Lyepyel 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

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in the

Vitebsk Region Vitebsk Region or Vitebsk Oblast or Viciebsk Voblasts ( be, Ві́цебская во́бласць, ''Viciebskaja voblasć'', ; rus, Ви́тебская о́бласть, Vitebskaya oblast, ˈvʲitʲɪpskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a region ( oblas ...

. The 19th Guards Mechanized Brigade is located as of 2012 in Zaslonovo, a few kilometres west of Lyepyel. Today this district is famous for its health resorts surrounded by lakes and forest. The largest lake among them is Lyepyelskoye.

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