Syanno District
Syanno District
Сенненскі раён (Belarusian) | |
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| Coordinates: 54°48′N 29°42′E / 54.800°N 29.700°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Vitebsk Region |
| Administrative center | Syanno |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,966.05 km2 (759.10 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 152 m (499 ft) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
| • Total | 19,035 |
| • Density | 9.7/km2 (25/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Syanno District (Belarusian: Сенненскі раён; Russian: Сенненский район) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk Region in Belarus.[2] Its administrative center is Syanno.[1]
Notable residents
[edit]- Zair Azgur (1908, Maǔčany village – 1995), Belarusian sculptor[3]
- Pyotr Masherov (1919, Šyrki village – 1980), Soviet partisan in World War II and leader of Soviet Belarus between 1965 – 1980[4]
- Lavon Rydleŭski (1903, Uljanavičy village - 1953), active participant in the Belarusian independence movement and an anti-Soviet resistance and a prominent member of the Belarusian diaspora.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Vitebsk Region" (in Belarusian). vitebsk-region.gov.by. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
- ^ Zair Isaakovich Azgur
- ^ Pyotr Masherov
- ^ “ Lavon Rydleŭski dreamt about Slucak” ("Лявон Рыдлеўскі марыў пра Случчыну"). zviazda.by (in Belarusian). 2019-06-28
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