Byerastavitsa District
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Byerastavitsa District is an local government, administrative subdivision, a raion of Grodno Region, in Belarus. The Byerastavitsa District was founded from Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union on January 15, 1940, as the Krynki Raion; in 1944, it was renamed to current name. Its capital city is Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa.


Notable residents

* Andrzej Poczobut (born 1973, Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa), Belarusian and Polish journalist and activist, political prisoner


References

Byerastavitsa District, Districts of Grodno Region {{Belarus-geo-stub