Smarhon' District ( be, Смаргонскі раён) is 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' ...
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 ...
. As of the
2009 census the population was 55,296.
The administrative center is
Smarhon’.
Main sights
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Ahinski Manor in Zaliessie
The Ogiński family, Ahinski Manor ( be, Сядзіба Агінскіх у Залесьсі) is an early-nineteenth-century country house located in the village of Zaliessie (also Zalesse), Smarhon District, Smarhon district in Belarus.
Early ...
Notable residents
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Adam Stankievič
Adam Stankievič ( be, Адам Станкевіч, pl, Adam Stankiewicz, January 6, 1882 – November 29, 1949) was a Belarusian Roman Catholic priest, politician and writer. Stankievič was one of ideologists of the Belarusian Christian democr ...
(1882, Arlianiaty village – 1949), Belarusian Roman Catholic priest, politician and writer, a
Gulag
The Gulag, an acronym for , , "chief administration of the camps". The original name given to the system of camps controlled by the GPU was the Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps (, )., name=, group= was the government agency in ...
prisoner
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Jan Stankievič
Jan (Janka) Stankievič (also called Ian Stankevich, be, Ян Станкевіч, pl, Jan Stankiewicz; 26 November 1891 – 16 August 1976) was a Belarusian politician, Nazi collaborator, linguist, historian and philosopher.
Biography
Jan S ...
(1891, Arlianiaty village – 1976), Belarusian politician, linguist, historian and philosopher
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Antoni Leszczewicz
Antoni Leszczewicz ( be, Антоній Ляшчэвіч, translit=Antonij Liaščevič; 30 September 1890 – 18 February 1943) was a Polish-Belarusian Marian Father and Roman Catholic priest. He was a missionary in China for two decades in th ...
(1890, Abramaǔščyna –1943), beautified Marian Father and Roman Catholic priest, victim of the Nazis
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Andrei Tsikota
Archmandrite Andrei Tsikota MIC ( be, Андрэй Цікота, Andrej Cikota, pl, Andrzej Cikoto, also Andrew Cikoto; , Belarusian priest, 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 ...
and a victim of the
Gulag
The Gulag, an acronym for , , "chief administration of the camps". The original name given to the system of camps controlled by the GPU was the Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps (, )., name=, group= was the government agency in ...
Андрэй Цікота: святар, які ламаў стэрэатыпы [Andrei Tsikota: a priest who broke stereotypes
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References
Smarhon District,
Districts of Grodno Region
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