Dzyarzhynsk District is one of the

districts of Belarus Districts of Belarus (raion) are second-level administrative territorial entities of Belarus. In Belarus, raions (russian: район; be, раён, rajonAccording to thInstruction on Latin Transliteration of Geographical Names of the Republic o ...

, located in

Minsk Oblast Minsk Region or Minsk Oblast or Minsk Voblasts ( be, Мі́нская во́бласць, ''Minskaja voblasć'' ; russian: Минская о́бласть, ''Minskaya oblast'') is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is Minsk, ...

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 ...

. The capital of the town is

Dzyarzhynsk Dzyarzhynsk or Dzerzhinsk, formerly Koidanova or Koydanava ( be, Дзяржы́нск, Dziaržynsk, formerly , ; russian: Дзержи́нск, Dzerzhinsk, formerly , ; pl, Kojdanów; yi, קוידאַנאָוו, Koydanov; lt, Kaidanava), in t ...

. In Dzyarzhynsk Raion (Dzerzhinsky district) the highest point of Belarus is situated. It is 345 meters above level sea called Dzerzhinskaya mountain or Dzyarzhynskaya Hara.

Notable residents

Emeryk Hutten-Czapski Emeryk Hutten-Czapski ( be, Эмерык Гутэн-Чапскі), Leliwa coat of arms (17 October 1828 – 23 July 1896) was a Polish Count, scholar, ardent historical collector and numismatist. Hutten-Czapski was born Emeryk Zachariasz Mikołaj ...

(1828–1896), scholar, ardent historical collector and numismatist *

Karol Hutten-Czapski Count Karol Jan Alexander Hutten-Czapski, coat of arms Leliwa (b. 15 of August, 1860 in Stankow, Minsk Governorate , d. 30 January 1904 in Frankfurt am Main) was a Polish philanthropist. He was Mayor of Minsk between 1890 and 1901. Family Karo ...

(1860-1904), businessman and philanthropist, Mayor of

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

between 1890 and 1901 * Mikałaj Ułaščyk (1906, Vickaǔščyna village – 1986), Belarusian historian and archaeologist specialising in medieval history, 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 * Mikola Yermalovich (1921, Malyja Navasiolki – 2000) was a Belarusian writer and historian * Mother of Sergei Glushko, Russian actor, singer and fitness modelТарзан - о своём детстве в Дзержинском районе
arzan about his childhood in Dzyarzhynsk District/ref>

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