Rasony District

Rasony District (Belarusian: Расонскі раён, Russian: Россонский район) is a district in Vitebsk Region, Belarus.[1]

Rasony District in Vitebsk Region.

Nescherdo Lake, the seventh largest lake in Belarus, is situated in this district.[2]

Notable residents
  • Jan Barszczewski (1797, Mirahi village – 1851) - "one of the founders of modern Belarusian literature"[3]
  • Hienadz Buraǔkin (1936, Šulacina village – 2014) - Belarusian poet, journalist and diplomat[4]

World War II

During World War II, Rasony District was a large part of the Belarusian partisans. Led by Pyotr Masherov, the partisan movement in Rasony began in 1941, and continued until Operation Bagration liberated Belarus from Nazi Germany in 1944.[5]

References
  1. "Vitebsk Region" (in Belarusian). vitebsk-region.gov.by. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
  2. "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. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  3. "Толькі на адзін тыдзень у Мінску адкрылася ўнікальная выстава "Ян Баршчэўскі, які любіў Бога, прыроду і людзей" (+відэа)" [A unique exhibition "Jan Barszczewski, who loved God, nature and people" opened in Minsk for only one week]. Нацыянальная бібліятэка Беларусі / National Library of Belarus (in Belarusian). Retrieved 2021-09-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. У Полацку падрыхтавалі выставу да 85-годзьдзя Генадзя Бураўкіна (An exhibition dedicated to the 85th anniversary of Hienadz Buraǔkin has been arranged in Polack)(in Belarusian)
  5. Shutsky, V. P. On the Origins of the Partisan Movement. pp. 96–100.

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