| Slutsk District
Слуцкий район (Belarusian) Слуцкі раён (Russian) | |
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| Coordinates: 53°01′N 27°33′E / 53.017°N 27.550°E / 53.017; 27.550 | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Minsk Region |
| Administrative center | Slutsk |
| Area | |
| • District | 1,821 km (703 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • District | 85,537 |
| • Density | 47/km (120/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 60,056 |
| • Rural | 25,481 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Slutsk District or Sluck District (Belarusian: Слуцкі раён; Russian: Слуцкий район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Slutsk. As of 2024, it has a population of 85,537.
Notable residents
- Alena Kish (1889 or 1896, Ramanava (now Lenina) village - 1949), Belarusian primitivist painter
- Jurka Listapad (1897, Varkavičy village - 1938), active participant in the Belarusian independence movement and anti-Soviet resistance, publicist and a victim of Stalin's purges of 1937–38.
- Mikola Statkevich (b. 1956, Liadna village), Belarusian politician and political prisoner
- Uladzimier Teraŭski (1871, the village of Ramanaŭ (currently known as the village of Lenin) - 1938), Belarusian composer, choirmaster and a victim of Stalin's purges. He wrote music to a number of popular Belarusian songs such as Vajacki Marš and Kupalinka
References
- ^ "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". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
- "2009 Belarusian census" (in Belarusian). belstat.gov.by. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- Сьмерць народнай мастачкі — самагубства ці няшчасны выпадак? (The death of a folk artist - was it a suicide or an accident?) (in Belarusian)
- A song about life in paradise: the intimate art of Elena Kish
- Арлоў, Уладзімер (2020). ІМЁНЫ СВАБОДЫ (Бібліятэка Свабоды. ХХІ стагодзьдзе.) (PDF) (in Belarusian) (4-е выд., дап. ed.). Радыё Свабодная Эўропа / Радыё Свабода - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. pp. 178–179.
- Viasna condemns persecution of opposition leader Statkevich as politically motivated
- Statkevič not permitted to receive greeting cards (Статкевічу не перадаюць віншавальныя паштоўкі)(in Belarusian)
- Маракоў, Леанід. "Рэпрэсаваныя літаратары, навукоўцы, работнікі асветы, грамадскія і культурныя дзеячы Беларусі. 1794-1991. ТЭРАЎСКІ (ТЕРРАВСКИЙ) Уладзімір" [Repressed writers, scientists, educators, public and cultural figures of Belarus. 1794-1991. Teraŭski Uladzimier], by Leanid Marakou. www.marakou.by (in Belarusian).
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