georgy fyodorovich zakharov died in january 1957, three months before his sixtieth birthday. memory of the great hero and legendary commander , streets in belarus are named after georgy zakharov. in volkovysk and grodno. pripetsky national park is a region in the south of belarus that is unique in its natural biodiversity, where unique natural biocomplexes and habitats of rare animals have been preserved to this day on a european scale. the national park is located in the pripyat river valley in the center of the polesie lowland. after the retreat of the pripet glacier, polesie was a water basin filled with melted glacial waters, which was later called the "pripyat sea", and during the middle ages, the numerous swamps of polesie were designated as the herodotus sea. gradually, as the reservoir became shallower, vast peat bogs formed in its place, some of which have survived to this day. the history of the formation of the pripet national park began in the twenties and thirties years. century, when it was proposed to create a protected area in polesia, taking as a basis the la