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Smarhon District or Smarhoń District[2] (Belarusian: Смаргонскі раён; Russian: Сморгонский район) is a district (raion) of Grodno Region in Belarus. The administrative center is Smarhon.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 48,464.[1]
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Notable residents
- Adam Stankievič (1882, Arlianiaty village – 1949), Belarusian Roman Catholic priest, politician and writer, a Gulag prisoner[3]
- Jan Stankievič (1891, Arlianiaty village – 1976), Belarusian politician, linguist, historian and philosopher[4]
- Antoni Leszczewicz (1890, Abramaǔščyna – 1943), beautified Marian Father and Roman Catholic priest, victim of the Nazis[5]
- Andrei Tsikota (1891–1952), Belarusian priest, member of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic and a victim of the Gulag[6][7]
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References
- ^ a b c "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 13 May 2024.
- ^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
- ^ Biography of Father Adam Stankiewicz
- ^ Stankievič Jan
- ^ Антоні Ляшчэвіч (Antoni Leszczewicz) (in Belarusian)
- ^ Biography of Servant of God Archimandrite Andrzej Cikoto, MIC
- ^ Андрэй Цікота: святар, які ламаў стэрэатыпы [Andrei Tsikota: a priest who broke stereotypes] - Krynica.info
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