Nyasvizh district
District of Minsk region, Belarus
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Nyasvizh district or Niasviž district[2] (Belarusian: Нясвіжскі раён; Russian: Несвижский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk region in Belarus.[3] Its administrative center is Nyasvizh.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 38,667.[1]
Notable residents
- Alexander Nadson (1926, Haradzyeya – 2015), the Apostolic Visitor for Belarusian Greek-Catholic faithful abroad, scholar, translator and a notable Belarusian émigré social and religious leader[4]
- Uładzimir Žyłka (1900, Makašy village – 1933), Belarusian poet and Gulag prisoner[5]