Syalyets, Byaroza District Explained

Syalyets
Native Name Lang:	be
Settlement Type:	Agrotown
Pushpin Map:	Belarus
Coordinates:	52.5833°N 76°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Belarus
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Brest Region
Subdivision Type2:	District
Subdivision Name2:	Byaroza District
Timezone1:	MSK
Utc Offset1:	+3

Syalyets (Belarusian: Сялец|Sialiec; Russian: Селец|Selets; Polish: Sielec) is an agrotown in Byaroza District, Brest Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Syalyets selsoviet.^{[1] [2]}

Notable people

• Aleksander Okińczyc (1839–1886), physician
• Vilna Gaon (1720–1797), Talmudic scholar

Notes and References

1. Web site: СЕЛЕЦКИЙ СЕЛЬИСПОЛКОМ. selec.bereza.edu.by. https://web.archive.org/web/20160904093603/http://selec.bereza.edu.by/main.aspx?guid=94721. 4 September 2016.
2. Book: Gaponenko . Irina Olegovna . Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Брэсцкая вобласць . 2010 . Minsk . Тэхналогія . 104 . 978-985-458-198-9.