Dobrush District

District of Gomel Region, Belarus

District in Gomel Region, Belarus

Dobrush District Добрушскі раён (Belarusian) Добрушский район (Russian)
District
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Coordinates: 52°25′N 31°19′E / 52.417°N 31.317°E / 52.417; 31.317
Country	Belarus
Region	Gomel Region
Administrative center	Dobrush
Area
• Total	1,452.72 km² (560.90 sq mi)
Population (2024)^[1]
• Total	34,735
• Density	24/km² (62/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Postal code	247050
Area code	+375 2333
License plate	3

Dobrush District or Dobruš District^[2] (Belarusian: Добрушскі раён, romanized: Dobrušski rajon; Russian: Добрушский район) is a district (raion) of Gomel Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Dobrush.^[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 34,735.^[1]

The uninhabited Russian exclave Sankovo-Medvezhye is situated in the district.^[3]

Administrative divisions

The Dobrush District is divided into 14 village council regions (Selsovets).

Borschovsky
Ivakovsky
Kormyansky
Krugovets-Kalininsky
Krupetsky
Kuzminichsky
Leninist
Nosovichsky
Pererostovsky
Rassvetovsky
Terekhovsky
Usoho-Budsky
Utevsky
Zhgunsky

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 ^[4]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
^ The Atlas of Unusual Borders by Zoran Nikolič. ISBN 978-0-00-835177-9.p. 48
^ 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)
^ Цімох Вострыкаў (Cimoch Vostrykaǔ)(in Belarusian)(