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Pinsk Voblast
Pinsk Region (Pinsk Voblast, be, Пінская вобласць, russian: Пинская Область) was a territorial unit in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic created after the annexation of West Belarus into the BSSR in November 1939. The administrative centre of the province was the city of Pinsk, the oblast was founded on 4 December 1939 with 16.3 thousand square km and 533.6 thousand people. The Voblast consisted of 11 raions: * Hantsavitski *Davyd-Haradotski * Drahichynski *Zhabchytski * Ivanauski *Lahishynski *Lyeninski * Luninyetski *Pinski *Stolinski *Cyelyekhanski With four cities: Pinsk, Davyd-Haradok, Luninyets and Stolin On January 8, 1954, due to the administrative reform of the BSSR the Oblast was completely incorporated into the modern Brest Voblast Brest Region or Brest Oblast or Brest Voblasts ( be, Брэ́сцкая во́бласць ''(Bresckaja vobłasć)''; russian: Бре́стская о́бласть (''Brestskaya Oblast)'') is one of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luninets District
Luninets District is an administrative subdivision, a raion of Brest Region, in Belarus. The district seat is Luninets. Demographics At the time of the Belarus Census (2009), Luninets District had a population of 73,200. Of these, 96.2% were of Belarusian, 2.5% Russian and 0.8% Ukrainian ethnicity. 76.8% spoke Belarusian and 21.9% Russian as their native language. Notable residents * Anton Sokał-Kutyłoŭski (1892 (Pieravaloki-Darahišča (renamed Čyrvonaja Horka)) - 1983), active participant in the Belarusian independence movement, a military leader of anti-Soviet resistance in the early 20th century and a Gulag prisoner. * Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Sviatlana Heorhiyeuna Tsikhanouskaya (' Pilipchuk;, , ; russian: Светлана Георгиевна Тихановская, , Svetlana Georgiyevna Tikhanovskaya, , , born 11 September 1982) is a Belarusian educator and the leader of the Bel ... (b.1982, Mikashevichy), Belarusian human rights activist and politician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brest Voblast
Brest Region or Brest Oblast or Brest Voblasts ( be, Брэ́сцкая во́бласць ''(Bresckaja vobłasć)''; russian: Бре́стская о́бласть (''Brestskaya Oblast)'') is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is Brest. Important cities within the region include: Brest, Baranavichy, and Pinsk. Geography It is located in the southwestern part of Belarus, bordering the Podlasie and Lublin voivodeships of Poland on the west, the Volyn Oblast and Rivne Oblast of Ukraine on the south, the Grodno Region and Minsk Region on the north, and Gomel Region on the east. The region covers a total area of 32,800 km², about 15.7% of the national total. Kamenets District of Brest Region in few kilometers to the South-West from Vysokaye town on the Bug River the western extreme point of Belarus is situated. 2.7% of the territory are covered with Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park, 9.8% are covered with 17 wildlife preserves of national importance. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stolin
Stolin ( be, Сто́лін; uk, Сто́лін; russian: Сто́лин; pl, Stolin; Yiddish/Hebrew: סטולין) is a town in the Stolin District in Brest Region of Belarus. It is the centre of the largest district in Brest Region. The population is 10,491 people (2012). The Belarusian-Ukrainian border is about away, so Stolin is now a border city that hosts many Ukrainians on market days. Russian speech is common here, but villagers prefer their own dialects that are akin partly to the Belarusian language, partly the Ukrainian language. History Stolin grew up at the heart of the Polesia region on the Haryn River, at the crossroads of two important routes, one leading northwards to Pinsk, two others eastwards to Davyd-Haradok and Turaŭ, that are now in Belarus, southwards to Sarny and Kyiv, that are now in Ukraine. Archaeological evidence suggests that the area which Stolin now occupies, was settled as far back as the 12th century AD. The first mention of Stolin dates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luninyets
Luninets ( be, Лунінец, russian: Лунине́ц, pl, Łuniniec, lt, Luninecas, yi, לונינייץ, Luninitz BGN/PCGN romanization: ''Luninyets'') is a town and administrative centre for the Luninets district in Brest Region, Belarus. It has a population of some 24,000, and is immediately east of the Pinsk district within Brest. It is home to Luninets air base. History Luninets is said to be mentioned in print sources dating to 1540. Within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, it was part of Nowogródek Voivodeship. In 1793, the town was acquired by the Russian Empire in the course of the Second Partition of Poland. In 1888, while under Russian sovereignty, a railway junction was built in Luninets, linking it by rail to Warsaw, Rivne, Vilna and Homel, and a proper railroad station was added in 1905. Luninets became part of the Second Polish Republic in 1921 following the Polish-Soviet War. In September 1939, Luninets was occupied by the Red Army and, on 14 November 1939 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davyd-Haradok
