Lahoysk District ( be, Лаго́йскi раён,
pronounced ʌˈɣɔɪskɪ rʌɪon russian: Логойский район, English: Logoisk District) is a second-level administrative subdivision (
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
Minsk Region
Minsk Region or Minsk Oblast or Minsk Voblasts ( be, Мі́нская во́бласць, ''Minskaja voblasć'' ; russian: Минская о́бласть, ''Minskaya oblast'') is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is Minsk ...
,
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 ...
. Its capital is the city of
Lahoysk
Lahoysk ( be, Лаго́йск, Lahojsk, ; russian: link=no, Лого́йск, pl, Łohojsk) is a city in the Minsk Region of Belarus and the administrative center of Lahoysk District.
History
First chronicled in 1078, Lahoysk was the centr ...
.
Notable residents
* Belarusian Jewish writer
Źmitrok Biadula(1886 - 1941) was born in this area (Pasadžec village)
*
Nil Hilevich (1931, Slabada village – 2016), Belarusian poet
Poet Nil Hilevich dies at 84
See also
* Khatyn massacre
Khatyn ( be, Хаты́нь, Chatyń, ; russian: Хаты́нь, ) was a village of 26 houses and 157 inhabitants in Belarus, in Lahoysk Raion, Minsk Region, 50 km away from Minsk. On 22 March 1943, almost the entire population of the vil ...
References
Districts of Minsk Region
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