“The city of Gomel can be traced back to the time of the first millennium where the medieval western Slavic tribe widely known as the Radimichs developed, upon the naturally fortificated banks of the Sozh River, a homestead that would gradually develop into one of eastern Belarus’ most prominent cities. Gomel’s tumultuous history has seen it captured and recaptured, over the past few hundred years, by various Slavic princes who viewed the area as a potentially important location for trade and commerce before eventually becoming the city that it is today, within one of the most controversial nations in Europe.” Slavic Football Union