Nyasvizh District

Nyasvizh District is a district (raion) of Minsk Region, Belarus.[1]

Sielsavety of the district

Notable residents
  • Alexander Nadson (1926, Haradzeja – 2015), the Apostolic Visitor for Belarusian Greek-Catholic faithful abroad, scholar, translator and a notable Belarusian émigré social and religious leader[2]
  • Uładzimir Žyłka (1900, Makašy village – 1933), Belarusian poet and Gulag prisoner[3]

References
  1. "2009 Belarusian census" (in Belarusian). belstat.gov.by. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  2. "Alexander Nadson (1926–2015) – in Memoriam | The Journal of Belarusian Studies"
  3. Маракоў, Леанід. "Рэпрэсаваныя літаратары, навукоўцы, работнікі асветы, грамадскія і культурныя дзеячы Беларусі. 1794-1991: Жылка Ўладзімір Адамавіч" [Repressed writers, scientists, educators, public and cultural figures of Belarus. 1794-1991: Uladzimir Žylka, by Leanid Marakou]. www.marakou.by (in Belarusian).

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