Rasony District Explained
| Official Name: | Rasony District |
| Native Name: |
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| Flag Size: | 150 |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Vitebsk Region |
| Seat Type: | Administrative center |
| Seat: | Rasony |
| Area Total Km2: | 1,924.72 |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 8,523 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | MSK |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
Rasony District (Belarusian: Расонскі раён; Russian: Россонский район) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk Region in Belarus.[2] The administrative center of the district is Rasony.[1]
Lake Neshcharda, the seventh-largest lake in Belarus, is situated in the district.[3]
History
During World War II, Rasony District was a large part of the Belarusian partisans. Led by Pyotr Masherov, the partisan movement in Rasony began in 1941, and continued until Operation Bagration liberated Belarus from Nazi Germany in 1944.[4]
Notable residents
- Jan Barszczewski (1797, Mirahi village – 1851), "one of the founders of modern Belarusian literature"[5]
- Hienadz Buraǔkin (1936, Šulacina village – 2014), Belarusian poet, journalist and diplomat[6]
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.
- 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 . 5 October 2013 .
- Book: Shutsky, V. P.. On the Origins of the Partisan Movement. 96–100.
- Web site: Толькі на адзін тыдзень у Мінску адкрылася ўнікальная выстава "Ян Баршчэўскі, які любіў Бога, прыроду і людзей" (+відэа). A unique exhibition "Jan Barszczewski, who loved God, nature and people" opened in Minsk for only one week. 2021-09-05. Нацыянальная бібліятэка Беларусі / National Library of Belarus. be.
- https://svaboda.azureedge.net/a/31430665.html У Полацку падрыхтавалі выставу да 85-годзьдзя Генадзя Бураўкіна (An exhibition dedicated to the 85th anniversary of Hienadz Buraǔkin has been arranged in Polack)(in Belarusian)
