−5,7	3,3
Precipitation rate, mm	38	36	41	42	57	66	94	64	62	52	42	35	629
Source: Weather and climate

Industry

Currently, the city has enterprises of the oil refining, chemical and petrochemical industries, as well as machine-building, woodworking and food industries. They are the main area for attracting foreign investment. Joint Stock Company "Mozyr Oil Refinery" produces motor gasoline, diesel fuel, fuel oil, bitumen, paraffin, sulfur, sulfuric acid. The enterprise operates both on Russian and Belarusian oil. More than 22 billion tons are explored reserves of rock salt in the republic. On the basis of the Mozyr deposit, the largest production facility in the country was created - the open joint-stock company Mozyrsalt, which produces extra salt Polesie (without additives, iodized, fluorinated, iodized-fluorinated, preventive). The products of the reclamation machinery plant and the cable plant are well known in the republic and beyond its borders. A variety of printed products are produced by the Mozyr enlarged printing house. Furniture products of the Mozyrdrev woodworking association, well-known in the country and abroad, are in high demand. Laser processing of wood is used here, which improves the quality of products and makes the assortment more attractive. In 1944, a sewing workshop was established, later a factory, and now the Nadex Mozyr Sewing Factory OJSC, which produces clothes using modern technologies. Contracts for cooperation with German, English, American firms are concluded. Every year, the production potential of the Slavyanka knitwear company, which produces children's sets, scarves, hats, is also growing. Mozyr Brewery, in addition to its main products, produces and mineral water. The fuel and energy industry is represented by the Mozyr CHPP. The Druzhba oil pipeline was laid not far from the city. In 2009, industrial organizations of the region produced products (works, services) in actual prices in the amount of 5 trillion rubles, produced consumer goods in the amount of 381.1 billion rubles.

Factory "Nadeks"

Trade

There are 6 Euroopt supermarkets in Mozyr. Also in the city there are 2 stores of the "Rodnaya storona" network and a local network of JSC "MTK" Polesie".

Transport

In the city, in addition to buses, there is a tram service. The length of the line is over 20 kilometers. There is one route. The fare as of December 2012 in public transport is 1,400 Belarusian rubles.

River transport is not developed, although the port of Phow is the largest in the country. There is an airport from which, in the 1980s, flights were operated to local and intra-republican destinations. Currently, the airport building is being renovated for the resumption of work. Presumably flights will be operated [ when?] to all regional centers of the country.

Education

Mozyr has:

Mozyr State Pedagogical University named after I. P. Shamyakin;
Mozyr State Polytechnic College (college), medical college, college of music.
35 preschool institutions (1 of them DTSRR); one under construction
2 music schools;
art school;
educational institution "Mozyr State Regional Lyceum";
branch of the educational institution "Gomel State School of Olympic Reserve";
3 GPTU (No. 68 and No. 84 of geology, No. 228 of chemists);
educational institution "Mozyr State Professional Lyceum of Builders";
16 secondary schools.

culture

Drama Theatre. I.Melezh

In Mozyr:

6 Palaces of Culture (DK MNPZ, DK Stroitel, DK Vostochny, GDK, etc.);
District centralized library system (A. S. Pushkin Central Library, 7 city adult libraries, 5 city children's libraries, 32 rural libraries);
cinema "Mir"
Mozyr Drama Theatre. Ivan Melezh
United Museum of Local Lore (Museum of Polissya life "Poleska Veda", exhibition hall, Pushkar Museum, Museum of Partisan Glory in the village of Romanovka)
the cable network has a local TV channel.
the newspapers Zhytstse Palessya and Polissya with their own eyes are published.

Festivals

Hotels

"Pripyat"
Hellas
"Dynamo"
mini-hotel "Euro"

Sport

Main sports facilities: swimming pool, 3 stadiums, ski resort, school of the Olympic reserve of the Republic of Belarus. The local football team is called Slavia-Mozyr. In construction Ice Palace and a water park.

Attractions

The memorial complex "Mound of Glory" was opened in 1967. The "Mound of Glory" is a multi-composition structure: a 45-meter stele, a cube on a granite pedestal with a howitzer of the 1938 model, the burial place of the soldiers of the Soviet army and partisans of the Polessky partisan formation, who died during the liberation of Mozyr in 1944.
Monument to Vera Zakharovna Khoruzhey.
Castle Hill; St. Michael's Church (founded in 1645 as a Bernardine monastery); Church of St. Michael the Archangel, founded in 1743; New Apostolic Church (opened on August 23, 1997 and located on Ulyanovsk street opposite school No. 14); St. Nicholas Church; St. George's Church (burned down by vandals in 2006. A new stone church was built on this site); Memorial sign to the victims of Chernobyl (opposite the city executive committee).

Notable natives and residents

twin cities

Notes

Literature

Trusau A. A., Zdanovich N.I. New old age Mazyr: (on materials of archeological investigations of 1981-1984) // Syarednevyakova old people of Belarus: New materials and investigations. Mn., 1993.

