Krasnapollye District
Краснапольскі раён (Belarusian)
Краснопольский район (Russian)
Flag of Krasnapollye District
Coat of arms of Krasnapollye District
Location of Krasnapollye District
CountryBelarus
RegionMogilev Region
Administrative centerKrasnapollye
Area
  Total1,223.04 km2 (472.22 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
  Total8,942
  Density7.3/km2 (19/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Krasnapollye District or Krasnapollie District[2] (Belarusian: Краснапольскі раён; Russian: Краснопольский район, romanized: Krasnopolsky rayon) is a district (raion) of Mogilev Region in Belarus. The administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Krasnapollye. As of 2009, its population was 11,176. The population of Krasnapollye accounts for 54.8% of the district's population.[3]

Notable residents

  • Andrej Mryj (1893 – 1943), satirical writer, journalist, translator and a victim of Stalin's purges.[5]

References

  1. "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  2. Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
  3. Численность населения областей и районов: Могилевская (PDF) (in Russian). Национальный статистический комитет Республики Беларусь. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 18, 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  4. The names of freedom: Viera Cierliukievič(Імёны Свабоды: Вера Церлюкевіч)
  5. Маракоў, Л[еанід] (2001). "Вядомы пад псэўданімам А.Мрый" [Known as A. Mryj]. Роднае слова (in Belarusian) (9): 97. ISSN 0234-1360.

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