Shchuchyn District
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Shchuchyn District (Belarusian: Шчучынскі раён) is a district (rajon) in Grodno Region, Belarus.
The administrative center is Shchuchyn.
Notable residents[]
- Vaclaŭ Ivanoŭski (also known as Vatslaw Ivanowski or Wacław Iwanowski) (1880 - 1943), Belarusian political and public figure of the first half of the 20th century[1][2]
- Alaiza Pashkevich (pen name Ciotka) (1876 – 1916), Belarusian poet and political activist of the Belarusian national movement[3]
References[]
- ^ "Вацлаў Іваноўскі" [Vaclaŭ Ivanoŭski]. Рада Беларускай Народнай Рэспублікі // Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic (in Belarusian).
- ^ Wilson, Andrew (2021). Belarus: The Last European Dictatorship (New ed.). New Have and London: Yale University Press. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-300-25921-6.
- ^ Alaiza Pashkevich (Алаіза Пашкевіч) (in Belarusian)
Coordinates: 53°33′37″N 24°52′11″E / 53.5602777878°N 24.8697222322°E
Categories:
- Shchuchyn District
- Districts of Grodno Region
- Belarus geography stubs