Kastsyukovichy district or Kasciukovičy district[2] (Belarusian: Касцюковіцкі раён; Russian: Костюковичский район, romanized: Kostyukovichsky rayon) is a district (raion) of Mogilev region in Belarus. The administrative center is the town of Kastsyukovichy. As of 2009, its population was 26,410. The population of Kastsyukovichy accounts for 60.6% of the district's population.[3]
History
As a result of the Chernobyl disaster, part of the district's territory became contaminated, and the inhabitants were resettled. In the area, several settlements remained uninhabited.[4]
Notable people
- Masiej Siadnioŭ (1915, Mokraje village – 2001), Belarusian poet and novelist, victim of the Gulag[5]
References
- ^ "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 September 18, 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ https://libmogilev.by/chernobyl/mogilev_region.html
- ^ Сяднёў Майсей Ларывонавiч (Siadnioŭ Masiej Laryvonavič)(in Belarusian)
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