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Naroulia

Naroulia
Нароўля
Coat of arms of Naroulia
Coat of arms
Naroulia is located in Belarus
Naroulia
Naroulia
Coordinates: 51°53′21″N 29°57′52″E / 51.88917°N 29.96444°E / 51.88917; 29.96444Coordinates: 51°53′21″N 29°57′52″E / 51.88917°N 29.96444°E / 51.88917; 29.96444
Country  Belarus
Voblast Gomel Region
Population (2005)
 • Total 8,329
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Naroulia (Belarusian: Нароўля, Russian: Наровля, Polish: Narowla) is a town in Gomel Region, Belarus. The population is 8329 people as of 2005. In 1986, the city experienced heavy radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident. Today it is located on the border of Polesie State Radioecological Reserve.

Wooden synagogue before 1906.

Painting of the arount 1927 by Aron Kascialianski (1891-1934)

Synagogue in 1916



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