Grodno District or Hrodna District ( be, Гродзенскі раён; russian: Гродненский район) is a district (
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 c ...
) of
Grodno Region
Grodno Region ( pl, Grodzieńszczyzna) or Grodno Oblast or Hrodna Voblasts ( be, Гродзенская вобласць, ''Hrodzienskaja vobłasć'', , ''Haradzienščyna''; russian: Гродненская область, ''Grodnenskaya oblast' ...
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 ...
.
The administrative center is
Grodno
Grodno (russian: Гродно, pl, Grodno; lt, Gardinas) or Hrodna ( be, Гродна ), is a city in western Belarus. The city is located on the Neman River, 300 km (186 mi) from Minsk, about 15 km (9 mi) from the Polish b ...
, which, however, does not form part of the district.
Notable residents
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Andżelika Borys
Andżelika Czesławowna Borys ( be, Анжаліка Борыс; born 14 October 1973) is a Polish activist in Belarus. She was born in Grabyani - Hrodna district. She is the leader of the Union of Poles in Belarus.
Borys competed in bowling in ...
(born 1973), Polish activist in Belarus
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Tadevuš Kandrusievič (born 1946,
Adelsk), Belarusian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Minsk–Mohilev from 2007 to 2021
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Makar Kraŭcoŭ (1891-1939), participant in the Belarusian independence movement, writer and a victim of Stalin's purges who authored the lyrics of "
Vajacki marš" (a popular patriotic song)
Kraŭcoŭ, Makar
slounik.org. Accessed 13 August 2022.
References
Districts of Grodno Region
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