Syanno District Сенненскі раён (Belarusian) | |
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District | |
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Coordinates: 54°48′N 29°42′E / 54.800°N 29.700°E / 54.800; 29.700 | |
Country | Belarus |
Region | Vitebsk Region |
Administrative center | Syanno |
Area | |
• Total | 1,966.05 km (759.10 sq mi) |
Elevation | 152 m (499 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 19,035 |
• Density | 9.7/km (25/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Syanno District (Belarusian: Сенненскі раён; Russian: Сенненский район) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Syanno.
Notable residents
- Zair Azgur (1908, Maǔčany village – 1995), Belarusian sculptor
- Pyotr Masherov (1919, Šyrki village – 1980), Soviet partisan in World War II and leader of Soviet Belarus between 1965 – 1980
- Lavon Rydleŭski (1903, Uljanavičy village - 1953), active participant in the Belarusian independence movement and an anti-Soviet resistance and a prominent member of the Belarusian diaspora.
References
- ^ "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.
- "Vitebsk Region" (in Belarusian). vitebsk-region.gov.by. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
- Zair Isaakovich Azgur
- Pyotr Masherov
- “ Lavon Rydleŭski dreamt about Slucak” ("Лявон Рыдлеўскі марыў пра Случчыну"). zviazda.by (in Belarusian). 2019-06-28
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