Maladzyechna District ( be, Маладзечанскі раён, ''Maładziečanski rajon'') 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 R ...
. The capital of the town is
Maladziečna
Maladzyechna ( be, Маладзе́чна, Maladziečna, ; russian: Молоде́чно, Molodechno; pl, Mołodeczno) is a city in the Minsk Region of Belarus, an administrative centre of the Maladzyechna District (and formerly of the Maladzyech ...
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Geography
;Main settlements
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Maladzyechna
Maladzyechna ( be, Маладзе́чна, Maladziečna, ; russian: Молоде́чно, Molodechno; pl, Mołodeczno) is a city in the Minsk Region of Belarus, an administrative centre of the Maladzyechna District (and formerly of the Maladzyech ...
(94,282)
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Radashkovichy
Radashkovichy ( be, Радашко́вічы, russian: Радошкóвичи, pl, Radoszkowicze, lt, Radaškonys) - is a town in the Maladzyechna District of Minsk Region, Belarus.
A watershed of the Vileyka-Minsk water system is located in t ...
(5,789)
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Chist
Chist ( be, Чысць; russian: Чисть) is a settlement located in Maladzyechna District, Minsk Region, Belarus. The population is 5,422 (2010 estimate).
History
Chist was founded in 1955 as a work settlement attached to the local peat min ...
(5,422)
Notable residents
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Mikola Abramchyk (1903, Syčavičy village - 1970), Belarusian politician and president of the
Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic
The Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic ( be, Рада Беларускай Народнай Рэспублікі, Рада БНР, Rada BNR) was the governing body of the Belarusian Democratic Republic. Since 1919, the Rada BNR has bee ...
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Janka Kupała (1882, Viazynka estate – 1942), Belarusian poet and writer
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Symon Rak-Michajłoŭski (1885, Maksimaŭka village - 1938), Belarusian politician and member of the
Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic
The Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic ( be, Рада Беларускай Народнай Рэспублікі, Рада БНР, Rada BNR) was the governing body of the Belarusian Democratic Republic. Since 1919, the Rada BNR has bee ...
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Siaržuk Vituška (1965, Čyść - 2012), prominent figure of the Belarusian independence movement in the late Soviet period, historian, columnist and writer
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Tomasz Zan
Tomasz Zan (21 December 1796 Miasata, Vileysky Uyezd, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire (now Belarus) – 19 July 1855 Kakoŭčyna, Orsha, Russian Empire), was a Polish and Belarusian poet and activist.
Biography
He was born on 21 December 179 ...
(1796, Miasata village – 1855), poet and activist
[Тамаш Зан: Мілы Богу і людзям, вечны выгнаннік і пілігрым (Tomasz Zan: Dear to God and people, eternal exile and pilgrim]
(in Belarusian)
References
Districts of Minsk Region
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