Smarhon district or Smarhoń districtOfficial transliteration from Belarusian language (2007) (; ) is a district (raion) of Grodno region in Belarus. The administrative center is Smarhon. As of 2024, it has a population of 48,464.
Historically the district's center Smarhon was part of the Vilnius Voivodeship within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania until 1795. Forty percent of the names of Smarhon district's settlements have remained of the Lithuanian origin, while residents of Smarhon once spoke in the Eastern Aukštaitian-Vilnian dialect of Lithuanian language.
Main sights
Ahinski Manor in Zaliessie
Notable residents
Adam Stankievič (1882, Arlianiaty village – 1949), Belarusian Roman Catholic priest, politician and writer, a Gulag prisoner Biography of Father Adam Stankiewicz Jan Stankievič (1891, Arlianiaty village – 1976), Belarusian politician, linguist, historian and philosopher Stankievič Jan Antoni Leszczewicz (1890, Abramaǔščyna – 1943), beautified Marian Father and Roman Catholic priest, victim of the Nazis Антоні Ляшчэвіч (Antoni Leszczewicz) (in Belarusian) Andrei Tsikota (1891–1952), Belarusian priest, member of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic and a victim of the GulagBiography of Servant of God Archimandrite Andrzej Cikoto, MICАндрэй Цікота: святар, які ламаў стэрэатыпы [Andrei Tsikota: a priest who broke stereotypes] - Krynica.info
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