Mstsislaw District

District of Mogilev Region, Belarus
District in Mogilev Region, Belarus
Mstsislaw District
Мсціслаўскі раён (Belarusian)
Мстиславский район (Russian)
District
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Coat of arms of Mstsislaw District
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Location of Mstsislaw District
CountryBelarus
RegionMogilev Region
Administrative centerMstsislaw
Area
 • Total1,332.51 km2 (514.48 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total18,671
 • Density14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Mstsislaw District or Mscislaŭ District[2] (Belarusian: Мсціслаўскі раён; Russian: Мстиславский район, romanized: Mstislavsky rayon) is a district (raion) of Mogilev Region in Belarus. The administrative center is the town of Mstsislaw. As of 2009, its population was 24,768. The population of Mstsislaw accounts for 43.6% of the district's population.[3]

Notable residents

  • Maksim Harecki (1893 – 1938), Belarusian writer, journalist, activist of the Belarusian independence movement and victim of Soviet repressions[4] [5]

References

  1. ^ "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  2. ^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
  3. ^ Численность населения областей и районов: Могилевская (PDF) (in Russian). Национальный статистический комитет Республики Беларусь. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Belarus - Cultural life | Britannica".
  5. ^ By the Life of Maksim Harecki
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