Dzernavichy
Place in Gomel Region, Belarus
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Dzernavichy[1] or Dernovichi (Belarusian: Дзёрнавічы, romanized: Dzyornavichy; Russian: Дёрновичи, romanized: Dyornovichi) is an abandoned village in Narowlya District, Gomel Region, Belarus.[2]
Dzernavichy
Dernovichi | |
|---|---|
  Dzernavichy Location within Belarus | |
| Coordinates: 51°36′20″N 29°43′58″E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Gomel Region |
| District | Narowlya District |
| Founded | 18th century |
| Population | |
• Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Area code | +375 2355 |
| License plate | 3 |
History
Founded in the 18th century, in 1939 it annexed the farm Krasilovka (Russian: Красиловка). In 1943, during World War II, it was interested by the underground activities of Soviet partisans and was partially burned and ransacked by the Waffen-SS, that established a stronghold there. It was liberated on November 30, after a battle.
in 1959 it had a population of 1,016, with 308 families. Following the 1986 nuclear disaster of Chernobyl, it was abandoned and, from 1988, included in the Polesie State Radioecological Reserve;[3] a Belarusian nature reserve that adjoins the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine.