Zavodski_District
Zavodski District
District of Minsk, Belarus
Zavodski District (Belarusian: Заводскі раён, romanized: Zavodski rajon; Russian: Заводской район, romanized: Zavodskoy rayon) is an administrative division of the city of Minsk, the capital of Belarus. As of 2023, it has a population of 230,701.[1]
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It was formed in 1938 as Stalinsky District (Russian: Сталинский район, lit. 'Stalin District'); it was renamed in 1961 as Zavodskoy District (lit. 'Factory District') after the plants "Minsk Tractor Works" (MTZ)[2] and "Minsk Automobile Plant" (MAZ) were constructed.[3] The current borders of the district was approved on 10 November 1997 when the township "Sosny" was officially added to it.[4]