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Syanno District

Syanno District
Сенненскі раён (Belarusian)
District
Flag of Syanno District
Flag
Coat of arms of Syanno District
Coat of arms
Location of Syanno District
Coordinates: 54°48′N 29°42′E / 54.800°N 29.700°E / 54.800; 29.700
CountryBelarus
RegionVitebsk Region
Administrative centerSyanno
Area
 • Total1,966.05 km2 (759.10 sq mi)
Elevation
152 m (499 ft)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total19,035
 • Density9.7/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Syanno District (Belarusian: Сенненскі раён; Russian: Сенненский район) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk Region in Belarus.[2] Its administrative center is Syanno.[1]

Notable residents

  • Zair Azgur (1908, Maǔčany village – 1995), Belarusian sculptor[3]
  • Pyotr Masherov (1919, Šyrki village – 1980), Soviet partisan in World War II and leader of Soviet Belarus between 1965 – 1980[4]
  • Lavon Rydleŭski (1903, Uljanavičy village - 1953), active participant in the Belarusian independence movement and an anti-Soviet resistance and a prominent member of the Belarusian diaspora.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ Zair Isaakovich Azgur
  4. ^ Pyotr Masherov
  5. ^ “ Lavon Rydleŭski dreamt about Slucak” ("Лявон Рыдлеўскі марыў пра Случчыну"). zviazda.by (in Belarusian). 2019-06-28
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