Karelichy District ( be, Карэліцкі раён) is a district (rajon) in
Grodno Region
Grodno Region ( pl, Grodzieńszczyzna) or Grodno Oblast or Hrodna Voblasts ( be, Гродзенская вобласць, ''Hrodzienskaja vobłasć'', , ''Haradzienščyna''; russian: Гродненская область, ''Grodnenskaya oblast' ...
of
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
Karelichy
Karelichy ( be, Карэлічы, Kareličy; russian: Коре́личи, ; lt, Koreličiai; pl, Korelicze; yi, קארעליץ, ''Korelitz'') is a town in the Grodno Region of Belarus and the administrative centre of Karelichy District.
The t ...
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Notable residents
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Jan Bułhak
Jan Brunon Bułhak (1876–1950) was an early 20th century photographer in Poland and present-day Belarus and Lithuania. A published theoretician and philosopher of photography, he was an exponent of pictorialism. He is best known for his landsca ...
(1876, Astašyn village –1950), photographer, ethnographer and folklorist
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Ignacy Domeyko
Ignacy Domeyko or Domejko, pseudonym: ''Żegota'' ( es, Ignacio Domeyko, ; 31 July 1802 – 23 January 1889) was a Polish geologist, mineralogist, educator, and founder of the University of Santiago, in Chile. Domeyko spent most of his life, and ...
(1802, Miadzviedka estate – 1889), geologist, mineralogist, educator, and founder of the University of Santiago, in Chile
* Archimandrite
Leo Garoshka
Archimandrite Leo Haroshka, MIC (born Leŭ Jurjevič Haroška, be, Леў Юр’евіч Гарошка, russian: Лев Юрьевич Горошко; 26 February 1911, the village of Traščycy, Hrodna Province, Russian Empire (nowadays Ka ...
(1911, Traščycy village – 1977),
Catholic priest of the Byzantine rite, religious and social activist, researcher of the history of religion in Belarus and anfounder of the
Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library in London.
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Barys Rahula
Barys Rahula ( be, Барыс Рагуля, Boris Ragula, 1 January 1920 – 22 April 2005) was a Belarusian political activist. He served as a military commander with the pro-German Belarusian Home Defence (BKA) during the Second World War. After ...
(1920, Turec village – 2005) was a Belarusian political activist
References
Districts of Grodno Region
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