Karelichy District

Karelichy District (Belarusian: Карэліцкі раён) is a district (rajon) in Grodno Region of Belarus.

The administrative center is Karelichy.

Notable residents

  • Jan Bułhak (1876, Astašyn village –1950), photographer, ethnographer and folklorist[1]
  • Ignacy Domeyko (1802, Miadzviedka estate – 1889), geologist, mineralogist, educator, and founder of the University of Santiago, in Chile
  • Archimandrite Leo Garoshka(1911, Traščycy village – 1977), Catholic priest of the Byzantine rite, religious and social activist, researcher of the history of religion in Belarus and anfounder of the Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library in London.
  • Barys Rahula (1920, Turec village – 2005) was a Belarusian political activist