Dobrush District, Dobrušski Rajon ( be, Добрушскі раён) is a
district
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of
Gomel Region
Gomel Region or Gomel Oblast or Homiel Voblasts ( be, Го́мельская во́бласць, Homielskaja vobłasć, russian: Гомельская область, Gomelskaya oblast) is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center i ...
, in
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 capital is
Dobrush
Dobrush ( be, Добруш, , russian: Добруш, pl, Dobrusz) is a town within the Gomel Region of Belarus. It is located on the Iput River. Mentioned for the first time in 1335.
Dobruš is governed by a Regional Executive Committee, the c ...
and the uninhabited
Russia
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n exclave
Sankovo-Medvezhye is situated here.
Administrative Divisions
The Dobrush District is divided into 14 village council regions (Selsovets).
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Borschovsky
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Ivakovsky
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Kormyansky
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Krugovets-Kalininsky
*
Krupetsky
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Kuzminichsky
*
Leninist
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*
Nosovichsky
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Pererostovsky
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Rassvetovsky
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Terekhovsky
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Usoho-Budsky
*
Utevsky
*
Zhgunsky
Notable residents
* Cimoch Vostrykaǔ (in Belarusian Цімох Вострыкаў) (1922,
Barščoŭka village - 2007), member of the anti-Soviet resistance, representative of the
Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic
The Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic ( be, Рада Беларускай Народнай Рэспублікі, Рада БНР, Rada BNR) was the governing body of the Belarusian Democratic Republic. Since 1919, the Rada BNR has bee ...
, a
Gulag
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prisoner
Цімох Вострыкаў (Cimoch Vostrykaǔ)
in Belarusian)(
References
External links
Official site of regional executive committee
Districts of Gomel Region
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