Svyetlahorsk District

District of Gomel Region, Belarus

District in Gomel Region, Belarus

Svyetlahorsk District Светлагорскі раён (Belarusian) Светлогорский район (Russian)
District
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Country	Belarus
Region	Gomel Region
Administrative center	Svyetlahorsk
Area
• Total	1,899.91 km² (733.56 sq mi)
Population (2024)^[1]
• Total	75,845
• Density	40/km² (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Svyetlahorsk District or Svietlahorsk District^[2] (Belarusian: Светлагорскі раён, romanized: Svietlahorski rajon; Russian: Светлогорский район) is a district (raion) of Gomel Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Svyetlahorsk. As of 2024, it has a population of 75,845.^[1]

Notable residents

Ihar Hermianchuk (1961, Strakavičy village – 2002), prominent Belarusian journalist and political activist^[3]

Ściapan Niekraševič (1983, the estate of Daniłoŭka - 1937), Belarusian academic, political figure and a victim of Stalin’s purges^[4]

References

^ ^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 6 May 2024.
^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
^ Siarhej Astraǔcoǔ. Mr. Svaboda: The life and death of Igor Hermenchuk. (Library of Freedom. XXI century). - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (Сяргей Астраўцоў. Спадар Свабода: Жыцьцё і сьмерць Ігара Герменчука. (Бібліятэка Свабоды. ХХІ стагодзьдзе). – Радыё Свабодная Эўропа / Радыё Свабода)(in Belarusian) ISBN 978-0-929849-55-3
^ "Niekraševič Ściapan". www.slounik.org. Retrieved 2021-12-26.