Narach pl, Kobylnik, lt, Naročius) is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in
Myadzyel District
Myadzel District ( be, Мядзельскі раён, ''Miadzielski rajon'') is a second-level administrative subdivision (raion) of the Minsk Region, Belarus. Its capital is the town of Myadzyel. Four of the main lakes of Belarus are situated in ...
,
Minsk Region,
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 ...
, by the
Lake Narach
Lake Narach ( be, На́рач, ''Narač'' ; russian: На́рочь, ''Naročj''; lt, Narutis, pl, Narocz) is a lake in north-western Belarus ( Myadzyel District, Minsk Region), located in the basin of the Viliya river. It is the largest lake ...
.
It was earlier known as the village of Kobylnik or Kobylniki.
It is the birthplace of
Maria Kaczyńska
Maria Helena Kaczyńska (; ; 21 August 1942 – 10 April 2010) was the First Lady of Poland from 2005 to 2010 as the wife of President Lech Kaczyński. She and her husband died in the plane crash in the Russian city of Smolensk.
Early and per ...
, who was the
First Lady of Poland
First Lady of the Republic of Poland is an informal designation customarily applied to the wife of the president of the Republic of Poland (as so far all Polish presidents have been male). The First Lady does not hold a constitutional position and ...
from 2005 until her death in 2010.
Religion
Churches
*
Church of Saint Andrew Babola
References
Villages in Belarus
Populated places in Minsk Region
Myadzyel District
Sventsyansky Uyezd
Wilno Voivodeship (1926–1939)
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