Slutsk District

Slutsk District
Слуцкий район (Belarusian)
Слуцкі раён (Russian)
District
Flag of Slutsk District
Flag
Coat of arms of Slutsk District
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 53°01′N 27°33′E / 53.017°N 27.550°E / 53.017; 27.550
CountryBelarus
RegionMinsk Region
Administrative centerSlutsk
Area
 • Total1,821 km2 (703 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total86,234
 • Density47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Slutsk District or Sluck District[2] (Belarusian: Слуцкі раён; Russian: Слуцкий район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus.[3] Its administrative center is Slutsk.[1]

Notable residents

  • Alena Kish (1889 or 1896, Ramanava (now Lenina) village - 1949), Belarusian primitivist painter[4][5]
  • Jurka Listapad (1897, Varkavičy village - 1938), active participant in the Belarusian independence movement and anti-Soviet resistance, publicist and a victim of Stalin's purges of 1937–38.[6]
  • Mikola Statkevich (b. 1956, Liadna village), Belarusian politician and political prisoner[7][8]
  • Uladzimier Teraŭski (1871, the village of Ramanaŭ (currently known as the village of Lenin) - 1938), Belarusian composer, choirmaster and a victim of Stalin's purges. He wrote music to a number of popular Belarusian songs such as Vajacki Marš and Kupalinka[9]

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 14 August 2023.
  2. ^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
  3. ^ "2009 Belarusian census" (in Belarusian). belstat.gov.by. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  4. ^ Сьмерць народнай мастачкі — самагубства ці няшчасны выпадак? (The death of a folk artist - was it a suicide or an accident?) (in Belarusian)
  5. ^ A song about life in paradise: the intimate art of Elena Kish
  6. ^ Арлоў, Уладзімер (2020). ІМЁНЫ СВАБОДЫ (Бібліятэка Свабоды. ХХІ стагодзьдзе.) [Uładzimir Arłou. The Names of Freedom (The Library of Freedom. ХХІ century).] (PDF) (in Belarusian) (4-е выд., дап. ed.). Радыё Свабодная Эўропа / Радыё Свабода - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. pp. 178–179.
  7. ^ Viasna condemns persecution of opposition leader Statkevich as politically motivated
  8. ^ Statkevič not permitted to receive greeting cards (Статкевічу не перадаюць віншавальныя паштоўкі)(in Belarusian)
  9. ^ Маракоў, Леанід. "Рэпрэсаваныя літаратары, навукоўцы, работнікі асветы, грамадскія і культурныя дзеячы Беларусі. 1794-1991. ТЭРАЎСКІ (ТЕРРАВСКИЙ) Уладзімір" [Repressed writers, scientists, educators, public and cultural figures of Belarus. 1794-1991. Teraŭski Uladzimier], by Leanid Marakou. www.marakou.by (in Belarusian).