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Podgor'ye Destination Guide

Explore Podgor'ye in Belarus

Podgor'ye in the region of Homyelʼskaya Voblastsʼ is a town in Belarus - some 185 mi or ( 298 km ) South-East of Minsk , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Podgor'ye

Current time in Podgor'ye is now 02:59 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Minsk " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Zyabrovka, Zhguno-Buda, Zhhun, Vyetka, and Tarasovka. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Zyabrovka . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Podgor'ye ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Aliaksei Zhyhalkovich ~ There Is Your Dance 2009

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Aliaksei (or Alexei) Zhigalkovich won the Junior Eurovision competition in 2007. His website offers free mp3's of some of his songs (zhyhalkovich.by ). Please rate the video. Note there appear to be 2 ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Dobrush

Dobrush 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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 52.42 31.32 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Populated places in Gomel Region, Towns in Belarus

Sankovo-Medvezhye

Sankovo-Medvezhye (Russian: посёлок Саньково и посёлок Медвежье, Belarusian: Санькова-Мядзьвежжа) is a Russian exclave in Belarus (with an area of 454 hectares, 4.5 km² or 1.7 sq mi). It is situated in the east of Dobrush Raion of Homiel Voblast, 5 km from the Russian village of Dobrodeyevka. Sankovo-Medvezhye is a part of Zlynkovsky District of Bryansk Oblast and is just 800 m (½ mi) from the Russian border, from which it is separated by marshes.

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Located at 52.48 31.55 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Belarus–Russia border, Enclaves, Exclaves, Geography of Bryansk Oblast, Geography of Gomel Region

Vetka

Vetka is a small, historical town in Belarus, situated on the bank of the Sozh River. It is the principal centre in Vetka Raion in Gomel Region. It was established in 1685 by the Old Believer Priest Group (a branch of the Orthodox Christian Church)) who were known as the Theodesians and who had migrated from Central Russia. At the time it was founded, Vetka was on Lithuanian territory.

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Located at 52.57 31.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Populated places established in 1685, Populated places in Gomel Region, Towns in Belarus

Pribytki

Pribytki (also Zyabrovka) is an air base in Belarus located in Homiel Voblast, 16 km southeast of Gomel. In the early 1960s it was flying Tupolev Tu-16R aircraft. The airfield was renovated in 1963. It received the Tu-22R around 1966, and by 1967 had 24 based there. The reconnaissance aircraft were tasked with operations in the Baltic and northern Europe. From 1973 into the 1980s pilots from Libya and Iraq trained in the Tu-22 here.

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Located at 52.31 31.16 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Airports in Belarus, Military installations of Belarus, Soviet Air Force bases, Soviet Long Range Aviation