Rasony district
District of Vitebsk region, Belarus
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Rasony district (Belarusian: Расонскі раён; Russian: Россонский район) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk region in Belarus.[2] The administrative center of the district is Rasony.[1]
Rasony district
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| Coordinates: 55°54′15″N 28°48′53″E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Vitebsk region |
| Administrative center | Rasony |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,924.72 km2 (743.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 8,523 |
| • Density | 4.428/km2 (11.47/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Lake Neshcharda, the seventh-largest lake in Belarus, is situated in the district.[3]
History
During World War II, Rasony District was a large part of the Belarusian partisans. Led by Pyotr Masherov, the partisan movement in Rasony began in 1941, and continued until Operation Bagration liberated Belarus from Nazi Germany in 1944.[4]
Notable residents
- Jan Barszczewski (1797, Mirahi village – 1851), "one of the founders of modern Belarusian literature"[5]
- Hienadz Buraǔkin (1936, Šulacina village – 2014), Belarusian poet, journalist and diplomat[6]