Location, population of Bobruisk:
Bobruisk is a city of regional subordination, the center of Bobruisk district of Mogilev region with a population of 219 thousand people. Bobruisk is the second most populated city in the Mogilev region and the seventh largest in Belarus; The largest city in the country, which is not an area center. The city is located on the Berezina River 110 km south-west of Mogilev.

History of development of Bobruisk:
The first written mention in the annals dates back to 1387. The city was the center of the parish in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, received the Magdeburg right. From 1565 he belonged to the Rechitsa Committee. Since 1793 the city was included in the Russian Empire, from 1795 - became the center of the Bobruisk country. In 1807-36, the Bobruisk fortress was built in the city, the garrison of which in 1812 sustained a four-month siege of Napoleon's troops. Since 1924 the city is the center of the Bobruisk District, since 1927 - the Bobruisk District. During the Great Patriotic War in Bobruisk, German fascists created 4 death camps, where about 100 thousand people were killed.
Economic activity of the city of Bobruisk:
Bobruisk specializes primarily in the petrochemical and chemical industries.

Transport communications in Bobruisk:
The city is located 110 kilometers from Mogilev. It is a railway junction in the direction of Osipovichi, Zhlobin, Oktyabrsky. A railway of European importance Gomel-Minsk-Vilnius passes through Bobruisk. Roads are connected with Minsk, Gomel, Kalinkovichi, Rogachev and Slutsk, branch B of the Pan-European transport corridor IX Kaliningrad-Vilnius-Minsk-Kiev-Odessa passes. Transportation of passengers by intercity buses and route taxis is carried out on more than 50 routes. Republican unitary subsidiary Bobruisk motor transport enterprise, Bus No. 2 - carries out bus transportation on city (slightly more than 30 routes), suburban, intercity and international routes. The city is connected to Moscow, Minsk, Mogilev, Vitebsk, Orsha and other regions of Belarus and Russia by direct bus services. In Bobruisk there is also a port on the Berezina River and a railway junction.

Tourist potential of Bobruisk:
The appearance of the city harmoniously combines the rigor and monumentality of modern multi-storey buildings with the color of the old "pre-revolutionary" Bobruisk. The historical and cultural heritage of the city includes 179 architectural monuments, 1 archeological monument, 20 art monuments, 63 historical monuments, 15 memorial plaques. 14 monuments are included in the State list of historical and cultural values ​​of the Republic of Belarus. The main place among them is occupied by the Bobruisk fortress - the historical center of the city, a unique work of defensive architecture of the first half of the XIX century, as well as the Memorial complex on Victory Square, an ancient settlement, the buildings of former city mansions.
In Bobruisk there are more than fifty cultural events a year. Among the most famous there are festivals of folk art "Friendship Wreath" (international) and choreography "At the origins of dance" (regional), as well as an international plein air on ceramics "Art-Zhyzhal."
The history and culture of the city will be visited by the Bobruisk Local History Museum, the District Museum of Combat and Labor Glory. About the sights will tell the excursion "Bobruisk - the city over the Berezina".
On the outskirts of the city there is a sanatorium named after Lenin. Accommodation services provide hotels "Bobruysk", "Tourist", "Jubilee", "Phoenix".