Dobrush
{{Short description|Town in Gomel Region, Belarus}}
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{{Commons category|Dobruš}}
Dobrush ({{langx|be|Добруш}}, {{IPA|be|ˈdɔbruʂ|IPA}}; {{langx|ru|Добруш}}) is a town located in Gomel Region, Belarus. It is located on the Iput River. It serves as the administrative center of Dobrush District. As of 2025, it has a population of 17,901. Dobrush is first mentioned in 1335.
Dobruh is governed by a Regional Executive Committee, the chairman of which is Volha Mokharava.
History
On November 21, 1941, 106 local Jews and 19 Soviet activists were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by Einsatzkommando 8, coming from Gomel, assisted by local policemen.{{cite web | url=http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=222 | title=המכון הבין-לאומי לחקר השואה - יד ושם }} During the spring of 1942, another execution took place in which about 70 Jews were also killed.{{Cite web|url=http://yahadmap.org/#village/dobrush-gomel-belarus.900|title=Yahad - in Unum}}
Mass media
The Dobrush Region newspaper is published in Dobrush.https://www.vdobrushe.by/
Сulture
In Dobrush there are State Institution "Dobrush Regional Palace of Culture", GDK "Meliorator", Dobrush Public and Cultural Center. Also in Dobrush there is a regional children's library. Since 2002, the Dobrush Regional Museum of Local Lorehttp://dobrush.museum.by/ has been operating. In addition to all this, the Voskhod Cinema (3D) operates in Dobrush.
On November 13, 2021, the regional qualifying round of the XIII Republican Festival of National Cultures was held in Dobrush.
In 2022, the 29th Day of Belarusian Writing will be held in Dobrush.
Gallery
Dobruš, Paskievič. Добруш, Паскевіч (1895).jpg|Paper Factory in Dobrush, 1895
Papiernia front.jpg|Paper Factory, 2010
Dobruš, Belarus - panoramio (5).jpg|Museum
References
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External links
- [http://govorim.by/gomelskaya-oblast/dobrush/ Dobrush regional portal]
- [http://www.dobrush.gomel-region.by/en Dobrush Regional Executive Committee, in English] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214001410/http://www.dobrush.gomel-region.by/en |date=2019-02-14 }}
- [http://www.radzima.org/pub/miesta.php?lang=by&miesta_id1=hododobr Photos at Radzima.org]
- [http://www.globus.tut.by/dobrush/index.htm Photos at Globus.tut.by]
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Category:Populated places in Belarus
Category:Populated places in Gomel region
Category:Holocaust locations in Belarus
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