Byerastavitsa district
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Settlement short description".Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".Expression error: Unexpected < operator. Byerastavitsa district or Bierastavica district[1] (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a district (raion) of Grodno region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa.[2] As of 2024, it has a population of 14,445.[2]
History
The district was founded from Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union on January 15, 1940, as Krynki Raion; in 1944, it was renamed to the current name.[3]
Notable residents
- Andrzej Poczobut (born 1973, Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa), Belarusian and Polish journalist and activist, political prisoner[4]
References
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