Byaroza District

Byaroza District (Belarusian: Бярозаўскі раён; Russian: Берёзовский район) is a district (raion) of Brest Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Byaroza.[2] The district is located in the northwest of the historical region of Polesia.

Byaroza District
Бярозаўскі раён (Belarusian)
Берёзовский район (Russian)
District
Flag of Byaroza District
Flag
Coat of arms of Byaroza District
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 52°31′58″N 24°58′39″E
CountryBelarus
RegionBrest Region
Formed1940
Administrative centerByaroza
Government
 • ChairmanVyacheslav Metlitsky[1]
Area
 • Total1,405.74 km2 (542.76 sq mi)
Population
[2]
 • Total58,350
 • Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
Websitebereza.brest-region.gov.by

History

The district was formed in 1940 after the Soviet annexation of Western Belarus.

In 1958–1967 the Byaroza hydroelectric power station was built. The town of Byelaazyorsk was built for the power station workers in 1958.

There are two biological reserves in the district, near villages Sporava and Buslowka.

Demographics

At the time of the 2009 Belarusian census, Byaroza District had a population of 66,988. Of these, 90.8% were of Belarusian, 5.7% Russian, 1.8% Ukrainian and 1.0% Polish ethnicity. 61.7% spoke Belarusian and 36.2% Russian as their native language.

Economics

There are industry enterprises in the raion producing agricultural products, ceramics, construction materials, textiles.

An important railway branch connecting Brest and Minsk goes through the Byaroza district. Its main railway stations are Byaroza-Kartuzskaya, Bronnaya Hara and Byelaazyorsk.

Places of interest
  • Orthodox Charnyakawskaya church of St. Nicholas (1725)
  • Carthusian monastery ruins, Byaroza
  • Homestead of the Puslowski family in Pyeski, 19th century
  • Roman Catholic Church of St. Virgin Mary, Sihnyevichy (1795)
  • Chernoye Lake (tenth the largest lake in Belarus)[3]

Notable people

References
  1. "В трех районах Брестской области появились новые руководители исполнительной "вертикали"В трех районах Брестской области появились новые руководители исполнительной "вертикали"". www.ganc-chas.by (in Russian). 2022-12-12.
  2. "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 11 August 2023.
  3. "Main characteristics of the largest lakes of Belarus". Land of Ancestors. Data of the Research Laboratory for Lake Study of the Belarus State University. 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  4. "Разанаў Алесь" [Razanaŭ Aleś]. slounik.org (in Belarusian). Archived from the original on 2005-05-15. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
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