city and administrative centre, Homel oblast (province), Belarus, on the Sozh River. First mentioned in 1142 as Gomy, it passed to Lithuania in the ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/65
oblast (province), Belarus. The oblast occupies the level plain of the middle Dnieper River and its tributaries, in the southeastern corner of the ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/65