Baranavichy District is a
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...
of
Brest Region
Brest Region or Brest Oblast or Brest Voblasts ( be, Брэ́сцкая во́бласць ''(Bresckaja vobłasć)''; russian: Бре́стская о́бласть (''Brestskaya Oblast)'') is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative cen ...
, in
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 ...
. Its administrative center is
Baranavichy.
Demographics
At the time of the
Belarus Census (2009), Baranavichy District had a population of 41,902. Of these, 86.9% were of
Belarusian, 5.9%
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...
, 5.2%
Russian
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including:
*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
and 1.1%
Ukrainian ethnicity. 81.6% spoke
Belarusian and 16.6%
Russian
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including:
*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
as their native language.
Notable residents
Adam Mickiewicz
Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (; 24 December 179826 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. A principal figure in Polish Ro ...
(1798,
Zavosse
Zavosse ( Belarusian: ''Завоссе, Завосьсе''; Russian: ''Заосье ''; Polish: ''Zaosie''; lt, Zaosė) is a village in Belarus, in the Baranavichy Raion of Brest Region.
The village was the site of the farm and manor house be ...
village – 1855), poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist and translator
Jan (Ivan) Sierada (1879, Zadzveja village — 1943), Belarusian statesman, writer, first president of the
Belarusian Democratic RepublicBaranavichy Activists Revive Memory of Ivan Serada
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References
Districts of Brest Region
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