Slutsk District

Slutsk District (Belarusian: Слуцкі раён; Russian: Слуцкий район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus.[2] Its administrative center is Slutsk.[1]

Slutsk District
Слуцкий район (Belarusian)
Слуцкі раён (Russian)
District
Flag of Slutsk District
Flag
Coat of arms of Slutsk District
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 53°01′N 27°33′E
CountryBelarus
RegionMinsk Region
Administrative centerSlutsk
Area
 • Total1,821 km2 (703 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total86,234
 • Density47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Notable residents
  • Alena Kish (1889 or 1896, Ramanava (now Lenina) village - 1949), Belarusian primitivist painter[3][4]
  • Jurka Listapad (1897, Varkavičy village - 1938), active participant in the Belarusian independence movement and anti-Soviet resistance, publicist and a victim of Stalin's purges of 1937–38.[5]
  • Mikola Statkevich (b. 1956, Liadna village), Belarusian politician and political prisoner[6][7]
  • Uladzimier Teraŭski (1871, the village of Ramanaŭ (currently known as the village of Lenin) - 1938), Belarusian composer, choirmaster and a victim of Stalin's purges. He wrote music to a number of popular Belarusian songs such as Vajacki Marš and Kupalinka[8]

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 14 August 2023.
  2. "2009 Belarusian census" (in Belarusian). belstat.gov.by. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  3. Сьмерць народнай мастачкі — самагубства ці няшчасны выпадак? (The death of a folk artist - was it a suicide or an accident?) (in Belarusian)
  4. A song about life in paradise: the intimate art of Elena Kish
  5. Арлоў, Уладзімер (2020). ІМЁНЫ СВАБОДЫ (Бібліятэка Свабоды. ХХІ стагодзьдзе.) [Uładzimir Arłou. The Names of Freedom (The Library of Freedom. ХХІ century).] (PDF) (in Belarusian) (4-е выд., дап. ed.). Радыё Свабодная Эўропа / Радыё Свабода - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. pp. 178–179.
  6. Viasna condemns persecution of opposition leader Statkevich as politically motivated
  7. Statkevič not permitted to receive greeting cards (Статкевічу не перадаюць віншавальныя паштоўкі)(in Belarusian)
  8. Маракоў, Леанід. "Рэпрэсаваныя літаратары, навукоўцы, работнікі асветы, грамадскія і культурныя дзеячы Беларусі. 1794-1991. ТЭРАЎСКІ (ТЕРРАВСКИЙ) Уладзімір" [Repressed writers, scientists, educators, public and cultural figures of Belarus. 1794-1991. Teraŭski Uladzimier], by Leanid Marakou. www.marakou.by (in Belarusian).
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