Rural councils of Belarus

Rural councils of Belarus (Belarusian: сельсаветы, Russian: сельсоветы, selsoviets) are the lowest-level rural territorial units of the country. They are subordinated to districts of Belarus. If a rural council includes agrotowns, then one of them is the administrative center of the rural council, with some exceptions.^[1]

All administrative divisions of Belarus, April 2025

The system was introduced in 1924, when the whole Soviet Union replaced its administrative division inherited from the Russian Empire.^[2]

According to the 2009 Belarusian census, the numbers of rural councils were:

• Brest region: 222^[3]
• Gomel region: 259^[4]
• Grodno region: 178 ^[5]
• Minsk region: 294^[6]
• Mogilev region: 192^[7]
• Vitebsk region: 200^[8]

According to the 2019 Belarusian census, the numbers of rural councils were:

• Brest region: 195^[9]
• Gomel region: 242^[10]
• Grodno region: 155 ^[11]
• Minsk region: 216^[12]
• Mogilev region: 152^[13]
• Vitebsk region: 191^[14]