Myadzyel District
Myadzel District (Belarusian: Мядзельскі раён, romanized: Miadzielski rajon) is a second-level administrative subdivision (raion) of Minsk Region, Belarus. Its administrative center is the town of Myadzyel.[1] Four of the main lakes of Belarus are situated in this district: Narach (the largest one), Svir (8th largest), Myadel (11th largest) and Myastro (15th largest).[2]
Myadzyel District
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| Administrative center | Myadzyel |
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| • Total | 1.967 km2 (0.759 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 30.300 |
| Website | Myadzyel ispolkom website |
Notable residents
- Maksim Tank (1912 – 1995), journalist, poet and translator
- Dr. Vincent Žuk-Hryškievič (1903-1989), Belarusian emigre politician, President of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic between 1971 and 1982[3]
Religion
Churches
- Church of Saint Andrew the Apostle, Kryvičy settlement
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Miadziel District.
- Myadzel raion page at Minsk Oblispolkom website
- "Main characteristics of the largest lakes of Belarus". Land of Ancestors. Data of the Research Laboratory for Lake Study of the Belarus State University. 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- Жыцьцё Вінцэнта Жук-Грышкевіча [The Life of Vincent Zuk-Hryskievic], by Raisa Zuk-Hryskievic, Toronto, 1993, p. 69
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