Kamenets District ( be, Камянецкі раён, russian: Каменецкий район) is a
district
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(
raion
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) 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
Kamenets.
Geography
In Kamenets District in few kilometers to the South-West from Vysokaye town on the Bug River the western extreme point of Belarus is situated.
Demographics
At the time of the
Belarus Census (2009) The Belarus Census of 2009 was the second census in Belarus after it became an independent state after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The census was carried out during October 14–24, 2009. The initial results are to be announced by Februar ...
, Kamenets District had a population of 39,143. Of these, 83.2% were of
Belarusian, 7.4%
Ukrainian
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* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
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, 6.7%
Russian and 1.7%
Polish ethnicity. 52.1% spoke
Russian and 43.0%
Belarusian as their native language.
Notable residents
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Usievalad Ihnatoŭski (1881, Takary village - 1931), Belarusian politician, scholar and the first president of the
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) ( be, Нацыянальная акадэмія навук Беларусі, russian: Национальная академия наук Беларуси, НАН Беларуси, НАНБ) is ...
*
Romuald Traugutt (1826, Šastakova village – 1864), general and war hero best known for commanding the
January Uprising of 1863Імёны Свабоды: Рамуальд Траўгу (The Names of Freedom: Romuald Traugutt)
(in Belarusian)
References
Districts of Brest Region
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