Facts About Mogilev
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The city is mentioned in historical sources beginning in 1267.
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Mogilev is the administrative centre of the Mogilev Region and the third-largest city in Belarus.
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Mogilev is a city in eastern Belarus, on the Dnieper River.
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Mohilev was the episcopal see of the Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Mohilev until its 1991 merger into the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev.
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The town’s most notable landmark is the late 17th-century town hall, named the Ratuša, that was built during the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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Around 35% of the territory was contaminated as a result of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
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Belarus gained its independence in 1991, Mogilev has remained one of its principal cities.
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Mogilev is twinned with Bardejov, Slovakia; Bursa, Turkey; Eisenach, Germany; Gabrovo, Bulgaria; Kerch, Ukraine; Klaipėda, Lithuania; Kragujevac, Serbia; Mykolaiv, Ukraine; Nanjing, China; Penza, Russia; Sokolinaya Gora, Russia; Sumqayit, Azerbaijan; Tabriz, Iran; Tula, Russia; Villeurbanne, France; Wittenberg, Germany; Włocławek, Poland; Yuzhne, Ukraine; Zhengzhou, China & Zvenigorod, Russia.
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Mogilev is home to the following sports teams: FC Torpedo Mogilev, FC Dnepr Mogilev, FC Nadezhda Mogilev, HK Mogilev, Mogilev Lions, Kommunalnik, Masheka & Borisfen.
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The estimated population of Mogilev is 380,440.