Dzyarzhynsk District
Dzyarzhynsk District is one of the districts of Belarus, located in Minsk Region, Belarus. The administrative center of the district is Dzyarzhynsk.[1] In Dzyarzhynsk Raion (Dzerzhinsky district) the highest point of Belarus is situated. It is 345 meters above level sea called Dzerzhinskaya mountain or Dzyarzhynskaya Hara.[2]
Dzyarzhynsk District
Дзяржынскі раён Дзержинский район | |
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| Administrative center | Dzyarzhynsk |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.200 km2 (0.463 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 61.500 |
| Website | Dzyarzhynsk ispolkom website |
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[3]
- Mikałaj Ułaščyk (1906, Vickaǔščyna village – 1986), Belarusian historian and archaeologist specialising in medieval history, a Gulag prisoner[4]
- Mikola Yermalovich (1921, Malyja Navasiolki – 2000) was a Belarusian writer and historian[5]
- Mother of Sergei Glushko, Russian actor, singer and fitness model[6]
References
- Dzyarzhynsk raion page at Minsk Oblispolkom website
- "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.
- Stan'kau (Станьков) (in Russian)
- Уладзімер Арлоў «Імёны Свабоды» (Uladzimer Arloǔ “The Names of Freedom”, p.p. 358-359 (in Belarusian)
- "Мікола Ермаловіч. 100 год даследчыку, гісторыку і педагогу (Mikola Ermalovich. A centenary of the researcher, historian and educator)(in Belarusian)". Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- Тарзан - о своём детстве в Дзержинском районе [Tarzan about his childhood in Dzyarzhynsk District]
External links
Media related to Dziaržynsk District at Wikimedia Commons
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1 Seat of Minsk Region but administratively separated | ||
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