Ashmyany District

District of Grodno Region, Belarus

District in Grodno Region, Belarus

Ashmyany District or Ašmiany District^[2] (Belarusian: Ашмянскі раён, romanized: Ashmyanski rajon; Russian: Ошмянский район, romanized: Oshmyansky rayon) is a district (raion) of Grodno Region in Belarus. The administrative center is Ashmyany.^[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 29,133.^[1]

Notable residents

• Jazep Hermanovich (1890, Halshany – 1978), Belarusian Eastern Catholic priest, writer, poet and Gulag survivor^[3]
• Zygmunt Mineyko (1840, Zialony Bor – 1925), a leading figure of the January Uprising on the territory of Belarus ^[4]

References

1. "Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
2. Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
3. ЯЗЭП ГЕРМАНОВІЧ – СВЯТАР І ПІСЬМЕННІК (Jazep Hermanovich - Priest and Writer
4. Імёны Свабоды: Зыгмунт Мінейка (1840 – 27.12.1925) (The Names of Freedom: Zygmunt Mineyko (1840- 27.1#.1925)