Maladzyechna District

Maladzyechna District (Belarusian: Маладзечанскі раёнMaładziečanski rajon) is a second-level administrative subdivision (raion) of Minsk Region, Belarus. The capital of the town is Maladziečna.

Geography

Main settlements
  • Maladzyechna (94,282)
  • Radashkovichy (5,789)
  • Chist (5,422)

Notable residents

  • Mikola Abramchyk (1903, Syčavičy village – 1970), Belarusian politician and president of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic
  • Janka Kupała (1882, Viazynka estate – 1942), Belarusian poet and writer
  • Symon Rak-Michajłoŭski (1885, Maksimaŭka village – 1938), Belarusian politician and member of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic
  • Siaržuk Vituška (1965, Čyść – 2012), prominent figure of the Belarusian independence movement in the late Soviet period, historian, columnist and writer
  • Tomasz Zan (1796, Miasata village – 1855), poet and activist