Rasony District (Belarusian: Расонскі раён; Russian: Россонский район) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk Region in Belarus.[2] The administrative center of the district is Rasony.[1]
Rasony District
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| Coordinates: 55°54′15″N 28°48′53″E / 55.90417°N 28.81472°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Vitebsk Region |
| Administrative center | Rasony |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,924.72 km2 (743.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
| • Total | 8,523 |
| • Density | 4.4/km2 (11/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Lake Neshcharda, the seventh-largest lake in Belarus, is situated in the district.[3]
History
editDuring World War II, Rasony District was a large part of the Belarusian partisans. Led by Pyotr Masherov, the partisan movement in Rasony began in 1941, and continued until Operation Bagration liberated Belarus from Nazi Germany in 1944.[4]
Notable residents
edit- Jan Barszczewski (1797, Mirahi village – 1851), "one of the founders of modern Belarusian literature"[5]
- Hienadz Buraǔkin (1936, Šulacina village – 2014), Belarusian poet, journalist and diplomat[6]
References
edit- ^ 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 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Vitebsk Region" (in Belarusian). vitebsk-region.gov.by. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
- ^ "Main characteristics of the largest lakes of Belarus". Land of Ancestors. Data of the Research Laboratory for Lake Study of the Belarus State University. 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ^ Shutsky, V. P. On the Origins of the Partisan Movement. pp. 96–100.
- ^ "Толькі на адзін тыдзень у Мінску адкрылася ўнікальная выстава "Ян Баршчэўскі, які любіў Бога, прыроду і людзей" (+відэа)" [A unique exhibition "Jan Barszczewski, who loved God, nature and people" opened in Minsk for only one week]. Нацыянальная бібліятэка Беларусі / National Library of Belarus (in Belarusian). Retrieved 2021-09-05.
- ^ У Полацку падрыхтавалі выставу да 85-годзьдзя Генадзя Бураўкіна (An exhibition dedicated to the 85th anniversary of Hienadz Buraǔkin has been arranged in Polack)(in Belarusian)