Vilyeyka District or Viliejka District ( be, Вілейскі раён; russian: Вилейский район) is a
district (
raion) of
Minsk Region in
Belarus. The administrative center of the district is the town of
Vilyeyka
Vilyeyka ( be, Вілейка, Viliejka, ; russian: Вилейка, Vileyka) is a town in Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Vilyeyka District. It is located on the Viliya River, northwest of Minsk. The first his ...
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As of 2024, it has a population of 46,075.
Notable residents
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Janka Filistovič
Janka Filistovič (; 14 January 1926 - approximately 11 November 1953) was an active participant in the Belarusian independence movement and a member of the underground anti-Soviet resistance in Belarus in the 1950s.
Early years
Filistovič wa ...
(1926, Paniacičy village – 1953), active participant in the Belarusian independence movement and a member of the underground anti-Soviet resistance in Belarus in the 1950s.
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Piotra Sych
Piotra Sych ( be, Пятро Сыч or ) (January 18, 1912 – June 20, 1963), was a Belarusian writer and journalist, born in Baturyna, Western Belarus, near Vileyka.
He started his journalistic career in Wilno in 1930's, initially writing for ...
(1912, Baturyna village – 1963) - Belarusian writer and journalist, a
Gulag prisoner
Пётра Сыч (Piotra Sych)
(in Belarusian)
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