Mogilev Region, also Mahilyow Voblasts (Province) or Mogilyov Oblast (Belarusian: Магілёўская во́бласць; Mahilyowskaya Voblasts; Russian: Могилёвская о́бласть; Mogilyovskaya Oblast) is a province (voblast) of Belarus with its administrative center being Mogilyov (Mahilyow).
Mogilev and Homyel Voblasts suffered severely after the Chernobyl nuclear radioactive reactor catastrophe in April 1986.
Important cities within the voblast' include: Mogilyov, Asipovichy, and Babruysk.
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