Dzyarzhynsk District

District of Minsk Region, Belarus

District in Minsk Region, Belarus

Dzyarzhynsk District Дзяржынскі раён (Belarusian) Дзержинский район (Russian)
District
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Coordinates: 53°41′N 27°08′E / 53.683°N 27.133°E / 53.683; 27.133
Country	Belarus
Region	Minsk Region
Administrative center	Dzyarzhynsk
Area
• Total	1,200 km² (500 sq mi)
Population (2023)^[1]
• Total	70,235
• Density	59/km² (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
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]

The highest point of Belarus is situated in the district. It is 345 meters above level sea and called Dzyarzhynskaya Hara.^[4]

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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "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". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
^ Dzyarzhynsk raion page Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine at Minsk Oblispolkom website
^ "Coordinates of the extreme points of the state frontier. Main Geographic Characteristics of the Republic of Belarus". Land of Ancestors. 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
^ Stan'kau (Станьков) (in Russian)
^ Уладзімер Арлоў «Імёны Свабоды» (Uladzimer Arloǔ “The Names of Freedom”, p.p. 358-359 (in Belarusian)
^ "Мікола Ермаловіч. 100 год даследчыку, гісторыку і педагогу (Mikola Ermalovich. A centenary of the researcher, historian and educator)(in Belarusian)". Retrieved 30 April 2022.
^ Тарзан - о своём детстве в Дзержинском районе [Tarzan about his childhood in Dzyarzhynsk District]