Beshankovichy District

District of Vitebsk Region, Belarus

District in Vitebsk Region, Belarus

Beshankovichy District Бешанковіцкі раён (Belarusian)
District
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Coordinates: 55°02′N 29°27′E / 55.033°N 29.450°E / 55.033; 29.450
Country	Belarus
Region	Vitebsk Region
Administrative center	Beshankovichy
Area
• Total	1,249.65 km² (482.49 sq mi)
Elevation	137 m (449 ft)
Population (2023)^[1]
• Total	13,653
• Density	11/km² (28/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Beshankovichy District or Biešankovičy District (Belarusian: Бешанко́віцкі раён, romanized: Biešankovicki rajon; Russian: Бешенковичский район) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk Region in Belarus.^[2] The Vula River flows through the district. Its administrative center is Beshankovichy.^[1]

Notable residents

Jan Chrucki (1810, Vuła village–1885), Belarusian artist^[3]
Hryhory Sandler (1912, Ostrovno village–1994), Soviet choral conductor^[4]
Leŭ Sapieha (1557, Astroŭna estate (now village) – 1633), a nobleman and statesman of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and governor of Słonim, Bieraście and Mahiloŭ^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
^ "Vitebsk Region" (in Belarusian). vitebsk-region.gov.by. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
^ Да 200-годдзя І.Ф. Хруцкага (To the 200th anniversary of I.F. Khrutsky)(In Belarusian)
^ Ekkehard Ochs Universität und Musik im Ostseeraum 2009 Page 206 "45 Jahre leitete ihn der Dirigent Grigori Sandler. Die Berühmtheit des Universitätschores war sogar nach sowjetischen Maßstäben außerordentlich hoch – ihm wurde von der offiziellen Propaganda der Status des beinahe besten Laienchores des Landes verliehen."
^ КKанцлер Леў Сапега (Chancellor Lew Sapieha) (in Belarusian)