Old Gomel

• Plan of Gomel, 1783
  
• Zamkovaya Street and Railroad Station (in the background) - Late 19th - early 20th c.
  
• Bazarnaya street - Late 19th - early 20th c.
  
• A view of the Palace and Park - painting by A. Idzkovski, mid 19th century
  
• An old etching of the Rumiantsev Palace
  
• Archaeologic Finds - date back to different historical epochs; from the stock of the Gomel District Museum of local lore
  
• Collection of Samovars of the 18th-20th centuries - from the stocks of the Vetka Museum of folk art
  
• Old Believers' manuscripts and books - 17th-20th c.; Vetka Musem of folk art
  
• Articles of peasant life - From the stocks of the Gomel District Museum of local lore; the skills for sewing, embroidery and other crafts were passed on from one generation to another - ancient motifs invoking pagan history and traditions are still reflected in the work crafted by these women-artists from the village of Neglubka, Vetka district
  
• Icon of St. Nicholas - early 19th c. (?); Old Believer icon (?); from the stocks of the Vetka Museum of folk art.
  
• Decorative bronze pieces and paintings, 18th-19th c. - From the stocks of the Gomel District Museum of Local lore
  
• Wooden house - a representative example of domestic architecture of Gomel in the late 19th and early 20th c.
  

Modern (20th Century) Gomel

• Bridge across Sozh river and the embankment - pedestrian access
  
• A view of the Gomel river-boat station and Sozh
  
• Railroad Station - 1960's look (b/w)
  
• Railroad Station
  
• Railroad Station - from the side of the tracks
  
• Regional Library
  
• (former?)Lenin Square
  
• Sovetskaya Street (formerly Proboinaia, Rumiantsevskaia) - one of the oldest streets in the city, it streches from the ancienty center of the city to the outskirts of modern-day Gomel
  
• Sovetskaya Street - a different perspective
  
• Regional Drama Theatre
  
• Regional Drama Theatre - an earlier look
  
• Kozhara Street, Old Airfield District (b/w)
  
• Kozhara Street, a more modern look
  
• Aerial view of the Circus and surrounding streets (b/w)
  
• The Circus, a different view
  
• Gomel Skaryna University
  
• Belarusian University of Transport
  
• Gomel Polytechnic Institute
  
• Gomel Medical Institute
  
• School #11 (My homeschool!)
  
• Labor Square of the Eternal Fire - WWII monument
  
• Victory Square
  
• "Polespechat'" Factory
  
• Novyi Univermag - a central department store in Soviet times
  
• The Airport - Gomelavia company plane
  

Rumiantsev-Paskevich Palace-Park Complex

• Rumiantsev-Paskevich Palace - a major architectural landmark, built and reconstructed 1777-1856, architects Alexeev, Clark, Idzikovsky; in Soviet times housed the Pioneer Palace, museum and planetarium.
  
• Rumiantsev Palace
  
• Palace-Park view
  
• N.P.Rumiantsev Statue
  
• Pioneer Palace - same building in Soviet times
  
• Look at Palace & Park from the river Sozh
  
• Look from the river - a different perspective
  
• Swan Lake in the Park
  
• The Paskevich Chapel and family vault - located in Gomel's central park; built 1870-1889, architect E. Chervinsky, designer S. Sadikov, engineer Mesmakher
  
• Chapel (black&white)
  
• Hunter's House - private residence in the Palace-Park Complex; housed architect John Clark
  

Houses of Worship

• Synagogue - on Bazarnaya Street, built 1828-1833, photographs dates to early 20th century. This synagogue no longer exists.
  
• St. Nicholas Church
  
• SS Peter and Paul Cathedral - built 1809-1819, by John Clark. Count N.P. Rumiantsev is buried here.
  
• Old Belief Church of St. Ilya - monument of wooden architecture, late 18th c.