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]
Mstsislaw District
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| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Mogilev Region |
| Administrative center | Mstsislaw |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,332.51 km2 (514.48 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 18,671 |
| • Density | 14/km2 (36/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Notable residents
edit- Maksim Harecki (1893 – 1938), Belarusian writer, journalist, activist of the Belarusian independence movement and victim of Soviet repressions[4] [5]
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Belarus - Cultural life | Britannica".
- ^ By the Life of Maksim Harecki
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