Ushachy 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 R ...
in the
Vitebsk Region.
Notable residents
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Ryhor Baradulin
Ryhor Janavič Baradulin ( Belarusian: Рыго́р Янавіч Бараду́лін; 24 February 1935 – 2 March 2014) was a Belarusian poet, essayist and translator.
Biography
Ryhor Baradulin was born in 1935 in Vierasoŭka ( be, Вера ...
(1935, Verasoǔka village – 2014), Belarusian poet, essayist and translator
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Vasíl Býkaŭ (1924, Byčki village – 2003), prominent Belarusian writer
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Chaim Zhitlowsky (1865,
Ushachy Ushachy ( be, Ушачы, russian: Ушачи) is a town, the capital of the Ushachy Raion, Vitsebsk Voblast, Belarus.
The city is located 101 kilometers west of Vitebsk
Vitebsk or Viciebsk (russian: Витебск, ; be, Ві́цебск, ; ...
– 1943), Jewish philosopher, writer, and
Yiddishist
References
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Districts of Vitebsk Region