Facts About Zhlobin
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Zhlobin is twinned with Scalenghe, Italy; Vyksa, Russia & Lianyungang, China.
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Zhlobin is a city in the Zhlobin District of Gomel Region of Belarus, on the Dnieper River.
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The estimated population of Zhlobin is 76,078.
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Professional hockey team Metallurg Zhlobin is situated in the city and plays in the Belarusian Extraleague.
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BMZ was established in Zhlobin, it’s one of the largest companies in Belarus. The BMZ is the main sustainer of the town’s economy.
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Zhlobin was first mentioned in a letter to the Moscow Tsar in 1664, this is the first official date in the history of Zhlobin.
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On April 12, 1942, 1,200 Jews were murdered in Zhlobin.
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In the 1600s and 1700s, The Khodkevichys owned the lands around Zhlobin.
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In 1919, Zhlobin became part of Soviet Belarus.
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Zhlobin is the birthplace of our Belarusian cultural figures N. Kovyazin, D. Zhuravlev, artist V. Zholtak, architect L. Tomkov.