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Bobruisk is a city of regional subordination in Belarus, the administrative center of the Bobruisk district of the Mogilev region. The seventh largest city in Belarus by population and area, the largest center of regional subordination. The city is located on the Berezina River (Dnieper basin) 150 km from Minsk, 110 km from Mogilev, 414 km from Kiev, 706 km from Moscow.

It borders with the Vitebsk region in the north, Gomel in the south, Minsk in the west. In the east it borders with the Bryansk and Smolensk regions of Russia. The area is 29,068 km2. The relief is mostly flat; the largest rivers are the Dnieper and its tributaries (Sozh, Berezina). The highest point of the region is located at the Dark Forest railway station on the border of the Dribinsky and Mstislavsky districts (236 m ; according to other sources — 239 m). The lowest point of the region is located on the bank of the Sozh River near the village of Gaishin in Slavgorodsky district (126 m).

The largest reservoirs are Chigirinskoye on the Drut River (21.19 km2) and Osipovichskoye on the Svisloch River (11.87 km2).

Mogilev Province is a province in the west of the Russian Empire.

It was formed on May 28, 1772 after the first partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from part of the Belarusian territories that were ceded to Russia (the northern part became part of Pskov province). Initially, Mogilev province included Mogilev, Vitebsk, Orsha and Rogachev provinces, but already on October 25, 1772, Vitebsk province moved to Pskov province, and Mstislav province was formed in Mogilev province.

In 1777, Mogilev province was divided into 12 counties. On January 10, 1778, the province was transformed into the Mogilev governorate, which on December 12, 1796 was merged with the Polotsk governorate and the Belarusian Governorate was formed with the center in Vitebsk. On February 27, 1802, Mogilev province was restored as part of the former 12 counties.

There is no reliable information about the origin of the name of the city. There are only assumptions, legends and legends. The name may be based on the personal name Grave, as evidenced by the presence of the possessive suffix "-ev", usually combined with personal names. However, a specific person with that name has not been identified in the history of the city. The introduction to the Mogilev Chronicle says that this name comes from the name of Prince Lev Danilovich Mogiya (mighty lion), who built the Mogilev Castle in 1267. Some researchers associate the origin of the name of the city with the name of Prince Lev Vladimirovich of Polotsk, or Leo the Mighty. There is also a version about the origin of the name of the city from the Finno-Ugric mogilai — "mountains above water".