Klichaw District ( be, Клічаўскі раён, russian: Кличевский район, Klichevsky 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
Klichaw
Klichaw ( be, Клічаў; russian: Кличев, Klichev; pl, Kliczew) is a town in Mogilev Region, Belarus. It is located in the southwest of the region and serves as the administrative center of Klichaw District. As of 2009, its population w ...
. As of 2009, its population was 17,246. Population of Klichaw accounts for 43.6% of the district's population.
Notable residents
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Ignacy Hryniewiecki (1855, Basin hamlet (now Kalinaǔka village) - 1881), member of the revolutionary society
Narodnaya Volya who assassinated
Tsar Alexander II of Russia
Alexander II ( rus, Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ; 29 April 181813 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finlan ...
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Arkadź Smolič
Arkadź Smolič (also spelled Arkadzi Smolich, ; 29 September 1891 - 17 June 1938) was an academic, active participant of the Belarusian independence movement and a victim of Stalin's purges.
Biography
Arkadź Smolicz, white Аркадзь А ...
(1891, Bacevičy village - 1938), Belarusian academic, active participant of the Belarusian independence movement and a victim of Stalin's purges
Smolič Arkadź
References
Districts of Mogilev Region
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