Kapyl District
Kapyl District
Капыльскі раён Копыльский район | |
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| Administrative center | Kapyl |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.600 km2 (0.618 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 40.000 |
| Website | Kopyl ispolkom website |
Kapyl District is a second-level administrative subdivision (raion) of Minsk Region, Belarus. The capital of the town is Kapyl.[1]
Notable events in history[]
The district was the main theatre of military operations during the Slutsk uprising, a pro-independence anti-Soviet uprising in 1920.
Notable residents[]
Ales Adamovich (1927, Kanuchi village – 1994), Belarusian writer and critic, author of the screenplay for film “Come and See” [2]
References[]
- ^ Kopyl raion page Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine at Minsk Oblispolkom website
- ^ Read and See: Ales Adamovich and Literature out of FireBy Valzhyna Mort
Coordinates: 53°09′00″N 27°05′30″E / 53.15000°N 27.09167°E
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