Novogrudok District Explained
| Official Name: | Novogrudok District |
| Native Name: |
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| Flag Size: | 150 |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Grodno Region |
| Seat Type: | Administrative center |
| Seat: | Novogrudok |
| Area Total Km2: | 1,668.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2024 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 40,761 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 28,924 |
| Population Rural: | 11,837 |
| Timezone: | MSK |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
Novogrudok District or Navahrudak District (Belarusian: Навагрудскі раён|Navahrudski rajon; Russian: Новогрудский район|Novogrudsky rayon) is a district (raion) of Grodno Region in Belarus. The administrative center is Novogrudok.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 40,761.[1]
Notable residents
- Fabijan Abrantovič (1884, Vieraskava village – 1946), religious and civic leader of the first half of the 20th century, victim of the Soviet repressions[2]
- Uladzimir Konan (1934, Vieraskava village - 2011), Belarusian philosopher[3]
- Michaś Naŭmovič (1922, Kašaliova village - 2004), French artist, member of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic[4]
- Paval Navara (1927, Kupisk village - 1983), Belarusian émigré public figure and a co-founder of the Anglo-Belarusian Society[5]
- Jazep Sažyč (1917, Haradzečna village – 2007), political figure, President of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic[6]
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. 13 May 2024.
- http://en.catholicmartyrs.org/index.php?mod=pages&page=abrantovichbooklet Servant of God Fr. Fabian Abrantovich MIC 1884-1946
- News: Уладзімер Конан: "Урэшце перамагаюць прарокі" ("Ultimately prophets prevail") (in Belarusian) . Радыё Свабода . 9 June 2011 . 19 February 2022 . Скобла . Міхась .
- Т. Наўмовіч. Міхась Наўмовіч – беларускі мастак і скульптар на эміграцыі // Навагрудчына ў гістарычна-культурнай спадчыне Еўропы (да 600-годдзя Грунвальдскай бітвы) [Michaś Naŭmovič is a Belarusian emigrant painter and sculptor, by T. Naŭmovič // Navahrudak lands in the historic and cultural heritage of Europe (for the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald) ], p. 158-161 (in Belarusian)
- Book: Гардзіенка . Наталля . Беларусы ў Вялікабрытаніі [Belarusians in Great Britain, by Natalla Hardzijenka] . 2010 . Minsk . 978-985-6887-63-8 . 551–552.
- http://www.radabnr.org/starsyni/jsazyc/ Jazep Sažyč, VII President of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic (Язэп Сажыч, VII старшыня Рады БНР
