Chashniki District Explained
| Chashniki District |
| Population Total: | 27,047 |
| Elevation M: | 144 |
| Area Total Km2: | 1,481.12 |
| Coordinates: | 54.8533°N 29.1647°W |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Flag Size: | 150 |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Vitebsk Region |
| Seat Type: | Administrative center |
| Seat: | Chashniki |
| Timezone: | MSK |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
Chashniki District or Čašniki District[2] (Belarusian: Чашніцкі раён; Russian: Чашникский район) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk Region in Belarus.[3] Its administrative center is Chashniki.[1]
Lake Lukomlskoye, the fourth largest lake in the country is situated here.[4] The Vula River flows through this district.
Notable residents
- Wasyl Ciapiński (c. 1430/1540s, Ciapina village – c. 1599/1600), Belarusian-Lithuanian noble, humanist, educator, writer, publisher and translator from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania known for translating the Bible into the Belarusian language[5]
- Uladzimyer Prakulevich (1887, Krasnaluki village – 1938), Belarusian politician, writer and lawyer, victim of Stalin’s purges[6] [7]
Notes and References
- Web site: 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20230417144107/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/publications/izdania/public_bulletin/index_67469/. 17 April 2023. belsat.gov.by. 5 August 2023.
- [Instruction on transliteration of Belarusian geographical names with letters of Latin script|official transliteration]
- Web site: Vitebsk Region . vitebsk-region.gov.by. Belarusian. 2015-10-06.
- Web site: Main characteristics of the largest lakes of Belarus . Data of the Research Laboratory for Lake Study of the Belarus State University. . 2011 . Land of Ancestors . 29 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130929085748/http://landofancestors.com/travel/statistics/geography/238-main-characteristics-of-the-largest-lakes-of-belarus.html . 29 September 2013 . dead .
- Васіль Цяпінскі (1530-я ці пач. 1540-х гг., Полаччына – 1599 ці 1600), гуманіст-асветнік, пісьменнік, кнігавыдавец, прадаўжальнік гуманістычных і культурна-асветніцкіх традыцый Ф. Скарыны (Wasyl Ciapiński(1530s or early 1540s, Poland - 1599 or 1600), humanist-educator, writer, publisher, successor of humanistic and cultural-educational traditions of F. Skaryna (in Belarusian)
- https://charter97.org/en/news/2008/11/27/12483/ Today is Slutsk uprising Day
- http://www.spadchyna.net/index.php?option=com%20content&view=article&id=91:2009-03-12-19-03-50&catid=6:2009-03-09-13-02-05&Itemid=137 ПРАКУЛЕВІЧ Уладзімір Міхайлавіч (Prakulevich Uladzimir Mikhaylavich)
