Baranavichy Region, Baranavichy Voblasts, or Baranovichi Oblast (; ) was a

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

( voblasts) of the

Byelorussian SSR The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, Byelorussian SSR or Byelorussia; ; ), also known as Soviet Belarus or simply Belarus, was a republic of the Soviet Union (USSR). It existed between 1920 and 1922 as an independent state, and ...

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 District, Radun, Slonim District, Slonim, Stowbtsy District, Stowbtsy, Shchuchyn District, Shchuchyn, Vasilishki District, Vasilishki, Valozhyn District, Valozhyn, Voranava District, Voranava, Dzyatlava District, Dzyatlava, Zelva District, Zelva and Zhaludok District, Zhaludok. In 1944, the region was diminished after transferring the districts of Lida, Radun, Shchuchyn, Vasilishki, Voranava, Masty, Zelva and Zheludok to the newly founded Grodno Region (including remaining parts of Belastok Region) and those of Iwye, Yuratsishki and Valozhyn to Molodechno Region in 1944. Finally, on 8 January 1954, the region was abolished and the districts were divided between the Brest (Haradzishcha, Lyakhavichy and Novaya Mysh Districts), Grodno (Byten, Karelichy, Kazlowshchyna, Lubcha, Mir, Navahrudak and Slonim), Molodechno (liquidated in 1960) (Ivyanets District) and Minsk (Kletsk, Nyasvizh and Stowbtsy Districts) regions (modern Brest Region, Brest, Grodno Region, Grodno and Minsk Region, Minsk regions). Thus, Baranavichy became part of Brest Region as a district center after Novaya Mysh's center was moved to Baranavichy on 1 May 1954 and renamed as Baranavichy one after 8 April 1957.

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