Pyetrykaw district
Pyetrykaw district
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| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Gomel region |
| Administrative center | Pyetrykaw |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,835.18 km2 (1,094.67 sq mi) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 25,531 |
| • Density | 9.0051/km2 (23.323/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Pyetrykaw district or Pietrykaŭ district (Belarusian: Петрыкаўскі раён, romanized: Pietrykaŭski rajon; Russian: Петриковский район) is a district (raion) of Gomel region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Pyetrykaw. As of 2024, it has a population of 25,531.
Notable residents
- Aleś Dudar (1904, Navasiolki village – 1937), Belarusian poet, critic, translator and a victim of Stalin's Great Purge
- Mikhail Marynich (1940, Staryja Haloǔčycy village – 2014), Belarusian diplomat, public figure and political prisoner
Notes
- 1 2 "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 9 April 2024.
- ↑ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
- ↑ Pyetrykawski Rayon (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ↑ Маракоў, Леанід. "Рэпрэсаваныя літаратары, навукоўцы, работнікі асветы, грамадскія і культурныя дзеячы Беларусі. 1794-1991: Дудар Алесь" [Repressed writers, scientists, educators, public and cultural figures of Belarus. 1794-1991: Aleś Dudar, by Leanid Marakou. www.marakou.by (in Belarusian)
- ↑ Belarusian opposition takes heart
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