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Cities of the Gomel region

One of the oldest cities in Belarus is considered to be the city of Mozyr. The history of the city is rooted in the distant past. Mozyr was first mentioned in 1155. Today it is one of the wonderful historical centers of the Gomel region, which is located on small hills between Gomel and Minsk. The city did not lose its originality, but did not stop in development. Here antiquity and modernity are combined into a single whole.

The population of Mozyr is more than 100 thousand people. The industry is well developed here. On the territory of the city there are several enterprises of the oil refining, chemical, wood processing industries, the products of which are known outside the republic. For example, the products of the MNZ plant - motor gasoline, fuel oil, bitumen, etc., are widely known in Belarus, rock salt, mined in one of the largest deposits of Mozyr, is very popular. The local brewery, in addition to the main products, produces healing mineral water.

There are many students in Mozyr. Here is the Moscow State Pedagogical University. I.P. Shamyakin, Polytechnic College, medical and music colleges, two GPTU. The city is famous for the branch of the Gomel Olympic Reserve School. The mind is evolving all the time. More than 30 preschool institutions have been built here, music and art schools are functioning.

Every year, the city receives more than a dozen tourists who are attracted not only by architectural monuments, but also by the beauty and unusual location of the town. The architecture of Mozyr is completely subordinated to its hilly relief. This perfect place for vacationers. The Pripyat River, over which this ancient city is located, also contributes to relaxation.

Hospitable Mozyr is ready to offer its guests all the best. There are several hotels and mini-hotels here. One of the popular hotels in the city is "Pripyat". This is a modern comfortable hotel complex, which is located on the banks of the river of the same name. Due to the fact that the hotel is located on a hill, its visitors enjoy picturesque views. In total, there are three comfortable hotels and two mini-hotels in the city. Every vacationer will find here housing suitable for the price and level of service.

The main attractions of the city are its ancient temples and churches - St. Michael's Church, Castle Hill and the Church of St. Michael the Archangel. There are many monuments and pedestals to various heroes in the city, there is also a memorial complex "Mound of Glory".

Cultural life in Mozyr is very active. It is in this city that the annual festival of youth creativity "Earth under white wings" is held. The city offers several Palaces of Culture, more than fifty libraries, a museum, a theater and a cinema.

to hotels and memorable places can be easily reached by buses plying around the city and fixed-route taxis, also to services of visitors of Mozyr a tram. but hiking the streets of the city will also bring great pleasure to tourists. In addition, water walks on small boats and boats will be a great pastime.

There are many modern bars, clubs and coffee shops in Mozyr. One of these establishments, attracting the attention of not only guests, but also local residents, is considered the river cafe "Three minnows". It is located right on the landing stage.

The city is always glad to guests and offers them not only pleasant, but also useful rest. One of the city's several stadiums and a modern swimming pool invite you to have a great time. lovers active rest there is a wonderful ski resort.

Mozyr is a city that is the center of the district of the same name and is subordinate to the Gomel region. It is located within the limits of the Mozyr ridge on a hill. The city is located southeast of Minsk at a distance of 220 kilometers and at a distance of 133 kilometers to the west of Gomel. In that locality there is also a port called Pkhov on the Pripyat River. Not !

The area of the city is 3674 hectares, and about one hundred and ten thousand people live on its territory. The layout of the architecture of this city is determined by its most difficult relief due to the large number of ravines on the Pripyat River.

History of the city of Mozyr

The city is one of the oldest in Belarus. For the first time written information is mentioned about it in 1155, exactly when the Prince of Kyiv handed over the city to the Prince of Chernigov Mozyr. Throughout history, Mozyr was owned by the Chernigov, Turov and Kiev principalities.

Starting from the middle of the fourteenth century, the city was in the possession of the Principality of Lithuania, and since 1569 - the Commonwealth. As a result of the endless transition from the possessions of one state to another, a fire broke out in the seventeenth century. Because of him, part of the city burned down, including the castle in Mozyr. It was because of this that in the period from one thousand six hundred and nine to one thousand six hundred and thirteen, restoration work was carried out in the city, as a result of which the castle and squares in the city were completely rebuilt. During its long history, the city has been in the possession of a large number of states.

How to get to Mozyr

The city is located two hundred and twenty kilometers from the well-known Minsk and one hundred and thirty-three kilometers from Gomel. These cities are the main transshipment points. From there, you can get there by bus, train, car or train. You can, of course, if necessary, urgently get to Mozyr, catch a taxi in Minsk. If you hire a taxi for four people, then the taxi driver will have to pay thousands of rubles per person. If such a price is compared with Russian prices, then the prices in Mozyr are acceptable.

Today, the city is actively developing the tram and bus service. But there is only one route. In addition, if the local authorities supported the development of the port of Phow, then the city would today have river type transport. To come from the car will have to spend three days.

Prices in restaurants and local shops

This city has a large number of restaurants and cafes, despite its small size. In Mozyr, there are not only simple establishments that serve standard food for all Europeans. You can eat here for some seventy, a maximum of eighty rubles. Also in the city there are cafes that have an interesting interior and are designed in the spirit of one particular people, and, accordingly, have its cuisine, as well as music accompaniment.

