Dzyarzhynsk district or Dziaržynsk districtOfficial transliteration from Belarusian language (2007) (; ) is a district (raion) of Minsk region in Belarus. The administrative center of the district is Dzyarzhynsk.Dzyarzhynsk raion page at Minsk Oblispolkom website As of 2024, it has a population of 70,391.
The highest point of Belarus is situated in the district. It is 345 meters above level sea and called Dzyarzhynskaya Hara.
See also
Cities Dzyarzhynsk Fanipal
Urban-type settlements Nyeharelaye
Agrotowns Skirmantava
Notable residents Emeryk Hutten-Czapski (1828–1896), scholar, ardent historical collector and numismatist Karol Hutten-Czapski (1860-1904), businessman and philanthropist, Mayor of Minsk between 1890 and 1901Stan'kau (Станьков) (in Russian) Mikałaj Ułaščyk (1906, Vickaǔščyna village – 1986), Belarusian historian and archaeologist specialising in medieval history, a Gulag prisoner Уладзімер Арлоў «Імёны Свабоды» (Uladzimer Arloǔ “The Names of Freedom”, p.p. 358-359 (in Belarusian) Mikola Yermalovich (1921, Malyja Navasiolki – 2000) was a Belarusian writer and historian Mother of Sergei Glushko, Russian actor, singer and fitness modelТарзан - о своём детстве в Дзержинском районе [Tarzan about his childhood in Dzyarzhynsk District]
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