Karelichy District
Karelichy District (Belarusian: Карэліцкі раён) is a district (rajon) in Grodno Region of Belarus.
The administrative center is Karelichy.
Notable residents
- Jan Bułhak (1876, Astašyn village –1950), photographer, ethnographer and folklorist[1]
- Ignacy Domeyko (1802, Miadzviedka estate – 1889), geologist, mineralogist, educator, and founder of the University of Santiago, in Chile[2]
- Archimandrite Leo Garoshka(1911, Traščycy village – 1977), Catholic priest of the Byzantine rite, religious and social activist, researcher of the history of religion in Belarus and anfounder of the Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library in London.[3]
- Barys Rahula (1920, Turec village – 2005) was a Belarusian political activist[4]
References
- "JAN BUŁHAK – THE MAN WHO CAPTURED TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY VILNIUS". Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- "Ігнат Дамейка (Ihnat Damejka)(in Belarusian)". Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- Nadsan, Alexander (2007). Ceslaus Sipovich : the first Belarusian Catholic Bishop in the 20th century (1914-1981). Minsk: Technalohija. pp. 157–158. ISBN 978-985-458-146-0.
- "Барыс Рагуля (Barys Rahula) (in Belarusian)". Retrieved 15 April 2022.
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