Smarhon' District ( be, Смаргонскі раён) is a district (rajon) in

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 ...

. As of the 2009 census the population was 55,296. The administrative center is Smarhon’.

Main sights

Ahinski Manor in Zaliessie The Ogiński family, Ahinski Manor ( be, Сядзіба Агінскіх у Залесьсі) is an early-nineteenth-century country house located in the village of Zaliessie (also Zalesse), Smarhon District, Smarhon district in Belarus. Early ...

Notable residents

Adam Stankievič Adam Stankievič ( be, Адам Станкевіч, pl, Adam Stankiewicz, January 6, 1882 – November 29, 1949) was a Belarusian Roman Catholic priest, politician and writer. Stankievič was one of ideologists of the Belarusian Christian democr ...

(1882, Arlianiaty village – 1949), Belarusian Roman Catholic priest, politician and writer, 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 *

Jan Stankievič Jan (Janka) Stankievič (also called Ian Stankevich, be, Ян Станкевіч, pl, Jan Stankiewicz; 26 November 1891 – 16 August 1976) was a Belarusian politician, Nazi collaborator, linguist, historian and philosopher. Biography Jan S ...

(1891, Arlianiaty village – 1976), Belarusian politician, linguist, historian and philosopher *

Antoni Leszczewicz Antoni Leszczewicz ( be, Антоній Ляшчэвіч, translit=Antonij Liaščevič; 30 September 1890 – 18 February 1943) was a Polish-Belarusian Marian Father and Roman Catholic priest. He was a missionary in China for two decades in th ...

(1890, Abramaǔščyna –1943), beautified Marian Father and Roman Catholic priest, victim of the Nazis *

Andrei Tsikota Archmandrite Andrei Tsikota MIC ( be, Андрэй Цікота, Andrej Cikota, pl, Andrzej Cikoto, also Andrew Cikoto;

, Belarusian priest, 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 ...

and a victim of the

Андрэй Цікота: святар, які ламаў стэрэатыпы [Andrei Tsikota: a priest who broke stereotypes
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References

Smarhon District, Districts of Grodno Region {{Belarus-geo-stub