Novogrudok District ( be, Навагрудскі раён, Наваградзкі раён) - a district (rajon) in the

Grodno Region Grodno Region ( pl, Grodzieńszczyzna) or Grodno Oblast or Hrodna Voblasts ( be, Гродзенская вобласць, ''Hrodzienskaja vobłasć'', , ''Haradzienščyna''; russian: Гродненская область, ''Grodnenskaya oblast' ...

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 R ...

. The administrative center is Novogrudok.

Notable residents

* Fabijan Abrantovič (1884, Vieraskava village – 1946), religious and civic leader of the first half of the 20th century, victim of the

Soviet repressions Throughout the history of the Soviet Union, tens of millions of people suffered political repression, which was an instrument of the state since the October Revolution. It culminated during the History of the Soviet Union (1927–1953), Stalin era ...

* Uladzimir Konan (1934, Vieraskava village - 2011), Belarusian philosopher * Michaś Naŭmovič (1922, Kašaliova village - 2004), French artist, member of the

Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic The Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic ( be, Рада Беларускай Народнай Рэспублікі, Рада БНР, Rada BNR) was the governing body of the Belarusian Democratic Republic. Since 1919, the Rada BNR has bee ...

Paval Navara Paval Navara ( be, Павал Навара; 17 September 1927–24 May 1983), also romanised as ''Paul Navara'', was a Belarusian émigré public figure and co-founder of the Anglo-Belarusian Society.Гардзіенка, Наталля (2010). ...

(1927, Kupisk village - 1983), Belarusian émigré public figure and a co-founder of the

Anglo-Belarusian Society The Anglo-Belarusian Society () is one of the oldest Belarus-related organisations in the UK with an object of “diffusion, interchange and publication of knowledge relating to the Belarusian people, their land, history and culture”. History ...

Jazep Sažyč Jazep Sažyč ( be, Язэп Сажыч, also Joseph Sazyc, September 5, 1917 – November 19, 2007) was a Belarusian politician and military commander. Life in Russian Empire Jazep Sažyč was born in Haradziečna (now in Navahrudak district, ...

(1917, Haradzečna village – 2007), political figure, President of the

Jazep Sažyč, VII President of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic (Язэп Сажыч, VII старшыня Рады БНР
(in Belarusian)

References

Districts of Grodno Region {{Belarus-geo-stub