[1] Mazyr is known as a center of oil refining, salt extraction, machine building, and food processing in Belarus.

It is home to one of the largest oil refineries in Belarus, pumping out 18 million metric tons per year, and is served by a tram line.

[5] During the Partitions of Poland, the city was annexed by Russia, within which it was administratively part of the Minsk Governorate.

During World War II, the German occupiers operated a Nazi prison in the town.

R. Kugel, a prominent Jewish community figure, had been the chief Rabbi of Mazyr since 1861.

Thousands of Jews were executed by German troops in the local ghetto during World War II.

On August 31, 1941, hundreds of Jews gathered inside a house at Malo-Pushkin street.

They poured kerosene on the building walls and set it alight, while the people huddled inside.

Although they refused to take back the partially-destroyed synagogue building, an official Jewish community was registered in 1946.

The line starts at the tram depot and terminates at the oil refinery, with four turning loops located along the route.