Pukhavichy district

Pukhavichy District or Puchavičy District^[2] (Belarusian: Пухавіцкі раён; Russian: Пуховичский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus.^[1] The administrative center of the district is the town of Maryina Horka.^[3][1] As of 2024, it has a population of 67,408.^[1]

Pukhavichy District Пухавіцкі раён (Belarusian) Пуховичский район (Russian)
District
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Coordinates: 53°31′00″N 28°08′30″E
Country	Belarus
Region	Minsk Region
Administrative center	Maryina Horka
Area
• District	2,441 km2 (942 sq mi)
Population  (2024)[1]
• District	67,408
• Urban	28,560
• Rural	38,848
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Website	ispolkom website

Geography

Main settlements

• Maryina Horka
• Svislach
• Rudzyensk
• Prawdzinski
• Shatsk
• Druzhny
• Pukhavichy

Notable residents

• Michaś Čarot (1896, Rudzyensk - 1937), Belarusian poet, playwright, novelist, and a victim of Stalin's purges^[4]
• Aliaksandr Čarviakoŭ (1892, Dukorki village - 1937), Belarusian politician and publicist^[5]
• Hienadź Klaŭko (1931, Varoničy village – 1979), Belarusian poet and translator^[6]

List of chairmen

The following people held the post at various times.

• Siarhei Turko (Сергей Андреевич Турко)^[7]
• Fyodor Karalyenya (Федор Петрович Караленя)^[8]

References

1. "Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
2. Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
3. Pukhavichy district page on the Minsk Region Executive Committee (Ablvykankam) website
4. Маракоў, Леанід. "Рэпрэсаваныя літаратары, навукоўцы, работнікі асветы, грамадскія і культурныя дзеячы Беларусі. 1794-1991: ЧАРОТ Міхась" [Repressed writers, scientists, educators, public and cultural figures of Belarus. 1794-1991: Čarot Michaś, by Leanid Marakou]. www.marakou.by (in Belarusian)
5. Маракоў, Леанід. "Рэпрэсаваныя літаратары, навукоўцы, работнікі асветы, грамадскія і культурныя дзеячы Беларусі. 1794-1991: Аляксандар Чарвякоў" [Repressed writers, scientists, educators, public and cultural figures of Belarus. 1794-1991: Aliaksandr Čarviakoǔ, by Leanid Marakou]. www.marakou.by (in Belarusian)
6. "Klaŭko Hienadź (Кляўко Генадзь)(in Belarusian)". Retrieved 1 May 2022.
7. "Пуховичский район - официально — Марьина Горка on-line". Archived from the original on 2009-04-27. Retrieved 2009-11-20. (retrieved November 20, 2009)
8. Archived 2008-11-13 at the Wayback Machine(retrieved November 20, 2009)

External links

• Selsoviets^{[permanent dead link‍]}
• Maryina Gorka, an independent portal
• Svislac: regional Portal (Newsline of Pukhavichy district)