Lyepyel District
Lyepyel District (Belarusian: Лепельскі раён; Russian: Лепельский район) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk Region, Belarus. The administrative center is Lyepyel.
The 19th Guards Mechanized Brigade is located as of 2012 in Zaslonovo, a few kilometres west of Lyepyel.
Today this district is famous for its health resorts surrounded by lakes and forest. The largest lake among them is Lyepyelskoye. The Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve is located in the district, with Domzheritsy village serving as its administrative centre.
The Vula river flows through this district.
References
- ^ "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Vitebsk regions" (in Belarusian). vitebsk-region.by. Archived from the original on 14 October 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "Main characteristics of the largest lakes of Belarus". Land of Ancestors. Data of the Research Laboratory for Lake Study of the Belarus State University. 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ^ Stavrovsky & Kovalev 1996, p. 26.
Sources
- Stavrovsky, D. D.; Kovalev, A. A. (1996). Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve. Belarusian Encyclopaedia. p. 26. ISBN 9789851100626.
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