Pietrykaw District
The Pyetrykaw District, Pietrykaŭski Rajon (Belarusian: Петрыкаўскі раён) is a district of the Gomel Region, in Belarus.[1]
Notable residents
- Aleś Dudar (1904, Navasiolki village - 1937), Belarusian poet, critic, translator and a victim of Stalin's purges[2]
- Mikhail Marynich(1940, Staryja Haloǔčycy village — 2014), Belarusian diplomat, public figure and political prisoner[3]
Notes
- Pyetrykawski Rayon (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Маракоў, Леанід. "Рэпрэсаваныя літаратары, навукоўцы, работнікі асветы, грамадскія і культурныя дзеячы Беларусі. 1794-1991: Дудар Алесь" [Repressed writers, scientists, educators, public and cultural figures of Belarus. 1794-1991: Aleś Dudar, by Leanid Marakou. www.marakou.by (in Belarusian)
- Belarusian opposition takes heart
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