Puchavičy District

Puchavičy District (Puchavičy Rajon) is a second-level administrative subdivision (raion) of Belarus in the east of Minsk Voblast. The capital of the town is Marjina Horka.

Geography

Main settlements
  • Marjina Horka (22,500)
  • Svislač (4,053)
  • Rudziensk (2,900)
  • Praŭdzinski (2,900)
  • Šack
  • Družny
  • Puchavičy

Notable residents

  • Michaś Čarot (1896, Rudziensk – 1937), Belarusian poet, playwright, novelist, and a victim of Stalin’s purges
  • Aliaksandr Čarviakoŭ (1892, Dukorki village – 1937), Belarusian politician and publicist
  • Hienadź Klaŭko (1931, Varoničy village – 1979), Belarusian poet and translator

Vykankam Chairpersons

The following people held the post at various times.

  • Siarhei Turko (Сергей Андреевич Турко)
  • Fyodor Karalyenya (Федор Петрович Караленя)