Dobrush

Dobrush Добруш
Seal
Dobrush
Coordinates: 52°25′N 31°19′E / 52.417°N 31.317°E / 52.417; 31.317
Country	Belarus
Voblast	Homiel Voblast
Raion
Population (2005)
– Total	19,700
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Dobrush(Belarusian: Добруш, [ˈdɔbruʂ]) is a town and region within the Homiel Voblast of Belarus. It is located on the Iput River. Mentioned for the first time in 1335.

Dobrush is governed by a Regional Executive Committee, the chairman of which is Olga Mokhoreva. In 1986, the city suffered from heavy radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident.^[1]

Links

• Dobrush regional portal
• Dobrush Regional Executive Committee, in English
• Photos at Radzima.org
• Photos at Globus.tut.by

References

1. ^ http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chernobyl_radiation_map_1996.svg

Coordinates: 52°25′N 31°19′E / 52.417°N 31.317°E / 52.417; 31.317