Rasony district

Rasony District
Расонскі раён (Belarusian)
Россонский район (Russian)
District
Flag of Rasony District
Flag
Coat of arms of Rasony District
Coat of arms
Location of Rasony District
Coordinates: 55°54′15″N 28°48′53″E / 55.90417°N 28.81472°E / 55.90417; 28.81472
CountryBelarus
RegionVitebsk Region
Administrative centerRasony
Area
 • Total
1,924.72 km2 (743.14 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total
8,523
 • Density4.4/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Rasony District (Belarusian: Расонскі раён; Russian: Россонский район) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk Region in Belarus.[2] The administrative center of the district is Rasony.[1]

Lake Neshcharda, the seventh-largest lake in Belarus, is situated in the district.[3]

History

During World War II, Rasony District was a large part of the Belarusian partisans. Led by Pyotr Masherov, the partisan movement in Rasony began in 1941, and continued until Operation Bagration liberated Belarus from Nazi Germany in 1944.[4]

Notable residents

  • Jan Barszczewski (1797, Mirahi village – 1851), "one of the founders of modern Belarusian literature"[5]
  • Hienadz Buraǔkin (1936, Šulacina village – 2014), Belarusian poet, journalist and diplomat[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Vitebsk Region" (in Belarusian). vitebsk-region.gov.by. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
  3. ^ "Main characteristics of the largest lakes of Belarus". Land of Ancestors. Data of the Research Laboratory for Lake Study of the Belarus State University. 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  4. ^ Shutsky, V. P. On the Origins of the Partisan Movement. pp. 96–100.
  5. ^ "Толькі на адзін тыдзень у Мінску адкрылася ўнікальная выстава "Ян Баршчэўскі, які любіў Бога, прыроду і людзей" (+відэа)" [A unique exhibition "Jan Barszczewski, who loved God, nature and people" opened in Minsk for only one week]. Нацыянальная бібліятэка Беларусі / National Library of Belarus (in Belarusian). Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  6. ^ У Полацку падрыхтавалі выставу да 85-годзьдзя Генадзя Бураўкіна (An exhibition dedicated to the 85th anniversary of Hienadz Buraǔkin has been arranged in Polack)(in Belarusian)