Kapyl District
Kapyl District or Kapyĺ District (Belarusian: Капыльскі раён; Russian: Копыльский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Kapyl. As of 2024, it has a population of 26,533.
Notable residents
- Ales Adamovich (1927, Kanuchi village – 1994), Belarusian writer and critic, author of the screenplay for film “Come and See”
- Paval Zhauryd (1889, Cieciarouka village – 1939), Belarusian military figure, one of the commanders of the Slutsk defence action and a victim of Stalin's purges
References
- ^ "Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
- ^ 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
- ^ "Першая вялікая бітва за незалежнасць Беларусі – Слуцкі збройны чын (First major battle for independence of Belarus - Slutsk military action) (in Belarusian)". Retrieved 21 June 2022.