Davyd-Haradok ( be, Давыд-Гарадок, ; russian: Давид-Городок, pl, Dawidgródek) is a city in the southwestern Belarusian voblast (province) of Brest. It has 5991 inhabitants (2021 estimate). History Within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Davyd-Haradok was part of Brest Litovsk Voivodeship. In 1793, Davyd-Haradok was acquired by the Russian Empire in the course of the Second Partition of Poland. The 18 March 1921 Peace of Riga between Poland on one side and Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine on the other defined Davyd-Haradok (Dawidgródek) as part of Poland in the interwar period. The USSR retook the town in 1939. In 1940, more than a third of the total population was Jewish, 4,350 Jews. During World War II, Davyd-Haradok was under German occupation from 7 July 1941 until 9 July 1944. On 10 August 1941, 3,000 Jews older than 14 years old were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen unit consisting of Germans and their collaborators. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stolin District
Stolin District or Stolinski Rayon (; ) is district (''raion'') in the southeast of the Brest Region, Belarus. Its administrative center is in the city of Stolin. The region has a population of 89,000 people, of which 26,300 people live in urban areas. History It was established on January 15, 1940. Geography The Stolin raion covers 3342 km2. and borders the country of Ukraine to its south. Demographics At the time of the Belarus Census (2009), Stolin Raion had a population of 80,695. Of these, 97.3% were of Belarusian, 1.2% Russian and 0.9% Ukrainian ethnicity. 83.2% spoke Belarusian and 14.7% Russian as their native language. Administrative Divisions The district is subdivided into 2 cities and 19 village councils, which administer a total of 97 settlements (1 urban and 96 rural). The two cities are Stolin, the administrative center of the district, and Davyd-Haradok. There is one urban-class village, Rechytsa, which is classified as a worker settlement. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinsk District
Pinsk District is an administrative subdivision, a raion of Brest Region, in Belarus. Its administrative center is Pinsk. Demographics At the time of the Belarus Census (2009), Pinsk District had a population of 51,997. Of these, 92.2% were of Belarusian, 2.6% Russian, 2.6% Ukrainian and 1.6% Polish ethnicity. 70.7% spoke Belarusian and 26.0% Russian as their native language. Pinsk district in literature Pinskaja Šliachta insk Nobilityby Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich (1866) Notable residents Raman Skirmunt Raman (Roman) Skirmunt ( be, Раман Скірмунт; 7 May 1868 – 7 October 1939) was a Belarusian and Polesian statesman, aristocrat and landlord. Patron, significant landowner, vice-chairman (1907-1917, 1918-?) of the Minsk Agricultu ... (1868, Parečča village – 1939), politician, supporter of the Belarusian independence movement References External links Photos on Radzima.org Districts of Brest Region {{Belarus-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivanava District
Ivanava District is an administrative subdivision, a raion of Brest Region, in Belarus. Its administrative center is Ivanava Ivanava ( be, Іванава, russian: Иваново, pl, Janów Poleski, he, יאנוב/ינוב על יד פינסק) is a city in the Brest Region of Belarus, an administrative center of the Ivanava district. History First mentioned in the .... Demographics At the time of the Belarus Census (2009), 2009 census, Ivanava District had a population of 43,586. Of these, 95.5% declared Belarusians, Belarusian, 2.2% Ukrainians, Ukrainian and 1.8% Russians, Russian. 80.9% spoke Belarusian language, Belarusian and 17.0% Russian language, Russian as their native language. Settlements *Moładava Notable residents * Napoleon Orda (1807-1883), artist known for numerous sketches of historical sites of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; be, Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; russian: Белорусская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Byelorusskaya Sovyetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika or russian: links=no, Белорусская ССР, Belorusskaya SSR), also commonly referred to in English as Byelorussia, was a republic of the Soviet Union (USSR). It existed between 1920 and 1922, and from 1922 to 1991 as one of fifteen constituent republics of the USSR, with its own legislation from 1990 to 1991. The republic was ruled by the Communist Party of Byelorussia and was also referred to as Soviet Byelorussia or Soviet Belarus by a number of historians. Other names for Byelorussia included White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic and Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. To the wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drahichyn District
Drahichyn District is an administrative subdivision, a raion of Brest Region, in Belarus. Its administrative center is Drahichyn. Demographics At the time of the Belarus Census (2009), Drahichyn Raion had a population of 42,948. Of these, 95.1% were of Belarusian, 2.1% Russian and 2.1% Ukrainian ethnicity. 82.1% spoke Belarusian and 16.0% Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ... as their native language. References {{Coord, 52, 11, 27, N, 25, 08, 52, E, region:BY-BR_type:adm2nd_source:kolossus-dewiki, display=title Districts of Brest Region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hantsavichy District
Hantsavichy District is an local government, administrative subdivision, a raion of Brest Region, in Belarus. Its administrative center is Hantsavichy. Demographics At the time of the Belarus Census (2009), Hantsavichy Raion had a population of 31,170. Of these, 95.6% were of Belarusians, Belarusian, 2.2% Russians, Russian, 1.2% Poles, Polish and 0.6% Ukrainians, Ukrainian ethnicity. 90.5% spoke Belarusian language, Belarusian and 8.5% Russian language, Russian as their native language. Hantsavichy District, Districts of Brest Region {{Belarus-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
