Baranavichy Region
Baranavichy Region, Baranavichy Voblasts, or Baranovichi Oblast (; ) was a regions of Belarus, region (oblast, voblasts) of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian SSR created after the annexation of Western Belorussia into the Byelorussian SSR in November 1939. The administrative centre of the region was the city of Baranavichy. The region was originally known as Navahrudak Region but it was soon renamed after Baranavichy. The region was made up of 26 raion, districts in 1944. These districts were Byten District, Byten, Haradzishcha District, Haradzishcha, Ivyanets District, Ivyanets, Iwye District, Iwye, Yuratsishki District, Yuratsishki, Karelichy District, Karelichy, Kletsk District, Kletsk, Kazlowshchyna District, Kazlowshchyna, Lyakhavichy District, Lyakhavichy, Lida District, Lida, Lubcha District, Lubcha, Mir District, Mir, Masty District, Masty, Novogrudok District, Navahrudak, Novaya Mysh District, Novaya Mysh, Nyasvizh District, Nyasvizh, Radun Distri ...
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Kazlowshchyna District
Kazlowshchyna (; ) is an urban-type settlement in Dzyatlava District, Grodno Region, Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a .... As of 2025, it has a population of 1,437. References Urban-type settlements in Belarus Populated places in Grodno region Dzyatlava district {{Belarus-geo-stub ...
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Vasilishki District
Vasilishki (; ; ; ; ) is an agrotown in Shchuchyn District, Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Vasilishki selsoviet. History Within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vasilishki was part of Vilnius Voivodeship. In 1706, during the Great Northern War, King Stanisław Leszczyński stayed in the town. In 1766, the Wasiliszki starostwo was held by Michał Kazimierz Ogiński. In 1795, the town was acquired by the Russian Empire as a result of the Third Partition of Poland. In late 18th century it was part of Lida ''powiat'' of Wilno Governorate, Russian Empire. From 1919 until 1929, Vasilishki (''Wasiliszki'') was part of Lida County and from 1929 until 1939 of Szczuczyn County of the Nowogródek Voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic. In the 1921 census, 74.8% people declared Polish nationality, and 25.2% declared Jewish nationality. World War II In September 1939, Vasilishki was occupied by the Red Army and, on 14 November 1939, incorporated into ...
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Radun District
Radun may refer to: * Radun, Belarus (previously in Poland) * Raduň, Czech Republic * Raduń, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland ** Raduń railway station * Raduń, Choszczno County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland * Raduń, Gryfice County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland * Raduń, Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland See also * * Piz Radun, a Swiss mountain *Raduń Yeshiva The Radin Yeshiva, originally located in Radun, Belarus, Radun, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire (now in Belarus), was established by Rabbi Israel Meir Kagan (known as the ''Chofetz Chaim'' after the title of his well-known ''Sefer (Hebrew), sefe ...

Novaya Mysh District
Novy or Novaya or Novoye may refer to: Novy (surname), Slavic surname literally meaning "new" Places *Novy (inhabited locality), Novaya, Novoye, the name of several places in Russia *Novy Port, on the Ob River, Russia *Novaya (river), a tributary of the Khatanga in Russia *Novoye, Kaliningrad Oblast, abandoned village in Russia Other uses * Novy, nickname of Marcin Nowak (musician) (born 1975) * Novy, a homeware and appliances store, later Otto Simon See also * * * *Nova (other) *Nove (other) *Novi (other) *Novo (other) *Novus (other) Novus (Latin, 'new') may refer to: Businesses and organizations * Novus Biologicals, later Bio-Techne, an American biotech company * Novus Entertainment, a Canadian telecommunications company * Novus International, an animal health and nutrition ...

Novogrudok District
Novogrudok district or Navahrudak district (; ) is a district (raion) of Grodno region in Belarus. The administrative center is Novogrudok. As of 2024, it has a population of 40,761. Notable residents * Fabijan Abrantovič (1884, Vieraskava village – 1946), religious and civic leader of the first half of the 20th century, victim of the Soviet repressions * Uladzimir Konan (1934, Vieraskava village - 2011), Belarusian philosopher * Michaś Naŭmovič (1922, Kašaliova village - 2004), French artist, member of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic * Paval Navara (1927, Kupisk village - 1983), Belarusian émigré public figure and a co-founder of the Anglo-Belarusian Society * Jazep Sažyč (1917, Haradzečna village – 2007), political figure, President of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic The Rada of the Belarusian People's Republic (, ) was the governing body of the Belarusian Democratic Republic. Since 1919, the Rada BNR has been in exile ...
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Mir District
''Mir'' (, ; ) was a space station operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, first by the Soviet Union and later by the Russia, Russian Federation. ''Mir'' was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996. It had a greater mass than any previous spacecraft. At the time it was the largest artificial satellite in orbit, succeeded by the International Space Station (ISS) after ''Mir'''s orbital decay, orbit decayed. The station served as a microgravity laboratory , research laboratory in which crews conducted experiments in biology, human biology, physics, astronomy, meteorology, and spacecraft systems with a goal of developing technologies required for permanent occupation of Outer space, space. ''Mir'' was the first continuously inhabited long-term research station in orbit and held the record for the longest continuous human presence in space at 3,644 days, until it was surpassed by the ISS on 23 October 2010. It holds the recor ...
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