Pyetrykaw District

District of Gomel Region, Belarus

District in Gomel Region, Belarus

Pyetrykaw District Петрыкаўскі раён (Belarusian) Петриковский район (Russian)
District
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Country	Belarus
Region	Gomel Region
Administrative center	Pyetrykaw
Area
• Total	2,835.18 km² (1,094.67 sq mi)
Population (2024)^[1]
• Total	25,531
• Density	9.0/km² (23/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Pyetrykaw District or Pietrykaŭ District^[2] (Belarusian: Петрыкаўскі раён, romanized: Pietrykaŭski rajon; Russian: Петриковский район) is a district (raion) of Gomel Region in Belarus.^[3] Its administrative center is Pyetrykaw. As of 2024, it has a population of 25,531.^[1]

Notable residents

Aleś Dudar (1904, Navasiolki village – 1937), Belarusian poet, critic, translator and a victim of Stalin's purges^[4]

Mikhail Marynich (1940, Staryja Haloǔčycy village – 2014), Belarusian diplomat, public figure and political prisoner^[5]

Notes

^ ^a ^b "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 9 April 2024.
^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
^ Pyetrykawski Rayon (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
^ Маракоў, Леанід. "Рэпрэсаваныя літаратары, навукоўцы, работнікі асветы, грамадскія і культурныя дзеячы Беларусі. 1794-1991: Дудар Алесь" [Repressed writers, scientists, educators, public and cultural figures of Belarus. 1794-1991: Aleś Dudar, by Leanid Marakou. www.marakou.by (in Belarusian)
^ Belarusian opposition takes heart