Byerastavitsa District
Byerastavitsa District
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Byerastavitsa District or Bierastavica District[2] (Belarusian: Бераставіцкі раён; Russian: Берестовицкий район) is a district (raion) of Grodno Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa.[1]
The district was founded from
Krynki Raion; in 1944, it was renamed to the current name.[3]
Notable residents
- Andrzej Poczobut (born 1973, Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa), Belarusian and Polish journalist and activist, political prisoner[4]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
- ^ "Berestovitsa District (Belarus)". Archived from the original on 2009-02-04. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
- ^ "ANDRZEJ POCZOBUT journalist, Polish minority activist". Retrieved 20 May 2022.