Gomel
City in Belarus
Gomel is a city in southeastern Belarus. On the Sozh River, the 18th–19th-century Gomel Palace is now a museum displaying paintings, decorative arts and weaponry. The palace sits in the lush surroundings of Park Ensemble, along with the...
Area: 53.97 mi²
Population: 526,872 (2015)
Postal code: 246xx, 247xxx
Area code: +375 232(2)
Elevation: 138 m (453 ft)
First mentioned: 1142
Region: Gomel Region
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GOMEL, BLESSING OF (Heb. בִּרְכַּת הַגּוֹמֵל, i.e., "He who bestows"), a thanksgiving benediction recited by those who have been saved from acute danger to life.
Gomel definition: a city in SE Byelorussia (Belarus), on a tributary of the Dnieper.. See examples of GOMEL used in a sentence.
Gomel (Homel; in Jewish sources, Homiyyah) is the district capital in Belarus. The beginning of Jewish settlement is apparently connected with the ...
Jews began to settle in Gomel around the first half of the 16th Century. During the Khmelnitsky Upri.