Luninets District
Luninets District (Belarusian: Луніне́цкі раён, Russian: Лунине́цкий райо́н) is an administrative subdivision, a raion of Brest Region, in Belarus. The district seat is Luninets.
Luninets District
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| Country | Belarus |
| Formed | 1940 |
| Website | luninets |
Demographics
At the time of the Belarus Census (2009), Luninets District had a population of 73,200. Of these, 96.2% were of Belarusian, 2.5% Russian and 0.8% Ukrainian ethnicity. 76.8% spoke Belarusian and 21.9% Russian as their native language.
Notable residents
- Anton Sokał-Kutyłoŭski (1892 (Pieravaloki-Darahišča (renamed Čyrvonaja Horka)) - 1983), active participant in the Belarusian independence movement, a military leader of anti-Soviet resistance in the early 20th century and a Gulag prisoner.[1]
- Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (b.1982, Mikashevichy), Belarusian human rights activist and politician[2]
Luninets District railway station
References
- Арлоў, Уладзімер (2020). ІМЁНЫ СВАБОДЫ (Бібліятэка Свабоды. ХХІ стагодзьдзе.) [Uładzimir Arłou. The Names of Freedom (The Library of Freedom. ХХІ century.)] (PDF) (in Belarusian) (4-е выд., дап. ed.). Радыё Свабодная Эўропа / Радыё Свабода - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. pp. 346–347.
- Svetlana Tikhanovskaya: from 'Chernobyl child' in Ireland to political limelight
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