Coordinates: 54°29′N 26°55′E / 54.483°N 26.917°E / 54.483; 26.917

Vilyeyka District

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Vilyeyka District
Вілейскі раён (Belarusian)
Вилейский район (Russian)
District
Flag of Vilyeyka District
Flag
Coat of arms of Vilyeyka District
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 54°29′N 26°55′E / 54.483°N 26.917°E / 54.483; 26.917
CountryBelarus
RegionMinsk Region
Administrative centerVilyeyka
Area
 • Total2,453 km2 (947 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total46,566
 • Density19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Vilyeyka District or Viliejka District[2] (Belarusian: Вілейскі раён; Russian: Вилейский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus. The administrative center of the district is the town of Vilyeyka.[1]

Notable residents

  • Janka Filistovič (1926, Paniacičy village – 1953), active participant in the Belarusian independence movement and a member of the underground anti-Soviet resistance in Belarus in the 1950s.[3]
  • Piotra Sych (1912, Baturyna village – 1963) - Belarusian writer and journalist, a Gulag prisoner[4]

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. ^ 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. 244–245.
  4. ^ Пётра Сыч (Piotra Sych) (in Belarusian)
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