Novogrudok District
Novogrudok District (Belarusian: Навагрудскі раён, Наваградзкі раён) - a district (rajon) in the Grodno Region of Belarus.
The administrative center is Novogrudok.
Notable residents
- Fabijan Abrantovič (1884, Vieraskava village – 1946), religious and civic leader of the first half of the 20th century, victim of the Soviet repressions[1]
- Uladzimir Konan (1934, Vieraskava village - 2011), Belarusian philosopher[2]
- Michaś Naŭmovič (1922, Kašaliova village - 2004), French artist, member of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic[3]
- Paval Navara (1927, Kupisk village - 1983), Belarusian émigré public figure and a co-founder of the Anglo-Belarusian Society[4]
- Jazep Sažyč (1917, Haradzečna village – 2007), political figure, President of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic[5]
References
- Servant of God Fr. Fabian Abrantovich MIC 1884-1946
- "Уладзімер Конан: "Урэшце перамагаюць прарокі" ("Ultimately prophets prevail") (in Belarusian)". Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- Т. Наўмовіч. Міхась Наўмовіч – беларускі мастак і скульптар на эміграцыі // Навагрудчына ў гістарычна-культурнай спадчыне Еўропы (да 600-годдзя Грунвальдскай бітвы) [Michaś Naŭmovič is a Belarusian emigrant painter and sculptor, by T. Naŭmovič // Navahrudak lands in the historic and cultural heritage of Europe (for the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald) ], p. 158-161 (in Belarusian)
- Гардзіенка, Наталля (2010). Беларусы ў Вялікабрытаніі [Belarusians in Great Britain, by Natalla Hardzijenka]. Minsk. pp. 551–552. ISBN 978-985-6887-63-8.
- Jazep Sažyč, VII President of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic (Язэп Сажыч, VII старшыня Рады БНР)(in Belarusian)
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