Krupki District
Крупскі раён (Belarusian)
Крупский район (Russian)
District
Flag of Krupki District
Flag
Coat of arms of Krupki District
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 54°19′30″N 29°08′10″E / 54.32500°N 29.13611°E / 54.32500; 29.13611
CountryBelarus
RegionMinsk Region
Administrative centerKrupki
Area
 • Total2,138 km2 (825 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total22,094
 • Density10/km2 (27/sq mi)
WebsiteKrupki ispolkom website

Krupki District (Belarusian: Крупскі раён; Russian: Крупский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus.[1] Its administrative center is the town of Krupki.[2][1] Also located in the district are the urban-type settlements of Bobr and Khalopyenichy.

The largest lake of the district is Syalyava, the 14th-largest lake in Belarus.[3]

Notable residents

  • Vladimir Kovalyonok (1942, Belaje village), Soviet Belarusian cosmonaut[4]
  • Ales Pushkin (1965, Bobr village – 2023), Belarusian non-conformist painter, theater artist, performer, art curator, and political prisoner[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "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 14 August 2023.
  2. ↑ Krupki raion page Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine at Minsk Oblispolkom website
  3. ↑ "Main characteristics of the largest lakes of Belarus". Land of Ancestors. Data of the Research Laboratory for Lake Study of the Belarus State University. 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "VLADIMIR KOVALYONOK (URS)". Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Case of political prisoner, artist Ales Pushkin filed to court". Retrieved 3 May 2022.


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