| LC control no. | n 00095489 |
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| Geographic heading | Chachėrsk (Belarus) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Belarus--Chachėrsk |
| Variant(s) | Cecersk (Belarus) Chechersk (Belarus) Chichersk (Belarus) |
| Found in | Children of Chernobyl, 2000: card face (Cecersk, Belarus; a highly contaminated area directly adjacent to the "Dead Zone") GEOnet, 03-31-00 (Chechersk, ppl.: 52°54ʹ58ʺE, 30°54ʹ58ʺE) SSSR, admin.-territ. delenie, 1983: (Chechersk) Bel. sav. ėntsykl.: v. 11 (Chachėrsk; a city in Chachėrski rai︠o︡n, in Homelʹskai︠a︡ voblastsʹ. It was established as a fortress at the end of the 10th cent., and first mentioned in historical chronicles of 1159 as Chichersk. From the 14th cent. it was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania but by the 16th cent it had been incorporated into Poland. After the first partition of Poland in 1772 Chachėrsk was annexed by Russia. From 1919 to 1926 it was included into the RSFSR, but in 1926 it was transferred to the BSSR) Rand McNally Atlas, 1994: I-32 (Cecersk) Times atlas of the World, 1944: 44 (Chechersk) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 52°54ʹ58ʺN 030°54ʹ58ʺE) |
| Geographic area code | e-bw--- |
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