Syanno District Explained
| Syanno District |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Flag Size: | 150 |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 19,035 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Elevation M: | 152 |
| Area Total Km2: | 1,966.05 |
| Coordinates: | 54.8°N 71°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Vitebsk Region |
| Seat Type: | Administrative center |
| Seat: | Syanno |
| Timezone: | MSK |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
Syanno District (Belarusian: Сенненскі раён; Russian: Сенненский район) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk Region in Belarus.[2] Its administrative center is Syanno.[1]
Notable residents
- Zair Azgur (1908, Maǔčany village – 1995), Belarusian sculptor[3]
- Pyotr Masherov (1919, Šyrki village – 1980), Soviet partisan in World War II and leader of Soviet Belarus between 1965 – 1980[4]
- Lavon Rydleŭski (1903, Uljanavičy village - 1953), active participant in the Belarusian independence movement and an anti-Soviet resistance and a prominent member of the Belarusian diaspora.[5]
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.
- https://nasb.gov.by/eng/members/pamyati-uchenogo/azgur.php Zair Isaakovich Azgur
- https://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=594 Pyotr Masherov
- “ Lavon Rydleŭski dreamt about Slucak” ("Лявон Рыдлеўскі марыў пра Случчыну"). zviazda.by (in Belarusian). 2019-06-28
