Lida District
Lida District (Belarusian: Лідскі раён; Russian: Лидский район) is a district (raion) of Grodno Region in Belarus. The administrative center is Lida. As of 2024, it has a population of 132,869.
Notable residents
- Vitold Ashurak (1970, Aharodniki village – 2021), Belarusian activist and political prisoner who died in custody
- Kyprian Kandratovich (1859, Zinovičy village – 1932), military officer, commander of the armed forces of the short-lived Belarusian Democratic Republic
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.
- ^ ‘Persecuted, jailed, destroyed’: Belarus seeks to stifle dissent
- ^ Kyprian Kandratovič(in Belarusian)