Pyetrykaw_District

Pyetrykaw District

Pyetrykaw District

District of Gomel Region, Belarus

Pyetrykaw District or Pietrykaŭ District[2] (Belarusian: Петрыкаўскі раён, romanized: Pietrykaŭski rajon; Russian: Петриковский район) is a district (raion) of Gomel Region in Belarus.[3] Its administrative center is Pyetrykaw.

Quick Facts Петрыкаўскі раён (Belarusian)Петриковский район (Russian), Country ...

Notable residents

  • Mikhail Marynich (1940, Staryja Haloǔčycy village – 2014), Belarusian diplomat, public figure and political prisoner[5]

Notes

  1. [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. [2]
    Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
  3. [3]
    Pyetrykawski Rayon (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  4. [4]
    Маракоў, Леанід. "Рэпрэсаваныя літаратары, навукоўцы, работнікі асветы, грамадскія і культурныя дзеячы Беларусі. 1794-1991: Дудар Алесь" [Repressed writers, scientists, educators, public and cultural figures of Belarus. 1794-1991: Aleś Dudar, by Leanid Marakou. www.marakou.by (in Belarusian)
  5. [5]
    Belarusian opposition takes heart

52°15′N 028°30′E


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