Nyasvizh District or Niasviž District[2] (Belarusian: Нясвіжскі раён; Russian: Несвижский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus.[3] Its administrative center is Nyasvizh.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 38,667.[1]

Notable residents

  • Alexander Nadson (1926, Haradzyeya – 2015), the Apostolic Visitor for Belarusian Greek-Catholic faithful abroad, scholar, translator and a notable Belarusian émigré social and religious leader[4]
  • Uładzimir Žyłka (1900, Makašy village – 1933), Belarusian poet and Gulag prisoner[5]

References

  1. ^ 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 12 June 2024.
  2. ^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
  3. ^ "2009 Belarusian census" (in Belarusian). belstat.gov.by. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Alexander Nadson (1926–2015) – in Memoriam | The Journal of Belarusian Studies"
  5. ^ Маракоў, Леанід. "Рэпрэсаваныя літаратары, навукоўцы, работнікі асветы, грамадскія і культурныя дзеячы Беларусі. 1794-1991: Жылка Ўладзімір Адамавіч" [Repressed writers, scientists, educators, public and cultural figures of Belarus. 1794-1991: Uladzimir Žylka, by Leanid Marakou]. www.marakou.by (in Belarusian).
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyasvizh_district
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