Hlybokaye district

Hlybokaye district
Глыбоцкі раён (Belarusian)
Глубокский район (Russian)
CountryBelarus
RegionVitebsk region
Administrative centerHlybokaye
Area
 • Total
1,759.58 km2 (679.38 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total
33,627
 • Density19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Hlybokaye district or Hlybokaje district[2] (Belarusian: Глыбоцкі раён; Russian: Глубокский район) is a district (raion) in Vitebsk region, Belarus. The administrative center of the district is the town of Hlybokaye.[3]

Notable residents

  • Ihnat Bujnicki (1881, Palivačy estate - 1917), Belarusian actor and theatre director, described as “the father of the Belarusian theatre”[4]
  • Jazep Drazdovič (1888, Puńki village –1954), Belarusian painter, archaeologist, and ethnographer[5]
  • Vaclau Lastouski (1883, Kalesniki hamlet – 1938), Belarusian critic, historian of literature, and politician, victim of Stalin's purges[6]

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ belarusian official transliteration 2007
  3. ^ "Vitebsk Region" (in Belarusian). vitebsk-region.gov.by. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
  4. ^ "Ігнат Буйніцкі: бацька беларускага тэатра" [Ihnat Bujnicki: the father of the Belarusian theatre]. zbsb.org (in Belarusian). Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  5. ^ The Wonderful World of Jazep Drazdovich:the 130th birth anniversary
  6. ^ V. Łastoŭski as Politician

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