Dobrush District

Dobrush District or Dobruš District^[2] (Belarusian: Добрушскі раён, romanized: Dobrušski rajon; Russian: Добрушский район) is a district (raion) of Gomel Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Dobrush.^[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 34,735.^[1]

Dobrush District Добрушскі раён (Belarusian) Добрушский район (Russian)
District
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 52°25′N 31°19′E
Country	Belarus
Region	Gomel Region
Administrative center	Dobrush
Area
• Total	1,452.72 km2 (560.90 sq mi)
Population  (2024)[1]
• Total	34,735
• Density	24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Postal code	247050
Area code	+375 2333
License plate	3

The uninhabited Russian exclave Sankovo-Medvezhye is situated in the district.^[3]

Administrative divisions

The Dobrush District is divided into 14 village council regions (Selsovets).

• Borschovsky
• Ivakovsky
• Kormyansky
• Krugovets-Kalininsky
• Krupetsky
• Kuzminichsky
• Leninist
• Nosovichsky
• Pererostovsky
• Rassvetovsky
• Terekhovsky
• Usoho-Budsky
• Utevsky
• Zhgunsky

Notable residents

• Cimoch Vostrykaǔ (in Belarusian Цімох Вострыкаў) (1922, Barščoŭka village - 2007), member of the anti-Soviet resistance, representative of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic, a Gulag prisoner ^[4][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 6 May 2024.
2. Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
3. The Atlas of Unusual Borders by Zoran Nikolič. ISBN 978-0-00-835177-9.p. 48
4. Цімох Вострыкаў — чалавек, якога не зламалі 23 гады савецкіх лягераў (Cimoch Vostrykaǔ - the man who was not broken by 23 years of Soviet prison camps) (in Belarusian)
5. Цімох Вострыкаў (Cimoch Vostrykaǔ)(in Belarusian)(

External links

• Official site of regional executive committee

52°25′N 31°19′E