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Gomel - Culture

The late 18th and early 19th centuries also marked births of several small factories and plants in Gomel. They were founded to abolition of serfdom in Russia (1861) and their owners were likely to have exploited serfs, forcing them to work in very poor conditions while keeping them in full dependence on the owner. The number of various industries continued to grow in subsequent years.

In 1850 Gomel was placed on the route of a high road between Saint Petersburg and Kiev, and was also made part of the telegraph line between Saint Petersburg and Sevastopol.

A massive fire occurred in Gomel in 1856, burning 540 houses and causing other destructive effects.

(While many decisive events took place in Gomel and in Belarus, in general, in the twentieth  century, I will stop my narrative here and resume it whenever I will be able to obtain objective trustworthy information on true development of Gomel's and Belarus' fate in this century. However, I believe it would be helpful to provide the next several important historical dates.).

Resource: Alena Kachuro http:// gomel.lk.net

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