Krasnapollye district or Krasnapollie districtOfficial transliteration from Belarusian language (2007) (; ) is a district (raion) of Mogilev region in Belarus. The administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Krasnapollye. As of 2009, its population was 11,176. The population of Krasnapollye accounts for 54.8% of the district's population.
History As a result of the Chernobyl disaster, part of the district's territory was contaminated, and the inhabitants were resettled. In the area, 83 settlements remained uninhabited, and more than 9,000 people lost their homes.
Notable residents Viera Cierliukievič (1941 – 2000), political and trade union activist The names of freedom: Viera Cierliukievič(Імёны Свабоды: Вера Церлюкевіч)
Andrej Mryj (1893 – 1943), satirical writer, journalist, translator and a victim of Stalin's purges. Маракоў, Л[еанід] (2001). "Вядомы пад псэўданімам А.Мрый" [Known as A. Mryj]. Роднае слова (in Belarusian) (9): 97. ISSN 0234-1360.
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