Vitebsk district or Viciebsk districtOfficial transliteration from Belarusian language (2007) (; ) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk region in northern Belarus. The administrative center of the district is the city of Vitebsk, which is administratively separated from the district. The most populated town of the district itself is Ruba.
Geography Situated in the eastern side of the district and crossed by the Vitba River; Vitebsk District borders, from north to south, the districts of Haradok, Shumilina, Beshankovichy, Syanno and Liozna. In the eastern side it borders with the Russian oblasts, from south to north, of Smolensk and Pskov.
Administrative divisions The district is divided into 8 rural councils (selsoviets) and 45 municipalities (including Vitebsk).- Information on the official website of the raion
Municipalities Vidzy
Notable residents
Alexander Rypinski (1809, Kukaviačyna estate – 1886), Belarusian and Polish poet, translator and folklorist, participant in the November UprisingАрлоў, Уладзімер (2020). ІМЁНЫ СВАБОДЫ (Бібліятэка Свабоды. ХХІ стагодзьдзе.) [Uładzimir Arłou. The Names of Freedom (The Library of Freedom. ХХІ century.)] (PDF) (in Belarusian) (4-е выд., дап. ed.). Радыё Свабодная Эўропа / Радыё Свабода - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. pp. 86–87.
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