Dzyarzhynsk district
{{Short description|District of Minsk region, Belarus}}
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|area_total_km2 = 1,200
|population_total = 70,391
|population_as_of = 2024
| population_urban = 48,048
| population_rural = 22,343
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|leader_title = ispolkom chairman
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|website = [http://www.Dzerzhinsk.minsk-region.by/ Dzyarzhynsk ispolkom website]
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Dzyarzhynsk district or Dziaržynsk districtOfficial transliteration from Belarusian language (2007) ({{langx|be|Дзяржынскі раён}}; {{langx|ru|Дзержинский район}}) is a district (raion) of Minsk region in Belarus. The administrative center of the district is Dzyarzhynsk.[http://www.minsk-region.gov.by/index.aspx?id=21 Dzyarzhynsk raion page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125191216/http://minsk-region.gov.by/index.aspx?id=21 |date=2010-11-25 }} at Minsk Oblispolkom website As of 2024, it has a population of 70,391.
The highest point of Belarus is situated in the district. It is 345 meters above level sea and called Dzyarzhynskaya Hara.{{cite web |url = http://landofancestors.com/travel/statistics/geography/235-coordinates-of-the-extreme-points-of-the-state-frontier.html |title = Coordinates of the extreme points of the state frontier. Main Geographic Characteristics of the Republic of Belarus |year = 2011 |website = Land of Ancestors |accessdate= 9 September 2013 }}
See also
= Cities =
= Urban-type settlements =
=Agrotowns=
Notable residents
- Emeryk Hutten-Czapski (1828–1896), scholar, ardent historical collector and numismatist
- Karol Hutten-Czapski (1860-1904), businessman and philanthropist, Mayor of Minsk between 1890 and 1901[https://web.archive.org/web/20070126064825/http://www.priluchki.com/top_menu.php?id=10 Stan'kau (Станьков) (in Russian)]
- Mikałaj Ułaščyk (1906, Vickaǔščyna village – 1986), Belarusian historian and archaeologist specialising in medieval history, a Gulag prisoner [https://docs.rferl.org/be-BY/2020/11/07/96247f72-a7e0-4382-ad1c-ec68459cf6b7.pdf Уладзімер Арлоў «Імёны Свабоды»] (Uladzimer Arloǔ “The Names of Freedom”, p.p. 358-359 (in Belarusian)
- Mikola Yermalovich (1921, Malyja Navasiolki – 2000) was a Belarusian writer and historian{{cite web |title=Мікола Ермаловіч. 100 год даследчыку, гісторыку і педагогу (Mikola Ermalovich. A centenary of the researcher, historian and educator)(in Belarusian) |url=https://csl.bas-net.by/news/one-news.asp?id=86708 |access-date=30 April 2022}}
- Mother of Sergei Glushko, Russian actor, singer and fitness model[https://rdz.by/data/a-6064.html Тарзан - о своём детстве в Дзержинском районе] [Tarzan about his childhood in Dzyarzhynsk District]
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