Khoiniki district or Chojniki districtOfficial transliteration from Belarusian language (2007) (; ) is a district (raion) of Gomel region in Belarus. Its administrative center is the town of Khoiniki. As of 2024, it has a population of 18,435.
Geography The district includes the town of Khoiniki, eight rural councils (selsoviets), and several villages. Following the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, it is partially included in the Polesie State Radioecological Reserve.Polesie Radio-ecological Zapovednik (APB BirdLife Belarus)
Notable residents Iosif Goshkevich (1814, Straličaǔ – 1875), diplomat and Orientalist Valiantsin Hrytskevich. Life and activity of Iosif Hashkevich. // Belarusika = Albaruthenica 8. Belarus - Russia - Japan ..: Materials of the First Astravets Readings Dedicated to the Memory of Iosif Hashkevich / Ed. G. Breger et al. - Minsk, 1997. S. 14, 15 (Валянцін Грыцкевіч. Жыццё і дзейнасць Іосіфа Гашкевіча. // Беларусіка=Albaruthenica 8. Беларусь – Расія – Японія..: Матэрыялы Першых Астравецкіх чытанняў, прысвечаных памяці Іосіфа Гашкевіча / Рэд. Г. Брэгер і інш. – Мінск, 1997. С. 14, 15)(in Belarusian) Ivan Melezh (1921, Hlinišča – 1976), writer, playwright and publicistMelezh Ivan Pavlovich(1921—1976) Fyodor Stravinsky (1843, Novy Dvor (Aleksičy) – 1902), opera singer and actor Vasil Kushner. Fedor Stravinsky (1843-1902). // Famous names of the Fatherland. Issue two. - Minsk: Belarusian Cultural Foundation, 2003. P. 348 (Кушнер Васіль. Фёдар Стравінскі (1843—1902). // Славутыя імёны Бацькаўшчыны. Выпуск другі. — Мінск: Беларускі фонд культуры, 2003. С. 348)(In Belarusian)
See also Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant National Radioactive Waste Repository
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