Dobrush district

{{Short description|District of Gomel region, Belarus}}

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{{native name|ru|Добрушский район}}

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|subdivision_name1 = Gomel region

|seat_type = Administrative center

|seat = Dobrush

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|area_total_km2 = 1452.72

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|population_total = 34,735

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Dobrush district or Dobruš districtOfficial transliteration from Belarusian language (2007) ({{langx|be|Добрушскі раён|Dobrušski rajon}}; {{langx|ru|Добрушский район}}) is a district (raion) of Gomel region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Dobrush. As of 2024, it has a population of 34,735.

The uninhabited Russian exclave Sankovo-Medvezhye is situated in the district. The Atlas of Unusual Borders by Zoran Nikolič. ISBN 978-0-00-835177-9.p. 48

Administrative divisions

Dobrush district is divided into 14 village council regions (selsoviets).

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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 [https://www.svaboda.org/a/29841207.html 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) [https://www.radabnr.org/cimoch-vostrykau/ Цімох Вострыкаў (Cimoch Vostrykaǔ)](in Belarusian)(

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