Belarus, Hrodzienskaja voblasć, Astraviecki rajon

Astravyets District ( be, Астраве́цкі раён, russian: link=no, Острове́цкий райо́н) – a district (rajon) in

Grodno Region Grodno Region ( pl, Grodzieńszczyzna) or Grodno Oblast or Hrodna Voblasts ( be, Гродзенская вобласць, ''Hrodzienskaja vobłasć'', , ''Haradzienščyna''; russian: Гродненская область, ''Grodnenskaya oblast' ...

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 administrative center is Astravyets.

History

1940, January 15 – established Astravyets district in the Vileika region. 1941, June 22 –

Luftwaffe The ''Luftwaffe'' () was the aerial-warfare branch of the German ''Wehrmacht'' before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the ''Luftstreitkräfte'' of the Imperial Army and the '' Marine-Fliegerabtei ...

bombed the airfield in Mikhalishki. 1941, June 27 – district was occupied by German troops. 1944, July 3 – soviet partisans liberated Astravyets. 1944, July 7 – territory of the Astravyets district was completely liberated. 1944, September 9 – Astravyets district becomes part of

Molodechno Region russian: Молодечненская область , conventional_long_name = Maladzyechna Voblast , common_name = Maladzyechna , subdivision = Voblast , nation = Byelorussian SSR , year_start ...

. 1960, January 20 – Astravyets district becomes part of

. 1991, August 25 – district is becomes part of Republic of Belarus. 2007, June 14 — By the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus No. 279 the heraldic symbols of the town of Ostrovets and the Ostrovets district. 2011 — Beginning of construction of the

Belarusian nuclear power plant The Astravets Nuclear Power Plant (also called the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant or Ostrovets Nuclear Power Plant) is a nuclear power plant located in the Astravyets District, Grodno Region in north-western Belarus. The power plant is built clos ...

in the Ostrovets district. 2012 – Astravyets received the status of the city.

Administrative device

Astravyets district is divided into 9 village soviets: * Vornyansky village soviet * Gherviatsky village soviet * Gudogaysky village soviet * Mihalishkovskiy village soviet * Astravyets village soviet * Podolsky village soviet * Rytan village soviet * Spondovo village soviet * Trokenik village soviet

Notable residents

* Adam Maldzis (1932, Rasoly village - 2022), Belarusian historian, literary critic and scholar

References

External links

Ostrovets regional executive committee (Official site)

Нistory of Ostrovets District

Newspaper "Ostrovetskaya Pravda" (Official site)
Districts of Grodno Region {{Belarus-geo-stub