Pyetrykaw District

Pyetrykaw District or Pietrykaŭ District^[2] (Belarusian: Петрыкаўскі раён, romanized: Pietrykaŭski rajon; Russian: Петриковский район) is a district (raion) of Gomel Region in Belarus.^[3] Its administrative center is Pyetrykaw. As of 2024, it has a population of 25,531.^[1]

Pyetrykaw District Петрыкаўскі раён (Belarusian) Петриковский район (Russian)
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Belarus
Region	Gomel Region
Administrative center	Pyetrykaw
Area
• Total	2,835.18 km2 (1,094.67 sq mi)
Population  (2024)[1]
• Total	25,531
• Density	9.0/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Notable residents

• Aleś Dudar (1904, Navasiolki village – 1937), Belarusian poet, critic, translator and a victim of Stalin's purges^[4]

• Mikhail Marynich (1940, Staryja Haloǔčycy village – 2014), Belarusian diplomat, public figure and political prisoner^[5]

Notes

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 9 April 2024.
2. Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
3. Pyetrykawski Rayon (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
4. Маракоў, Леанід. "Рэпрэсаваныя літаратары, навукоўцы, работнікі асветы, грамадскія і культурныя дзеячы Беларусі. 1794-1991: Дудар Алесь" [Repressed writers, scientists, educators, public and cultural figures of Belarus. 1794-1991: Aleś Dudar, by Leanid Marakou. www.marakou.by (in Belarusian)
5. Belarusian opposition takes heart

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