Mazyr

Mazyr Belarusian: Мазыр Russian: Мозырь
Coat of arms
Mazyr
Coordinates: 52°03′N 29°15′E
Country	Belarus
Region	Gomel Region
Mentioned	1155
Area
• Total	44.1381 km^2 (17.0418 sq mi)
Elevation	160 m (520 ft)
Population  (2019)[1]
• Total	112,348
• Density	2,500/km^2 (6,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (FET)
Postal code	247760
Area code	+375 2363
License plate	3
Website	www.mymozyr.info

Mazyr or Mozyr (Belarusian: Мазыр, pronounced [maˈzɨr]; Russian: Мозырь Mozyr [ˈmozɨrʲ], Polish: Mozyrz, Yiddish: מאזיר) is a city in the Gomel Region of Belarus on the Pripyat River. It is about 210 kilometres (130 miles) east of Pinsk and 100 kilometres (62 miles) northwest of Chernobyl. It is located at around 52°03′N 29°15′E. 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	8076	5631	69.73%	Russian Census of 1897
1927	14300	~6000	42%	Soviet Census of 1927[2]^[not in the source given]
1939	17500	6307	36.04%	Jewish population just before World War II[3]
1970	48000	4300	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 [4]^[not in the source given]
1979	105882	3600	3.40%	Soviet Census of 1979. The Jewish population fell due to the emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel and the United States[4]
1989	128000	3200	2.50%	Soviet Census of 1989. The Jewish population fell due to the emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel and the United States[4]
1999	114000	565	0.50%	The Jewish population fell due to the emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel and United States[4]
2004	111500	<500	0.45%	^[source?]

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Belarus

Mazyr is twinned with:^[5][6]

• Chojnice, Poland
• Severodvinsk, Russia

Notable people

• Siarhiej Dubaviec (b. 1959) – Belarusian journalist and writer^[7]
• 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

1. [1] Archived February 22, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
2. Belarys.by site about Mozyr [2] Archived 2008-01-19 at the Wayback Machine
3. Jewishgen.org Ghettos of Gomel district [3]
4. Jewish Heritage Research Group in Belarus.[4] Archived 2018-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
5. "Miasta Partnerskie Chojnic". miastochojnice.pl (in Polish). Chojnice. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
6. "Межрегиональные и шефские связи". severodvinsk.info (in Russian). Severodvinsk. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
7. Дубавец Сяргей Іванавіч

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 Archived 2021-02-25 at the Wayback Machine during World War II, at Yad Vashem website

52°03′N 29°16′E