The beauty of Gomel
At first glance, there is nothing to see in Gomel. But if by the will of Subda you get here, you should not be upset. If you look into the depths of the centuries, it becomes clear why the city is the way it is. The city is named after the small river Gomiyuka, which flows into the Sozh River (a large tributary of the Dnieper River).
For the first time G. is mentioned in the Ipatiev Chronicle as the possession of the Chernigov prince in 1142 in connection with the struggle of the Olgoviches and Monomakhoviches for possession of the grand-ducal throne in Kyiv. At 11 - beg. 13th c. Iron-working, jewelry-bronze-casting, pottery, woodworking, bone-carving, and weapon crafts were developed in the city. Trade routes connected it with Kiev, Chernigov, Smolensk, Volyn, Northern Russia, Byzantium. G. was one of the largest cities in the land of the Radimichi. Around 1335, it became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. All R. 16th century played an important role in the defense of the lands from the raids of the Crimean Tatars. On the basis of the Union of Lublin in 1569, it became part of the Commonwealth. In 1772 it was included in the Russian Empire. In 1850, the St. Petersburg-Kyiv highway and the first telegraph line in Russia, St. Petersburg-Sevastopol, were built through G. . In 1873, sections of the Libavo-Romenskaya railway were laid through G. , in 1888 - of the Polesye railways. The improvement of the city was carried out, the construction of a water pipe began, in 1872 gas lamps appeared on the streets, after 1879 the central streets were paved. The largest revolutionary event in Gomel during the 1st World War was the uprising of the Gomel transit point. The Gomel Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies was formed, and somewhat later, the Gomel District Soviet of Peasants' Deputies. 03/01/1918 Gomel is occupied by the troops of Kaiser's Germany. With the transition to a new economic policy, the economic performance of enterprises improved; by the end of 1923, Gomel's industry as a whole became profitable. Fascist Germany's treacherous attack on the USSR disrupted the peaceful labor of the Soviet people. On June 22.1941, an emergency meeting was held in the Gomel City Party Committee with the leaders of parties, trade unions and Komsomol organizations, at which measures were outlined to mobilize forces and means to combat fascist aggression. With the approach of the front, the evacuation began. In an extremely short time, the equipment of 42 industrial enterprises, stocks of raw materials and finished products, many families of workers and employees were removed from the city. At the beginning of July 1941, a partisan movement was born on the territory of the Gomel region from the beginning of the Nazi occupation, and from November 1942 the Gomel partisan formation was active. The Nazis took to Germany the remaining industrial and power equipment, stocks of food, raw materials and materials, and destroyed 80% of the housing stock. From the first days of liberation, restoration work began, and the entire able-bodied population of the city took part in them. As can be seen from historical facts, the city was originally industrial.
The Gomselmash plant, the Vesuvius match factory, machine-tool and electrical engineering plants, a glass factory, reinforced concrete products, measuring instruments, a hosiery and knitwear factory, a meat processing plant, a Spartak confectionery factory, a distillery, and a soap factory are still operating today. Naturally, the presence of such a number of industrial enterprises affects the ecology of the city. But due to the wide streets, in abundance of green spaces, there is a mitigation of the man-made impact on the population. In addition, here at every step you can see the national beauty of Belarusians. This is expressed in the presence of national diamond-shaped ornaments on houses, numerous flower beds, fountains, frame-floral sculptures, and compositions.
And so, suppose you get to Gomel by rail. Leave the building of the modern station and you are met by a traveler sitting on a huge suitcase. You can walk along one side of the wide avenue. Opposite the building of the regional administration, a ball fountain is visible. Further, you can go to the middle of the street and walk or sit on one of the many benches along the alley. The alley rests on the street, on the opposite side of which there is a monument to the tank. On the same side, near the circus, there is a light-musical fountain (it is better to watch in the evening) and a monument to the clown Pencil. The tail and dogs and thumb of the clown are polished by lovers to make a wish. Here, not far from the store, you can stock up on sweets from the local Spartak confectionery. The range will satisfy even the most sophisticated sweet tooth. And several bottles of various Belarusian balms.
Then you can walk along the streets, looking at the wooden houses of the early twentieth century. Most of them are painted in all sorts of calm colors, with plastic windows. Near each lady, a flower bed with the same ornamental cabbage is obligatory. And the drawings on the houses! Here is a composition near the Krasovo Gokolets, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Soviet District. Right there, under the lindens, lies a crop of huge apples. Near the universities there is a lady with a dog and a gentleman. A little further on, on an island of a decorative stream, a luxurious frog sits. Even the bedroom areas of the city have their decorations. For example, in Zheleznodorozhny, a huge wasp crouched in the middle of a flower bed, and Miracle-Yudo whale fish comfortably settled down on the other. Or magpie crows. Here's a Rubik's Cube that pleases the eye. And here, a symbol of family happiness is a nest of beads.
If time permits, visit the park near the estate of the Paskevich-Rumyantsevs. From the side of the Peter and Paul Cathedral, passing to the park, pay attention to the so-called fountain (such a two-in-one - a lantern and a fountain). The estate itself has been restored. The interior decoration is stylized according to the corresponding era. Go down to the pond with swans and the embankment of the river Sozh past the cannon and a beautiful madhouse with a clock. On the embankment, you can ride on such a modernized bicycle, drive up to the monument to the hunter on a boat, where the symbol of the city proudly sits - a chic lynx. And if you really wanted a portion of adrenaline, please. If you climb the stairs, you will find yourself in a modern park, where all kinds of attractions are in abundance.
