Byalynichy District ( be, Бялыніцкі раён, russian: Белыничский район, Belynichsky raion) is a
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
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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
Mogilev Region
Mogilev Region or Mogilev Oblast or Mahiliow Voblasts ( be, link=no, Магілёўская вобласць; ''Mahiloŭskaja voblasć''; russian: link=no, Могилёвская область; ''Mogilyovskaya Oblast''), 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 ...
, the administrative center is the urban-type settlement of
Byalynichy Byalynichy ( be, Бялынічы, ; rus, Белыничи, Belynichi, pl, Białynicze) is a city and administrative center of Byalynichy District of Mogilev Region in Belarus.
Among other things, the town is known for the icon Our Lady of Byalyn ...
. As of 2009, its population was 21,839. Population of Byalynichy accounts for 48.9% of the district's population.
Notable residents
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Vitold Byalynitsky-Birulya
Vitold Kaetanovich Byalynitsky-Birulya ( be, Вітольд Каэтанавіч Бялыніцкі-Біруля, russian: Вито́льд Каэта́нович Бялыни́цкий-Бируля́; in Krynki, (now Byalynichy District), Mogil ...
(1872, Krynki village – 1957) - Belarusian landscape painter
References
Districts of Mogilev Region
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