Dzyarzhynsk district

Dzyarzhynsk District Дзяржынскі раён (Belarusian) Дзержинский район (Russian)
District
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Coordinates: 53°41′N 27°08′E
Country	Belarus
Region	Minsk Region
Administrative center	Dzyarzhynsk
Area
• District	1,200 km^2 (500 sq mi)
Population  (2024)[1]
• District	70,391
• Density	59/km^2 (150/sq mi)
• Urban	48,048
• Rural	22,343
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Website	Dzyarzhynsk ispolkom website

Dzyarzhynsk District or Dziaržynsk District[2] (Belarusian: Дзяржынскі раён; Russian: Дзержинский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus.[1] The administrative center of the district is Dzyarzhynsk.[3][1] As of 2024, it has a population of 70,391.[1]

The highest point of Belarus is situated in the district. It is 345 meters above level sea and called Dzyarzhynskaya Hara.[4]

See also

Cities

• Dzyarzhynsk
• Fanipol

Urban-type settlements

• Nyeharelaye

Agrotowns

• Skirmantava

Notable residents

• Emeryk Hutten-Czapski (1828–1896), scholar, ardent historical collector and numismatist
• Karol Hutten-Czapski (1860-1904), businessman and philanthropist, Mayor of Minsk between 1890 and 1901[5]
• Mikałaj Ułaščyk (1906, Vickaǔščyna village – 1986), Belarusian historian and archaeologist specialising in medieval history, a Gulag prisoner[6]
• Mikola Yermalovich (1921, Malyja Navasiolki – 2000) was a Belarusian writer and historian[7]
• Mother of Sergei Glushko, Russian actor, singer and fitness model[8]

References

1. "Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
2. Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
3. Dzyarzhynsk raion page Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine at Minsk Oblispolkom website
4. "Coordinates of the extreme points of the state frontier. Main Geographic Characteristics of the Republic of Belarus". Land of Ancestors. 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
5. Stan'kau (Станьков) (in Russian)
6. Уладзімер Арлоў «Імёны Свабоды» (Uladzimer Arloǔ “The Names of Freedom”, p.p. 358-359 (in Belarusian)
7. "Мікола Ермаловіч. 100 год даследчыку, гісторыку і педагогу (Mikola Ermalovich. A centenary of the researcher, historian and educator)(in Belarusian)". Retrieved 30 April 2022.
8. Тарзан - о своём детстве в Дзержинском районе [Tarzan about his childhood in Dzyarzhynsk District]

External links

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