Chashniki Raion

Chashniki District
Чашніцкі раён (Belarusian)
District
Flag of Chashniki District
Flag
Coat of arms of Chashniki District
Coat of arms
Location of Chashniki District
Coordinates: 54°51′12″N 29°09′53″E / 54.85333°N 29.16472°E / 54.85333; 29.16472
CountryBelarus
RegionVitebsk Region
Administrative centerChashniki
Area
 • Total1,481.12 km2 (571.86 sq mi)
Elevation
144 m (472 ft)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total27,047
 • Density18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Chashniki District or Čašniki District[2] (Belarusian: Чашніцкі раён; Russian: Чашникский район) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk Region in Belarus.[3] Its administrative center is Chashniki.[1]

Lake Lukomlskoye, the fourth largest lake in the country is situated here.[4] The Vula River flows through this district.

Notable residents

  • Wasyl Ciapiński (c. 1430/1540s, Ciapina village – c. 1599/1600), Belarusian-Lithuanian noble, humanist, educator, writer, publisher and translator from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania known for translating the Bible into the Belarusian language[5]
  • Uladzimyer Prakulevich (1887, Krasnaluki village – 1938), Belarusian politician, writer and lawyer, victim of Stalin’s purges[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  2. ^ official transliteration
  3. ^ "Vitebsk Region" (in Belarusian). vitebsk-region.gov.by. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
  4. ^ "Main characteristics of the largest lakes of Belarus". Land of Ancestors. Data of the Research Laboratory for Lake Study of the Belarus State University. 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  5. ^ Васіль Цяпінскі (1530-я ці пач. 1540-х гг., Полаччына – 1599 ці 1600), гуманіст-асветнік, пісьменнік, кнігавыдавец, прадаўжальнік гуманістычных і культурна-асветніцкіх традыцый Ф. Скарыны (Wasyl Ciapiński(1530s or early 1540s, Poland - 1599 or 1600), humanist-educator, writer, publisher, successor of humanistic and cultural-educational traditions of F. Skaryna (in Belarusian)
  6. ^ Today is Slutsk uprising Day
  7. ^ ПРАКУЛЕВІЧ Уладзімір Міхайлавіч (Prakulevich Uladzimir Mikhaylavich)(in Belarusian)