Slutsk district

Slutsk district or Sluck district^[2] (Belarusian: Слуцкі раён; Russian: Слуцкий район) is a district (raion) of Minsk region in Belarus.^[3] Its administrative center is Slutsk.^[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 85,537.^[1]

Slutsk district Слуцкий район (Belarusian) Слуцкі раён (Russian)
District
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Coordinates: 53°01′N 27°33′E
Country	Belarus
Region	Minsk region
Administrative center	Slutsk
Area
• District	1,821 km2 (703 sq mi)
Population  (2024)[1]
• District	85,537
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
• Urban	60,056
• Rural	25,481
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Settlements

• Talitsa

Notable residents

• Alena Kish (1889 or 1896, Ramanava (now Lenina) village - 1949), Belarusian primitivist painter^[4][5]
• Jurka Listapad (1897, Varkavičy village - 1938), active participant in the Belarusian independence movement and anti-Soviet resistance, publicist and a victim of Stalin's purges of 1937–38.^[6]
• Mikola Statkevich (b. 1956, Liadna village), Belarusian politician and political prisoner^[7][8]
• Uladzimier Teraŭski (1871, the village of Ramanaŭ (currently known as the village of Lenin) - 1938), Belarusian composer, choirmaster and a victim of Stalin's purges. He wrote music to a number of popular Belarusian songs such as Vajacki Marš and Kupalinka^[9]