Smarhon district - Wikipedia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(Redirected from Smarhon District)

Smarhon District Смаргонскі раён (Belarusian) Сморгонский район (Russian)
District
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 54°29′01″N 26°24′00″E / 54.48361°N 26.40000°E
Country	Belarus
Region	Grodno Region
Administrative center	Smarhon
Government
• Chairman	Henadzi Kharuzhyk
Area
• District	1,490.01 km2 (575.30 sq mi)
Highest elevation [a]	320 m (1,050 ft)
Lowest elevation [b]	121 m (397 ft)
Population  (2024)[1]
• District	48,464
• Density	33/km2 (84/sq mi)
• Urban	35,422
• Rural	13,042
Website	smorgon.grodno-region.by

Smarhon District or Smarhoń District^[2] (Belarusian: Смаргонскі раён; Russian: Сморгонский район) is a district (raion) of Grodno Region in Belarus. The administrative center is Smarhon.^[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 48,464.^[1]

Historically the district's center Smarhon was part of the Vilnius Voivodeship within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania until 1795.^[3] Forty percent of the names of Smarhon District's settlements have remained of Lithuanian origin, while residents of Smarhon once spoke in the Eastern Aukštaitian-Vilnian dialect of Lithuanian language.^[3]

• Ahinski Manor in Zaliessie

• Adam Stankievič (1882, Arlianiaty village – 1949), Belarusian Roman Catholic priest, politician and writer, a Gulag prisoner^[4]
• Jan Stankievič (1891, Arlianiaty village – 1976), Belarusian politician, linguist, historian and philosopher^[5]
• Antoni Leszczewicz (1890, Abramaǔščyna – 1943), beautified Marian Father and Roman Catholic priest, victim of the Nazis^[6]
• Andrei Tsikota (1891–1952), Belarusian priest, member of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic and a victim of the Gulag^[7][8]