Parychy ( Belarusian : Парычы , romanized : Paryčy ; Russian : Паричи , romanized : Parichi ) is an urban-type settlement in Svyetlahorsk District , Gomel Region , Belarus . It serves as the administrative center of Parychy selsoviet . As of 2024, it has a population of 1,818.
4-679: Parychy is situated on the Berezina River , some 29 kilometres (18 mi) north-west of Svyetlahorsk , 40 kilometres (25 mi) south-east of Babruysk and 114 kilometres (71 mi) north-west of Gomel . The village became part of the Russian Empire after the Second Partition of Poland in 1793. The settlement was captured by the Wehrmacht on 5 July 1941, and the important Jewish community, some 1,700 people,
8-668: A right tributary of the Dnieper . The river starts in the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve . The length of the Berezina is 613 kilometres (381 mi). The width of the river is 15–20 m, the maximum is 60 m. The banks are low (up to 0.5 m), steep in some areas (up to 1.5 m high), sandy, and the floodplain is swampy. The Berezina usually freezes over in the first half of December. Its main tributaries are Bobr , Klyava, Ol'sa and Ala [ be ; ru ] from
12-464: The left and Hayna and Svislach from the right. The Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve by the river is on the UNESCO list of biosphere reserves . Peat bogs cover 430 km and thus occupy a large part of the reserve. These open peat zones have remained virtually untouched and are among Europe's largest bogs. Cities and towns on the Berezina from north to south include: This article related to
16-522: Was exterminated in the following years. The settlement was liberated on 26 June 1944, during the Bobruysk offensive . This Belarus location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Berezina The Berezina or Byarezina ( Belarusian : Бярэзіна , romanized : Biarezina , IPA: [bʲaˈrɛzʲinɐ] ; Russian : Березина ) is a river in Belarus and
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