Slutsk District

District of Minsk Region, Belarus

District in Minsk Region, Belarus

Slutsk District Слуцкий район (Belarusian) Слуцкі раён (Russian)
District
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Coordinates: 53°01′N 27°33′E / 53.017°N 27.550°E / 53.017; 27.550
Country	Belarus
Region	Minsk Region
Administrative center	Slutsk
Area
• Total	1,821 km² (703 sq mi)
Population (2023)^[1]
• Total	86,234
• Density	47/km² (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Slutsk District or Sluck District^[2] (Belarusian: Слуцкі раён; Russian: Слуцкий район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus.^[3] Its administrative center is Slutsk.^[1]

Notable residents

Alena Kish (1889 or 1896, Ramanava (now Lenina) village - 1949), Belarusian primitivist painter^[4]^[5]
Jurka Listapad (1897, Varkavičy village - 1938), active participant in the Belarusian independence movement and anti-Soviet resistance, publicist and a victim of Stalin's purges of 1937–38.^[6]
Mikola Statkevich (b. 1956, Liadna village), Belarusian politician and political prisoner^[7]^[8]
Uladzimier Teraŭski (1871, the village of Ramanaŭ (currently known as the village of Lenin) - 1938), Belarusian composer, choirmaster and a victim of Stalin's purges. He wrote music to a number of popular Belarusian songs such as Vajacki Marš and Kupalinka^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b "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)
^ "2009 Belarusian census" (in Belarusian). belstat.gov.by. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
^ Сьмерць народнай мастачкі — самагубства ці няшчасны выпадак? (The death of a folk artist - was it a suicide or an accident?) (in Belarusian)
^ A song about life in paradise: the intimate art of Elena Kish
^ 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. 178–179.
^ Viasna condemns persecution of opposition leader Statkevich as politically motivated
^ Statkevič not permitted to receive greeting cards (Статкевічу не перадаюць віншавальныя паштоўкі)(in Belarusian)
^ Маракоў, Леанід. "Рэпрэсаваныя літаратары, навукоўцы, работнікі асветы, грамадскія і культурныя дзеячы Беларусі. 1794-1991. ТЭРАЎСКІ (ТЕРРАВСКИЙ) Уладзімір" [Repressed writers, scientists, educators, public and cultural figures of Belarus. 1794-1991. Teraŭski Uladzimier], by Leanid Marakou. www.marakou.by (in Belarusian).