Mogilev - City Information
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Mogilev is the he third largest city in Belarus, about 76 km from the border with Russia's Smolensk Oblast and 105 km from the border with Russia's Bryansk Oblast. Mogilev is the centre of Mahilyow voblast and has more than 367,788 inhabitants (2007 estimate).
Founded in 1267, Mogilev was one of the main nodes of the east-west and north-south trading routes of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the middle ages and later was centre of the Mogilev guberniya as a part of Imperial Russia. Mogilev housed the Stavka, the headquarters of the Russian Imperial Army during World War I. In 1918 occupied by Germany and transferred to the short-lived Belarusian People's Republic. In 1919 captured by the forces of Bolshevist Russia and incorporated into Byelorussian SSR. Up to the Second World War and the Holocaust, like many other cities in Europe, Mogilev had a significant Jewish population. During WWII the city was under German occupation and the Jews of Mogilev were ghettoized and systematically liquidated. Since Belarus gaining its independence in 1991 Mogilev remains one of its principal cities.
The city is an industrial and rail center and a port on the Dnieper River. Manufactures include machinery, textiles, and leather goods.
The town's most striking landmark is the late 17th-century town hall. The grand tower of the town hall sustained serious damage during the Great Northern War and the Great Patriotic War. It was eventually demolished in 1957. The town hall was rebuilt in its pre-war form in 2008.
Another important landmark of Mogilev is the six-pillared St. Stanislaw's Cathedral, built in the Baroque style in 1738–52 and distinguished by its energetic murals. The convent of St. Nicholas preserves its magnificent cathedral from 1668, as well as original iconostasis, belltower, walls, and gates. It is currently under consideration to become a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Minor landmarks include the archiepiscopal palace and memorial arch, both dating from the 1780s, and the enormous theatre in the blend of the Neo-Renaissance and Russian Revival styles.
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