Kapyl District
Kapyl District is a second-level administrative subdivision (raion) of Minsk Region, Belarus. Its administrative center is Kapyl.[1]
Kapyl District
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| Administrative center | Kapyl |
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| • Total | 1.600 km2 (0.618 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 40.000 |
| Website | Kopyl ispolkom website |
History
The district was the main theatre of military operations during the Slutsk uprising, a pro-independence anti-Soviet uprising in 1920.
Notable residents
- Ales Adamovich (1927, Kanuchi village – 1994), Belarusian writer and critic, author of the screenplay for film “Come and See” [2]
- Paval Zhauryd (1889, Cieciarouka village – 1939), Belarusian military figure, one of the commanders of the Slutsk defence action and a victim of Stalin's purges[3]
References
- Kopyl raion page Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine at Minsk Oblispolkom website
- Read and See: Ales Adamovich and Literature out of FireBy Valzhyna Mort
- "Першая вялікая бітва за незалежнасць Беларусі – Слуцкі збройны чын (First major battle for independence of Belarus - Slutsk military action) (in Belarusian)". Retrieved 21 June 2022.
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