Novogrudok District or Navahrudak District (Belarusian: Навагрудскі раён, romanized: Navahrudski rajon; Russian: Новогрудский район, romanized: Novogrudsky rayon) is a district (raion) of Grodno Region in Belarus. The administrative center is Novogrudok.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 40,761.[1]
Novogrudok District
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| Coordinates: 53°35′00″N 25°49′00″E / 53.5833°N 25.8167°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Grodno Region |
| Administrative center | Novogrudok |
| Area | |
• District | 1,668.01 km2 (644.02 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• District | 40,761 |
| • Density | 24/km2 (63/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 28,924 |
| • Rural | 11,837 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Notable residents
edit- Fabijan Abrantovič (1884, Vieraskava village – 1946), religious and civic leader of the first half of the 20th century, victim of the Soviet repressions[2]
- Uladzimir Konan (1934, Vieraskava village - 2011), Belarusian philosopher[3]
- Michaś Naŭmovič (1922, Kašaliova village - 2004), French artist, member of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic[4]
- Paval Navara (1927, Kupisk village - 1983), Belarusian émigré public figure and a co-founder of the Anglo-Belarusian Society[5]
- Jazep Sažyč (1917, Haradzečna village – 2007), political figure, President of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c "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 13 May 2024.
- ^ Servant of God Fr. Fabian Abrantovich MIC 1884-1946
- ^ Скобла, Міхась (9 June 2011). "Уладзімер Конан: "Урэшце перамагаюць прарокі" ("Ultimately prophets prevail") (in Belarusian)". Радыё Свабода. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ Т. Наўмовіч. Міхась Наўмовіч – беларускі мастак і скульптар на эміграцыі // Навагрудчына ў гістарычна-культурнай спадчыне Еўропы (да 600-годдзя Грунвальдскай бітвы) [Michaś Naŭmovič is a Belarusian emigrant painter and sculptor, by T. Naŭmovič // Navahrudak lands in the historic and cultural heritage of Europe (for the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald) ], p. 158-161 (in Belarusian)
- ^ Гардзіенка, Наталля (2010). Беларусы ў Вялікабрытаніі [Belarusians in Great Britain, by Natalla Hardzijenka]. Minsk. pp. 551–552. ISBN 978-985-6887-63-8.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Jazep Sažyč, VII President of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic (Язэп Сажыч, VII старшыня Рады БНР)(in Belarusian)
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