Chashniki District, or Čašniki 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,
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 ...
.
Lake Lukomlskoye
Lake Lukomlskoye or Lukoml Lake ( be, Лукомскае возера or Лукомальскае возера, russian: Лукомльское озеро) is a lake in the Chashniki district, Vitsebsk Voblast, of Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alter ...
, the fourth largest lake in the country is situated here.
Notable residents
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Wasyl Ciapiński
Wasyl Ciapiński ( be, Vasil Ciapinski (Васіль Мікалаевіч Цяпінскі-Амельяновіч); pl, Wasyl Ciapiński, Omelianowicz; russian: Vasily Tyapinski) (1540s in Vitebsk Voivodeship – c. 1604) was a Belarusian-Lithu ...
(c. 1430/1540s, Ciapina village – c. 1599/1600), Belarusian-Lithuanian noble, humanist, educator, writer, publisher and translator from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania known for translating the Bible into the Belarusian language
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Uladzimyer Prakulevich
Uladzimyer (Uladzimir) Prakulevich ( be, Уладзімер Пракулевіч, 1887 – August 20, 1938) was a Belarusian politician, writer and lawyer.
Education
He graduated from the University of Moscow in 1912. During his studies Prakul ...
(1887, Krasnaluki village – 1938), Belarusian politician, writer and lawyer, victim of
Stalin’s purges[ПРАКУЛЕВІЧ Уладзімір Міхайлавіч (Prakulevich Uladzimir Mikhaylavich)]
in Belarusian)
References
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Districts of Vitebsk Region