Also, there are restaurants that can never surprise you with either the interior or the menu. But their distinguishing feature is reasonable prices and the fastest service. The average price for dinner here is about two hundred rubles, which is much cheaper than in.

Despite the fact that Mozyr is a small town, supermarket chains called Euroopt are developing very actively here. Other chains of stores also work here, where you can also buy all the necessary products. But here with souvenirs in this city is not so simple. In Mozyr, you can buy amulets with symbols and products of folk artisans at several points.

What to see in Mozyr

As in any other city, Mozyr has a large number of attractions, each of which tells the most significant moments of its history.

So, first of all, you should visit the castle in Mozyr. The first mention of it dates back to the sixteenth century. Previously, a palace, a church, outbuildings, towers for defense and a well were located on its territory. The castle was then necessary to protect their territories from the constant raids of the invader. Today it is part of the old city, and therefore it is a real gem of an ancient type of architecture.

The reserve "Mozyr ravines" was created solely to preserve the nature of Belarus, to protect endangered and rare plants. The ravines, combined with sections of the plateaus, form the most unique landscape of its kind.

In tribute to the memory of the fact that the city was in captivity of the Nazis for eight hundred and seventy-five days, a memorial complex called the "Mound of Glory" was built. Be sure to visit the chapel, located underground, which belongs to cathedral cities.

What to do in Mozyr

If you still managed to visit the city of Mozyr, then you should definitely do two things:
1. Be sure to get to the festival called "Land under white wings." This is a very famous festival throughout the region, which was created in order to promote the culture of Belarus.

2. You need to go to the port called Phow, which was once the most major port throughout Belarus. Unfortunately, there are only six ships in this port, which are more than thirty years old.

Mozyr is one of the most oldest cities country, the first evidence of which dates back to the 12th century. abundance green spaces, old streets, beautiful boulevards - all this makes the Mozyr ski resort in Belarus truly cozy. Sometimes this town is compared to a Swiss resort. Here is the port of Phow, which was once the largest in the country. Mozyr also hosts the popular festival “Land under White Wings”, where you can get acquainted with the centuries-old culture and traditions of Belarus.

basic information

Location

As you can see on the map, Mozyr is located on the banks of the Pripyat River. The region belongs to the Gomel region and is located 220 kilometers from Minsk.

How to get to Mozyr?

The best option is a bus, since the train service is not daily. It must be said that the city also has its own airport, but it does not accept passenger planes, and the above River port- does not work. In Mozyr itself, you can travel by bus and tram.

weather, season

The weather in Mozyr is favorable comfortable rest. The average winter temperature in the resort is minus 1 degree. The winter season starts in December and ends in March or April.

Trails, slopes, lifts

The slopes of the resort are more suitable for beginners. Therefore, the resort is positioned primarily as a family resort. The length of the descent is 300 meters, and the lift is 210 meters. The height difference is 35 meters. There are systems of artificial snow, equipment rental. The resort has created conditions for snowboarding and bobsledding.

One of the most popular activities is toboggan sledding. These sledges were once used by the Indians. I must say that this is entertainment for real extreme people - you can easily fall out of the sled.

Prices

Resort services (prices are in rubles).

Accommodation, other activities, après-ski, attractions

Mozyr offers accommodation in three big hotels - "Pripyat", "Dynamo", "Hellas". The first of them has 205 rooms, a restaurant, bars and a banquet hall. It is also possible to stay in a mini-hotel "Euro", which is located just 500 meters from the resort or cottages.

For those who want to improve their health, accommodation is available in the Sosny sanatorium, located 25 kilometers from Mozyr. The profile of the sanatorium is gastrointestinal, cardiovascular diseases, diseases of the musculoskeletal system and respiratory organs. On the territory of the sanatorium there is a swimming pool, sports grounds, a sauna, a mud bath, massage rooms.

Austrian ski resorts will also provide you with a comfortable stay. For example, the most famous is. It is there that fans of extreme sports and downhill skiing come from all over the world. However, it is fair to say that you should only go there if you are already a good skater. There is a place for beginners in there exactly what is needed for beginners to master the art of skiing.

The main attractions of Mozyr are the riches of nature, and the main ones are located in the landscape reserve near the city. On the Castle Hill you can see the castle built in the 15th century. The castle has a mini-city for children, which is its miniature.

In the well-preserved towers - Okhotnicheskaya and Armory there are expositions that allow you to join the life of Belarus in the medieval era. Not far from the resort is great amount archeological monuments - mounds, ancient settlements, ancient settlements.

There is also a hockey rink, an ice rink, tennis courts, ATV and snowmobile rentals and, of course, a ski school for all ages.

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Advantages and disadvantages

Of course, the Mozyr resort attracts tourists, first of all, by the opportunity to touch the charm of the stunning nature of Polesie. A large number of historical monuments and moderate prices also play an important role in choosing a holiday destination.

The main disadvantage is the lack of slopes for professional skiers.

Sports and health-improving ski complex "Mozyr" can be recommended as a great place to relax with the whole family. Calm rhythm of life, charming nature, cozy town and easy trails will make your stay here truly unforgettable.