Novogrudok district

Novogrudok District Навагрудскі раён (Belarusian) Новогрудский район (Russian)
District
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Coordinates: 53.5833°N 25.8167°E / 53.5833; 25.8167
Country	Belarus
Region	Grodno Region
Administrative center	Novogrudok
Area
• District	1,668.01 km^2 (644.02 sq mi)
Population  (2024)[1]
• District	40,761
• Density	24/km^2 (63/sq mi)
• Urban	28,924
• Rural	11,837
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Novogrudok District or Navahrudak District (Belarusian: Навагрудскі раён, romanized: Navahrudski rajon; Russian: Новогрудский район, romanized: Novogrudsky rayon) is a district (raion) of Grodno Region in Belarus. The administrative center is Novogrudok.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 40,761.[1]

Notable residents

• Fabijan Abrantovič (1884, Vieraskava village – 1946), religious and civic leader of the first half of the 20th century, victim of the Soviet repressions[2]
• Uladzimir Konan (1934, Vieraskava village - 2011), Belarusian philosopher[3]
• Michaś Naŭmovič (1922, Kašaliova village - 2004), French artist, member of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic[4]
• Paval Navara (1927, Kupisk village - 1983), Belarusian émigré public figure and a co-founder of the Anglo-Belarusian Society[5]
• Jazep Sažyč (1917, Haradzečna village – 2007), political figure, President of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic[6]

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 13 May 2024.
2. Servant of God Fr. Fabian Abrantovich MIC 1884-1946
3. Скобла, Міхась (9 June 2011). "Уладзімер Конан: "Урэшце перамагаюць прарокі" ("Ultimately prophets prevail") (in Belarusian)". Радыё Свабода. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
4. Т. Наўмовіч. Міхась Наўмовіч – беларускі мастак і скульптар на эміграцыі // Навагрудчына ў гістарычна-культурнай спадчыне Еўропы (да 600-годдзя Грунвальдскай бітвы) [Michaś Naŭmovič is a Belarusian emigrant painter and sculptor, by T. Naŭmovič // Navahrudak lands in the historic and cultural heritage of Europe (for the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald) ], p. 158-161 (in Belarusian)
5. Гардзіенка, Наталля (2010). Беларусы ў Вялікабрытаніі [Belarusians in Great Britain, by Natalla Hardzijenka]. Minsk. pp. 551–552. ISBN 978-985-6887-63-8.
6. Jazep Sažyč, VII President of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic (Язэп Сажыч, VII старшыня Рады БНР)(in Belarusian)