Byerastavitsa District is an
administrative
Administration may refer to:
Management of organizations
* Management, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal
** Administrative Assistant, traditionally known as a Secretary, or also known as an administrative officer, administ ...
subdivision, 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 ...
of
Grodno Region
Grodno Region ( pl, Grodzieńszczyzna) or Grodno Oblast or Hrodna Voblasts ( be, Гродзенская вобласць, ''Hrodzienskaja vobłasć'', , ''Haradzienščyna''; russian: Гродненская область, ''Grodnenskaya oblast' ...
, 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 ...
.
The Byerastavitsa District was founded from
Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union on January 15, 1940, as the
Krynki Raion; in 1944, it was renamed to current name.
Its capital city is
Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa.
Notable residents
*
Andrzej Poczobut (born 1973,
Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa), Belarusian and Polish journalist and activist, political prisoner
References
Districts of Grodno Region
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