Karelichy district or Kareličy districtOfficial transliteration from Belarusian language (2007) (; ) is a district (raion) of Grodno region in Belarus. The administrative center is Karelichy. As of 2024, it has a population of 18,080.
Notable residents Jan Bułhak (1876, Astašyn village – 1950), photographer, ethnographer and folklorist Ignacy Domeyko (1802, Miadzviedka estate – 1889), geologist, mineralogist, educator, and founder of the University of Santiago, in Chile Archimandrite Leo Garoshka(1911, Traščycy village – 1977), Catholic priest of the Byzantine rite, religious and social activist, researcher of the history of religion in Belarus and anfounder of the Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library in London.Nadsan, Alexander (2007). Ceslaus Sipovich : the first Belarusian Catholic Bishop in the 20th century (1914-1981) . Minsk: Technalohija. pp. 157–158. . Barys Rahula (1920, Turec village – 2005), Belarusian political activist
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