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Pinsk Region
Pinsk Region (Pinsk Voblast, be, Пінская вобласць, russian: Пинская Область) was a territorial unit in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic created after the annexation of West Belarus into the BSSR in November 1939. The administrative centre of the province was the city of Pinsk, the oblast was founded on 4 December 1939 with 16.3 thousand square km and 533.6 thousand people. The Voblast consisted of 11 raions: *Hantsavichy District, Hantsavitski *Davyd-Haradotski *Drahichyn District, Drahichynski *Zhabchytski *Ivanava District, Ivanauski *Lahishynski *Lyeninski *Luninets District, Luninyetski *Pinsk District, Pinski *Stolin District, Stolinski *Cyelyekhanski With four cities: Pinsk, Davyd-Haradok, Luninyets and Stolin On January 8, 1954, due to the administrative reform of the BSSR the Oblast was completely incorporated into the modern Brest Voblast. External linksAdministrative division of Belarus: a historical information [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luninets District
Luninets District is an administrative subdivision, a raion of Brest Region, in Belarus. The district seat is Luninets. Demographics At the time of the Belarus Census (2009), Luninets District had a population of 73,200. Of these, 96.2% were of Belarusian, 2.5% Russian and 0.8% Ukrainian ethnicity. 76.8% spoke Belarusian and 21.9% Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ... as their native language. Notable residents * Anton Sokał-Kutyłoŭski (1892 (Pieravaloki-Darahišča (renamed Čyrvonaja Horka)) - 1983), active participant in the Belarusian independence movement, a military leader of anti-Soviet resistance in the early 20th century and a Gulag prisoner. * Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (b.1982, Mikashevichy), Belarusian human rights activist and politician< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brest Voblast
Brest Region or Brest Oblast or Brest Voblasts ( be, Брэ́сцкая во́бласць ''(Bresckaja vobłasć)''; russian: Бре́стская о́бласть (''Brestskaya Oblast)'') is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is Brest. Important cities within the region include: Brest, Baranavichy, and Pinsk. Geography It is located in the southwestern part of Belarus, bordering the Podlasie and Lublin voivodeships of Poland on the west, the Volyn Oblast and Rivne Oblast of Ukraine on the south, the Grodno Region and Minsk Region on the north, and Gomel Region on the east. The region covers a total area of 32,800 km², about 15.7% of the national total. Kamenets District of Brest Region in few kilometers to the South-West from Vysokaye town on the Bug River the western extreme point of Belarus is situated. 2.7% of the territory are covered with Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park, 9.8% are covered with 17 wildlife preserves of national importa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stolin
Stolin ( be, Сто́лін; uk, Сто́лін; russian: Сто́лин; pl, Stolin; Yiddish/Hebrew: סטולין) is a town in the Stolin District in Brest Region of Belarus. It is the centre of the largest district in Brest Region. The population is 10,491 people (2012). The Belarusian-Ukrainian border is about away, so Stolin is now a border city that hosts many Ukrainians on market days. Russian speech is common here, but villagers prefer their own dialects that are akin partly to the Belarusian language, partly the Ukrainian language. History Stolin grew up at the heart of the Polesia region on the Haryn River, at the crossroads of two important routes, one leading northwards to Pinsk, two others eastwards to Davyd-Haradok and Turaŭ, that are now in Belarus, southwards to Sarny and Kyiv, that are now in Ukraine. Archaeological evidence suggests that the area which Stolin now occupies, was settled as far back as the 12th century AD. The first mention of Stolin dat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luninyets
