Miory 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
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 ...
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 ...
.
Notable residents
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Ceslaus Sipovich
Ceslaus Sipovich ( be, Чэслаў Сіповіч, Łacinka: Česłaǔ Sipovič) (December 8, 1914 – October 4, 1981) was a bishop of the Belarusian Greek Catholic Church and a notable Belarusian émigré social and religious leader.
Earl ...
(1914 – October 4, 1981), bishop of the
Belarusian Greek Catholic Church and a notable Belarusian émigré social and religious leader.
[Nadson, Alexander (2007). ]
Ceslaus Sipovich : the first Belarusian Catholic Bishop in the 20th century (1914-1981
''. Minsk: Technalohija. .
References
{{Vitsebsk Voblast
Districts of Vitebsk Region