Cherkau

Tscherykau | Cherikov
Чэрыкаў | Ериков
( Belarus. ) | ( Russian )
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State :	Belarus
Woblasz :	Mahiljou
Coordinates :	53 ° 34 ′  N , 31 ° 23 ′  E Coordinates: 53 ° 34 ′  N , 31 ° 23 ′  E
Residents :	8,177 (2009)
Time zone :	Moscow time ( UTC + 3 )
Telephone code :	(+375) +375 2243
Postal code :	213533
License plate :	6th
Cherkau

Tscherykau ( Belarusian Чэрыкаў ) is a city with 8177 inhabitants (2009) in Belarus and the administrative center of the administrative unit Tscherykau Rajon . It is located in Mahiljouskaja Woblasz and lies on the Sosh River .

geography

The place is southeast of Mahiljou . Slauharad is located southwest of the village , and Krasnapolle is south .

history

Cesium-137 contamination in 1996 in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine in kilobecquerels per square meter

The Cherykau area was radioactively contaminated as a result of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster .

Sons of the place

• Alexander Ilyich Achijeser (1911–2000), physicist
• Naum Iljitsch Achijeser (1901–1980), mathematician

Web links

Commons : Čerykaŭ  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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