Braslaw District is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

in the

Vitebsk Region Vitebsk Region or Vitebsk Oblast or Viciebsk Voblasts ( be, Ві́цебская во́бласць, ''Viciebskaja voblasć'', ; rus, Ви́тебская о́бласть, Vitebskaya oblast, ˈvʲitʲɪpskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a region (oblast ...

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

. Its administrative centre is

Braslaw Braslaw or Braslav ( be, Браслаў, Braslaŭ; russian: Браслав, Braslav) is a town in the Vitebsk Region of Belarus, an administrative center of the Braslaw District. History The town was first mentioned in 1065 as a castle in the b ...

. Braslau Raion is famous for its numerous lakes. The National Park and popular tourist region

Braslau Lakes Braslaw Lakes ( be, Браслаўскія азёры, tr. ''Braslawskiya azyory''; rus, Браславские озёра, Braslavskiye ozyora) is one of the four national parks in Belarus. The national park was set up in September 1995. It ...

is situated here. The largest lakes are

Dryvyaty Dryvyaty ( be, Дрывя́ты, lt, Druvetas, pl, Drywiaty) – is a lake in Braslaw District, Vitebsk Region, in Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; ...

(the fifth largest in Belarus),

Snudy Lake Snudy ( be, Снуды́, lt, Snudai) is a freshwater lake in the Braslaw District of Vitebsk Region, northern Belarus, the second largest in the group of Braslaw Lakes and 9th largest in Belarus. References Snudy Braslaw District< ...

(the ninth largest in Belarus), Strusto (the sixteenth largest in Belarus),

Richi Richi may refer to: *Richi, Iran, a village in Fars Province, Iran *Richi Lake, Belarus, Latvia *Ricardo Pérez de Zabalza Goytre (born 1977), Spanish former football winger *Richi Puspita Dili (born 1989), Indonesian badminton player *Richi Solaima ...

(the seventeenth largest in Belarus).

Notable residents

Alesia Furs Alesia Furs (, née Umpirovič; 11 January 1925 - 19 August 2017) was a member of the Belarusian independence movement and Anti-Soviet resistance and a Gulag prisoner. Early life Alesia Umpirovič was born into a large peasant family in the v ...

(1925, Aziarava village - 2017), member of the Belarusian independence movement and Anti-Soviet resistance and a Gulag prisoner. * Tomasz Wawrzecki (1753, Mejšty estate –1816), politician and military commanderТамаш Ваўжэцкі (Tomasz Wawrzecki)
in Belarusian)

References

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