Slutsk District ( be, Слу́цкі раён, russian: Слу́цкий райо́н) 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 R ...

in the Minsk Region.

Notable residents

Alena Kish Alena Kish ( be, Але́на Андрэ́еўна Кіш, 1889 or 1896–1949) was a Belarusian primitivist painter from the surroundings of Slutsk. Life Kish earned her living by making carpets for local buyers. She gained attention and r ...

(1889 or 1896, Ramanava (now Lenina) village - 1949), Belarusian primitivist painter * Jurka Listapad (1897, Varkavičy village - 1938), active participant in the Belarusian independence movement and anti-Soviet resistance, publicist and a victim of Stalin's purges of 1937-38. * Mikola (Mikalai) Statkevič (b. 1956, Liadna village), Belarusian politician and political prisoner *

Uladzimier Teraŭski Uladzimier Teraŭski (; 11 November 1871 - 10 November 1938) was a Belarusian composer, choirmaster and a victim of Stalin’s purges. He wrote music to a number of popular Belarusian songs such as Vajacki Marš and Kupalinka. Early years Te ...

(1871, the village of Ramanaŭ (currently known as the village of Lenin) - 1938), Belarusian composer, choirmaster and a victim of Stalin’s purges. He wrote music to a number of popular Belarusian songs such as

Vajacki Marš "Vajacki marš" ( be, Ваяцкі марш, ; "March of the Warriors"), also known by its first line "My vyjdziem ščylnymi radami" ( be, Мы выйдзем шчыльнымі радамі; "Come, We Shall March in Joint Endeavour"), was the n ...

and

Kupalinka Kupalinka is a popular Belarusian song described as a “musical business card of Belarus”. Lyrics The song's lyrical heroine, the Kupala Night Maiden is “weeding a rose, piercing her white hands” and “plucking flowers, weaving wreaths, ...

Маракоў, Леанід. "Рэпрэсаваныя лiтаратары, навукоўцы, работнiкi асветы, грамадскiя i культурныя дзеячы Беларусi. 1794-1991. ТЭРАЎСКІ (ТЕРРАВСКИЙ) Уладзімір" [Repressed writers, scientists, educators, public and cultural figures of Belarus. 1794-1991. Teraŭski Uladzimier
by Leanid Marakou]. www.marakou.by (in Belarusian).

References

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