Svietlahorsk District

Svietlahorsk Rajon, Svietlahorski Rajon (Belarusian: Светлагорскі раён) is a district of Gomel Region, in Belarus.

Twin towns

Notable residents

  • Ihar Hermianchuk (1961, Strakavičy village – 2002), prominent Belarusian journalist and political activist[1]
  • Ściapan Niekraševič (1983, the estate of Daniłoŭka - 1937), Belarusian academic, political figure and a victim of Stalin’s purges[2]

References


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