Luninets ( be, Лунінец, russian: Лунине́ц, pl, Łuniniec, lt, Luninecas, yi, לונינייץ, Luninitz BGN/PCGN romanization: ''Luninyets'') is a town and administrative centre for the Luninets district in Brest Region, Belarus. It has a population of some 24,000, and is immediately east of the Pinsk district within Brest. It is home to Luninets air base. History Luninets is said to be mentioned in print sources dating to 1540. Within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, it was part of Nowogródek Voivodeship. In 1793, the town was acquired by the Russian Empire in the course of the Second Partition of Poland. In 1888, while under Russian sovereignty, a railway junction was built in Luninets, linking it by rail to Warsaw, Rivne, Vilna and Homel, and a proper railroad station was added in 1905. Luninets became part of the Second Polish Republic in 1921 following the Polish-Soviet War. In September 1939, Luninets was occupied by the Red Army and, on 14 November 1939 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davyd-Haradok
Davyd-Haradok ( be, Давыд-Гарадок, ; russian: Давид-Городок, pl, Dawidgródek) is a city in the southwestern Belarusian voblast (province) of Brest. It has 5991 inhabitants (2021 estimate). History Within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state that existed from the 13th century to 1795, when the territory was Partitions of Poland, partitioned among the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Habsburg Empire, Habsburg Empire of ..., Davyd-Haradok was part of Brest Litovsk Voivodeship. In 1793, Davyd-Haradok was acquired by the Russian Empire in the course of the Second Partition of Poland. The 18 March 1921 Peace of Riga between Second Polish Republic, Poland on one side and Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Russia and Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Ukraine on the other defined Davyd-Haradok (Dawidgródek) as part of Poland in the interwar period. The USSR retook the town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stolin District
Stolin District or Stolinski Rayon (; ) is district (''raion'') in the southeast of the Brest Region, Belarus. Its administrative center is in the city of Stolin. The region has a population of 89,000 people, of which 26,300 people live in urban areas. History It was established on January 15, 1940. Geography The Stolin raion covers 3342 km2. and borders the country of Ukraine to its south. Demographics At the time of the Belarus Census (2009), Stolin Raion had a population of 80,695. Of these, 97.3% were of Belarusian, 1.2% Russian and 0.9% Ukrainian ethnicity. 83.2% spoke Belarusian and 14.7% Russian as their native language. Administrative Divisions The district is subdivided into 2 cities and 19 village councils, which administer a total of 97 settlements (1 urban and 96 rural). The two cities are Stolin, the administrative center of the district, and Davyd-Haradok. There is one urban-class village, Rechytsa, which is classified as a worker settlement. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinsk District
Pinsk District is an administrative subdivision, a raion of Brest Region, in Belarus. Its administrative center is Pinsk. Demographics At the time of the Belarus Census (2009), Pinsk District had a population of 51,997. Of these, 92.2% were of Belarusian, 2.6% Russian, 2.6% Ukrainian and 1.6% Polish ethnicity. 70.7% spoke Belarusian and 26.0% Russian as their native language. Pinsk district in literature Pinskaja Šliachta insk Nobilityby Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich Vintsent Dunin-Marcinkievič ( be, Вінцэнт (Вінцук) Дунін-Марцінкевіч; pl, Wincenty Dunin-Marcinkiewicz; February 8, 1808 – December 21, 1884) was a Polish-Belarusian writer, poet, dramatist and social activist ... (1866) Notable residents Raman Skirmunt (1868, Parečča village – 1939), politician, supporter of the Belarusian independence movement References External links Photos on Radzima.org Districts of Brest Region {{Belarus-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivanava District
Ivanava District is an administrative subdivision, a raion of Brest Region, in Belarus. Its administrative center is Ivanava Ivanava ( be, Іванава, russian: Иваново, pl, Janów Poleski, he, יאנוב/ינוב על יד פינסק) is a city in the Brest Region of Belarus, an administrative center of the Ivanava district. History First mentioned in the .... Demographics At the time of the Belarus Census (2009), 2009 census, Ivanava District had a population of 43,586. Of these, 95.5% declared Belarusians, Belarusian, 2.2% Ukrainians, Ukrainian and 1.8% Russians, Russian. 80.9% spoke Belarusian language, Belarusian and 17.0% Russian language, Russian as their native language. Settlements *Moładava Notable residents * Napoleon Orda (1807-1883), artist known for numerous sketches of historical sites of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
