Smarhon District
Smarhon' District (Belarusian: Смаргонскі раён) is a district (rajon) in Grodno Region of Belarus. As of the 2009 census the population was 55,296.[1]
Smarhon' District
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| Administrative center | Smarhon’ |
| Largest settlements | Soly - 1,374 Zalesse - 958 Zhodzishki - 788 |
| Selsoviets | 9 Settlements: 324 |
| Government | |
| • Chairman | Henadzi Kharuzhyk |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,490.01 km2 (575.30 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 320 m (1,050 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 121 m (397 ft) |
| Population (2009 census) | |
| • Total | 55,296 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (96/sq mi) |
| Website | smorgon |
Kreŭski boulder in Smarhon district - a natural monument
The administrative center is Smarhon’.
Main sights
Notable residents
- Adam Stankievič (1882, Arlianiaty village – 1949), Belarusian Roman Catholic priest, politician and writer, a Gulag prisoner[2]
- Jan Stankievič (1891, Arlianiaty village – 1976), Belarusian politician, linguist, historian and philosopher[3]
- Antoni Leszczewicz (1890, Abramaǔščyna –1943), beautified Marian Father and Roman Catholic priest, victim of the Nazis[4]
- Andrei Tsikota, Belarusian priest, member of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic and a victim of the Gulag[5][6]
References
- Census data of the Grodno Region (in Russian)
- Biography of Father Adam Stankiewicz
- Stankievič Jan
- Антоні Ляшчэвіч (Antoni Leszczewicz) (in Belarusian)
- Biography of Servant of God Archimandrite Andrzej Cikoto, MIC
- Андрэй Цікота: святар, які ламаў стэрэатыпы [Andrei Tsikota: a priest who broke stereotypes] - Krynica.info
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