Karelichy District
Karelichy District or Kareličy District (Belarusian: Карэліцкі раён; Russian: Кореличский район) is a district (raion) of Grodno Region in Belarus. The administrative center is Karelichy. As of 2024, it has a population of 18,080.
Notable residents
- Jan Bułhak (1876, Astašyn village – 1950), photographer, ethnographer and folklorist
- Ignacy Domeyko (1802, Miadzviedka estate – 1889), geologist, mineralogist, educator, and founder of the University of Santiago, in Chile
- Archimandrite Leo Garoshka(1911, Traščycy village – 1977), Catholic priest of the Byzantine rite, religious and social activist, researcher of the history of religion in Belarus and anfounder of the Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library in London.
- Barys Rahula (1920, Turec village – 2005), Belarusian political activist
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 13 May 2024.
- ^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
- ^ "JAN BUŁHAK – THE MAN WHO CAPTURED TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY VILNIUS". Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ "Ігнат Дамейка (Ihnat Damejka)(in Belarusian)". Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ Nadsan, Alexander (2007). Ceslaus Sipovich : the first Belarusian Catholic Bishop in the 20th century (1914-1981). Minsk: Technalohija. pp. 157–158. ISBN 978-985-458-146-0.
- ^ "Барыс Рагуля (Barys Rahula) (in Belarusian)". Retrieved 15 April 2022.
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