Kirawsk district
District of Mogilev region, Belarus
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Kirawsk district or Kiraŭsk district[2] (Belarusian: Кіраўскі раён; Russian: Кировский район, romanized: Kirovsky rayon) is a district (raion) of Mogilev region in Belarus. The administrative center is the town of Kirawsk.[3] As of 2009, its population was 22,352. The population of Kirawsk accounts for 39.2% of the district's population.[4]
Two major Belarusian automobile roads pass through the raion: P93 and M5 (European route E271).[3]
Notable residents
- Jadvihin Š. (Anton Lavicki) (1869, Dobasnia – 1922), Belarusian novelist, playwright and publicist