Khoiniki District or Chojnicki Rajon ( be, Хойніцкі раён, russian: Хойникский район) 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 ...
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 administrative seat is the town of
Hoiniki
Khoiniki ( be, Хойнікі, ; russian: Хойники; pl, Chojniki) is a town in Gomel Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Khoiniki District
In 1986, the area around Khoiniki experienced heavy radioactive Nuclear fallo ...
.
Geography
The district includes the town of Hoiniki, 8 rural councils (''Selsovets''), and several villages. Following the
1986 Chernobyl disaster
The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the No. 4 nuclear reactor, reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainia ...
, it is partially included in the
Polesie State Radioecological Reserve.
Notable residents
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Jazep Haŝkevič (Iosif Goshkevich) (1814, Straličaǔ – 1875), diplomat and Orientalist
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Ivan Melezh
Ivan Melezh (Belarusian: Іван Паўлавіч Мележ; 8 February 1921, Hlinischy, Homiel Voblast — 9 August 1976, Minsk) was a Belarusian writer of fiction and drama.
Biography
He was born to a peasant family. In 1939, he entered th ...
(1921, Hlinišča – 1976), writer, playwright and publicist
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Fyodar Stravinsky (1843, Novy Dvor (Aleksičy) – 1902), opera singer and actor
[ Vasil Kushner. Fedor Stravinsky (1843-1902). // Famous names of the Fatherland. Issue two. - Minsk: Belarusian Cultural Foundation, 2003. P. 348 (Кушнер Васіль. Фёдар Стравінскі (1843—1902). // Славутыя імёны Бацькаўшчыны. Выпуск другі. — Мінск: Беларускі фонд культуры, 2003. С. 348)(In Belarusian)]
See also
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Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
References
External links
Districts of Gomel Region
Polesie State Radioecological Reserve
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