Dzyarzhynsk District Explained
| Dzyarzhynsk District |
| Native Name: |
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| Native Name Lang: | be |
| Flag Size: | 150 |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Seat Type: | Administrative center |
| Seat: | Dzyarzhynsk |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Minsk Region |
| Area Total Km2: | 1,200 |
| Population Total: | 70,391 |
| Population As Of: | 2024 |
| Population Urban: | 48,048 |
| Population Rural: | 22,343 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Leader Title: | ispolkom chairman |
| Timezone: | MSK |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
| Website: | Dzyarzhynsk ispolkom website |
Dzyarzhynsk District or Dziaržynsk District[2] (Belarusian: Дзяржынскі раён; Russian: Дзержинский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus.[1] The administrative center of the district is Dzyarzhynsk.[3] [1] As of 2024, it has a population of 70,391.[1]
The highest point of Belarus is situated in the district. It is 345 meters above level sea and called Dzyarzhynskaya Hara.[4]
See also
Cities
Urban-type settlements
Agrotowns
Notable residents
- Emeryk Hutten-Czapski (1828–1896), scholar, ardent historical collector and numismatist
- Karol Hutten-Czapski (1860-1904), businessman and philanthropist, Mayor of Minsk between 1890 and 1901[5]
- Mikałaj Ułaščyk (1906, Vickaǔščyna village – 1986), Belarusian historian and archaeologist specialising in medieval history, a Gulag prisoner[6]
- Mikola Yermalovich (1921, Malyja Navasiolki – 2000) was a Belarusian writer and historian[7]
- Mother of Sergei Glushko, Russian actor, singer and fitness model[8]
Notes and References
- Web site: 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20240402055418/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/. 2 April 2024. belsat.gov.by. 12 June 2024.
- Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
- http://www.minsk-region.gov.by/index.aspx?id=21 Dzyarzhynsk raion page
- Web site: Coordinates of the extreme points of the state frontier. Main Geographic Characteristics of the Republic of Belarus . 2011 . Land of Ancestors . 9 September 2013 .
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070126064825/http://www.priluchki.com/top_menu.php?id=10 Stan'kau (Станьков) (in Russian)
- https://docs.rferl.org/be-BY/2020/11/07/96247f72-a7e0-4382-ad1c-ec68459cf6b7.pdf Уладзімер Арлоў «Імёны Свабоды»
- Web site: Мікола Ермаловіч. 100 год даследчыку, гісторыку і педагогу (Mikola Ermalovich. A centenary of the researcher, historian and educator)(in Belarusian) . 30 April 2022.
- https://rdz.by/data/a-6064.html Тарзан - о своём детстве в Дзержинском районе
