Smarhon District Explained
| Smarhon District |
| Native Name: |
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| Flag Size: | 150 |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Grodno Region |
| Seat Type: | Administrative center |
| Seat: | Smarhon |
| Area Total Km2: | 1490.01 |
| Population Total: | 48,464 |
| Population Urban: | 35,422 |
| Population Rural: | 13,042 |
| Population As Of: | 2024 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Elevation Max M: | 320 |
| Elevation Min M: | 121 |
| Leader Title: | Chairman |
| Leader Name: | Henadzi Kharuzhyk |
Smarhon District or Smarhoń District[2] (be|Смаргонскі раён; ru|Сморгонский район) is a district (raion) of Grodno Region in Belarus. The administrative center is Smarhon.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 48,464.[1]
Historically the district's center Smarhon was part of the Vilnius Voivodeship within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania until 1795.[3] Forty percent of the names of Smarhon District's settlements have remained of Lithuanian origin, while residents of Smarhon once spoke in the Eastern Aukštaitian-Vilnian dialect of Lithuanian language.[3]
Main sights
Notable residents
- Adam Stankievič (1882, Arlianiaty village – 1949), Belarusian Roman Catholic priest, politician and writer, a Gulag prisoner[4]
- Jan Stankievič (1891, Arlianiaty village – 1976), Belarusian politician, linguist, historian and philosopher[5]
- Antoni Leszczewicz (1890, Abramaǔščyna – 1943), beautified Marian Father and Roman Catholic priest, victim of the Nazis[6]
- Andrei Tsikota (1891–1952), Belarusian priest, member of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic and a victim of the Gulag[7] [8]
Notes and References
- Web site: Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа. https://web.archive.org/web/20240402055418/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/. 2 April 2024. belsat.gov.by. 13 May 2024.
- Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
- Web site: Garšva . Kazimieras . Smurgainys . . 25 November 2024 . lt.
- https://biographies.library.nd.edu/catalog/biography-1431 Biography of Father Adam Stankiewicz
- http://www.slounik.org/149461.html Stankievič Jan
- https://www.svaboda.org/a/774421.html Антоні Ляшчэвіч (Antoni Leszczewicz)
- https://biographies.library.nd.edu/catalog/biography-1401 Biography of Servant of God Archimandrite Andrzej Cikoto, MIC
- https://krynica.info/be/2017/02/13/andrehjj-cikota-svyatar-yaki-lamau-stehrehatypy/ Андрэй Цікота: святар, які ламаў стэрэатыпы [Andrei Tsikota: a priest who broke stereotypes<nowiki>]] - Krynica.info
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