Maladzyechna District

District of Minsk Region, Belarus

District in Minsk Region, Belarus

Maladzyechna District Маладзечанскі раён (Belarusian) Молодечненский район (Russian)
District
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Coordinates: 54°18′49″N 26°51′06″E / 54.3136°N 26.8517°E / 54.3136; 26.8517
Country	Belarus
Region	Minsk Region
Administrative center	Maladzyechna
Area
• Total	1,392 km² (537 sq mi)
Population (2023)^[1]
• Total	129,236
• Density	93/km² (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Website	Maladzyechna ispolkom website

Maladzyechna District or Maladziečna District^[2] (Belarusian: Маладзечанскі раён, romanized: Maladziečanski rajon; Russian: Молодечненский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus.^[1] The administrative center is Maladzyechna.^[3]^[1]

Geography

Main settlements

Maladzyechna (94,282)
Radashkovichy (5,789)
Chysts (5,422)
Alyakhnovichy
Palachany
Vyvyery
Khazhova

Notable residents

Mikola Abramchyk (1903, Syčavičy village - 1970), Belarusian politician and president of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic^[4]
Janka Kupała (1882, Viazynka estate – 1942), Belarusian poet and writer^[5]
Symon Rak-Michajłoŭski (1885, Maksimaŭka village - 1938), Belarusian politician and member of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic^[6]
Siaržuk Vituška (1965, Čyść - 2012), prominent figure of the Belarusian independence movement in the late Soviet period, historian, columnist and writer^[7]

Tomasz Zan (1796, Miasata village – 1855), poet and activist^[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)
^ Maladzyechna raion page at Minsk Oblispolkom website
^ Mikola Abramčyk, Vth president of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic (Мікола Абрамчык, V старшыня Рады БНР)(in Belarusian)
^ Yanka Kupala: personality and work
^ Арлоў, Уладзімер (2020). ІМЁНЫ СВАБОДЫ (Бібліятэка Свабоды. ХХІ стагодзьдзе.) [Uładzimir Arłou. The Names of Freedom (The Library of Freedom. ХХІ century.)] (PDF) (in Belarusian) (4-е выд., дап. ed.). Радыё Свабодная Эўропа / Радыё Свабода - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. pp. 184–185.
^ "Вітушка Сяргей" [Siaržuk Vituška]. slounik.org (in Belarusian). Retrieved 2022-01-11.
^ Тамаш Зан: Мілы Богу і людзям, вечны выгнаннік і пілігрым (Tomasz Zan: Dear to God and people, eternal exile and pilgrim) (in Belarusian)