Ivatsevichy District
Ivatsevichy District
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| Country | Belarus |
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| • Estimate (2019) | 53,709 |
| Website | ivacevichi |
Ivatsevichy (Ivacevičy) District is an administrative subdivision, a raion of Brest Region, in Belarus. Its administrative center is Ivatsevichy.
In this district the sixth largest lake in Belarus Vygonoschanskoye Lake is situated.[1]
Demographics[]
At the time of the Belarus Census (2009), Ivatsevichy Raion had a population of 59,906. Of these, 94.4% were of Belarusian, 3.7% Russian, 0.9% Ukrainian and 0.5% Polish ethnicity. 76.5% spoke Belarusian and 22.7% Russian as their native language.
Notable residents[]
- Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko (English: Andrew Thaddeus Bonaventure Kosciuszko; 1746, Mieračoŭščyna estate – 1817), national hero in Poland, Lithuania, Belarus and the United States[2]
- Bishop Mikalaj (Šamiacila) (1877, Aborava village — 1933) — bishop of Slutsk, victim of Stalinism[3]
References[]
- ^ "Main characteristics of the largest lakes of Belarus". Land of Ancestors. Data of the Research Laboratory for Lake Study of the Belarus State University. 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ^ "U.S. Embassy Marks Birthday of Tadeusz Kościuszko With Donation to Museum". U.S. Department of State. 5 February 2015.
- ^ Арлоў, Уладзімер (2020). ІМЁНЫ СВАБОДЫ (Бібліятэка Свабоды. ХХІ стагодзьдзе.) Uładzimir Arłou. The Names of Freedom (The Library of Freedom. ХХІ century.) (PDF) (in Belarusian) (4-е выд., дап. ed.). Радыё Свабодная Эўропа / Радыё Свабода - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. pp. 140-141
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Coordinates: 52°42′47″N 25°20′34″E / 52.71306°N 25.34278°E
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