Hlybokaye District

Hlybokaye District (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.[2]

Hlybokaye District
Глыбоцкі раён (Belarusian)
Глубокский район (Russian)
District
Flag of Hlybokaye District
Flag
Coat of arms of Hlybokaye District
Coat of arms
Location of Hlybokaye District
CountryBelarus
RegionVitebsk Region
Administrative centerHlybokaye
Area
 • Total1,759.58 km2 (679.38 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total33,627
 • Density19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Notable residents
  • Ihnat Bujnicki (1881, Palivačy estate - 1917), Belarusian actor and theatre director, described as “the father of the Belarusian theatre”[3]
  • Jazep Drazdovič (1888, Puńki village –1954), Belarusian painter, archaeologist, and ethnographer[4]
  • Vaclau Lastouski (1883, Kalesniki hamlet – 1938), Belarusian critic, historian of literature, and politician, victim of Stalin’s purges[5]

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

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