Chavusy District ( be, Чавускі раён, russian: Чаусский район, Chaussky 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 ...
(
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 town of
Chavusy
Chaussy, Chavusy or Chausy ( be, Чавусы; pl, Czausy; russian: Чаусы; Belarusian Latin alphabet, Łacinka: Čavusy) is a town in the eastern Belarusian Region of Mogilev Region, Mogilev. Chavusy serves as an administrative center of C ...
. As of 2009, its population was 21,242. Population of Chavusy accounts for 50.3% of the district's population.
Notable residents
Ivan Nasovič (1788 - 1877), author of the
first dictionary of the modern Belarusian language.
The 230th anniversary of Ivan Nosovich". National Library of Belarus
References
Districts of Mogilev Region
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