Kapyl District

District of Minsk Region, Belarus

District in Minsk Region, Belarus

Kapyl District or Kapyĺ District^[2] (Belarusian: Капыльскі раён; Russian: Копыльский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus.^[1] Its administrative center is Kapyl.^[3][1] As of 2024, it has a population of 26,533.^[1]

Notable residents

• Ales Adamovich (1927, Kanuchi village – 1994), Belarusian writer and critic, author of the screenplay for film “Come and See” ^[4]
• Paval Zhauryd (1889, Cieciarouka village – 1939), Belarusian military figure, one of the commanders of the Slutsk defence action and a victim of Stalin's purges^[5]

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 12 June 2024.
2. Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
3. Kopyl raion page Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine at Minsk Oblispolkom website
4. Read and See: Ales Adamovich and Literature out of FireBy Valzhyna Mort
5. "Першая вялікая бітва за незалежнасць Беларусі – Слуцкі збройны чын (First major battle for independence of Belarus - Slutsk military action) (in Belarusian)". Retrieved 21 June 2022.