Malaryta () or Malorita ( Russian: Малори́та, pl, Małoryta) is a city in the southwest part of Brest Region, Belarus. It is the administrative centre of

Malaryta District Malaryta District is an administrative subdivision, a raion of Brest Region, in Belarus. Its administrative center is Malaryta.

. The name of the city comes from the Ryta river.

History

Within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Malaryta was part of

Brest Litovsk Voivodeship Brest Litovsk Voivodeship ( Belarusian: ''Берасьцейскае ваяводзтва'', Polish: ''Województwo brzeskolitewskie'') was a unit of administrative territorial division and a seat of local government (voivode) within the Grand ...

. In 1795, Malaryta was acquired by the Russian Empire as a result of the Third Partition of Poland. From 1921 until 1939, Malaryta (''Małoryta'') was part of the

Second Polish Republic The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 1918 and 1939. The state was established on 6 November 1918, before the end of ...

. In September 1939, Malaryta was occupied by the Red Army and, on 14 November 1939, incorporated into the

Byelorussian SSR The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; be, Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; russian: Белор� ...

. From 22 June 1941 until 20 July 1944, Malaryta was occupied by Nazi Germany and administered as a part of the Generalbezirk Wolhynien-Podolien of Reichskommissariat Ukraine.

Born in Malaryta

Leonid Taranenko Leonid Arkadevich Taranenko (russian: Леонид Аркадьевич Тараненко, born June 13, 1956) is a former Soviet/ Belarusian weightlifter and coach. His 266 kg clean and jerk in 1988 was the heaviest lift in competition fo ...

Barys Pukhouski Barys Pukhouski ( be, Барыс Пухоўскі; born 3 January 1987) is a Belarusian handball player for RK Vojvodina RK Vojvodina () is a Serbian handball club based in Novi Sad. They compete in the Serbian Handball Super League. Histo ...

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* Cities in Belarus Populated places in Brest Region Brest Litovsk Voivodeship Brestsky Uyezd Polesie Voivodeship Malaryta District {{Belarus-geo-stub