Krupki District is a second-level

administrative subdivision Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...

(

raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...

) of

Minsk Region Minsk Region or Minsk Oblast or Minsk Voblasts ( be, Мі́нская во́бласць, ''Minskaja voblasć'' ; russian: Минская о́бласть, ''Minskaya oblast'') is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is Minsk, ...

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

. Its capital is the town of

Krupki Krupki (, , , lt, Krupkos) is a small city in Krupki Raion, Minsk Region, Belarus. History History before 1914 Krupki was founded in 1067 and existed during both the medieval Kingdom of Poland and of the great Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. ...

. Also located in the district are the small towns of Bobr and

Chalopieničy Khalopyenichy ( be, Халопенічы, Chalopieničy; russian: Холопеничи, Kholopenichi; ) is an urban-type settlement in Krupki District, Minsk Region, Belarus. As of 2023, it has a population of 1,370. History First mentioned in ...

. The largest lake of the district is Lake

Syalyava Syalyava or Selyava ( be, Сялява, russian: Селява) is a lake in Minsk Voblast, Krupki District, Belarus. It is located 20 km from Krupki. Geography Ribbon lake Syalyava is located on a lowland, gently undulating terrain, among ...

(fourteenth largest in Belarus).

Notable residents

* Uladzimer Kavalonak (also known as Vladimir Kovalyonok) (1942, Belaje village), Soviet Belarusian cosmonaut *

Ales Pushkin Ales Pushkin ( Aleksandr Nikolaevich Pushkin; Belarusian ''Алесь Пушкін'') (b. August 6, 1965, village Bobr, Krupki District, Minsk Region, Belarus) is a Belarusian non-conformist painter, theater artist, performer, art curator, and p ...

(b. August 6, 1965, Bobr village), Belarusian non-conformist painter, theater artist, performer, art curator, and political prisoner

References

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