Braslaw district or Braslaŭ districtOfficial transliteration from Belarusian language (2007) (; ) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk region in Belarus. Its administrative centre is Braslaw.
The district is known for its numerous lakes. The national park and popular tourist region Braslaw Lakes is situated here. The four largest lakes here are Dryvyaty (the fifth largest in Belarus), Snudy (the ninth largest in Belarus), Strusta (the sixteenth largest in Belarus) and Rychy (the seventeenth largest in Belarus).
Notable residents Alesia Furs (1925, Aziarava village - 2017), member of the Belarusian independence movement and Anti-Soviet resistance and a Gulag prisoner. "slounik.org: Furs Alesia (Фурс Алеся)". slounik.org Tomasz Wawrzecki (1753, Mejšty estate –1816), politician and military commander. Тамаш Ваўжэцкі (Tomasz Wawrzecki)(in Belarusian)
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