Dobruš

Dobrush
Добруш

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

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

Dobruš is governed by a Regional Executive Committee, the chairman of which is Volha Mokharava. In 1986, the city experienced heavy radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident.[1]

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


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