Pyetrykaw district or Pietrykaŭ districtOfficial transliteration from Belarusian language (2007) (; ) is a district (raion) of Gomel region in Belarus., United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Its administrative center is Pyetrykaw. As of 2024, it has a population of 25,531.
Notable residents
Aleś Dudar (1904, Navasiolki village – 1937), Belarusian poet, critic, translator and a victim of Stalin's Great Purge Маракоў, Леанід. "Рэпрэсаваныя літаратары, навукоўцы, работнікі асветы, грамадскія і культурныя дзеячы Беларусі. 1794-1991: Дудар Алесь" [Repressed writers, scientists, educators, public and cultural figures of Belarus. 1794-1991: Aleś Dudar, by Leanid Marakou. www.marakou.by (in Belarusian)
Mikhail Marynich (1940, Staryja Haloǔčycy village – 2014), Belarusian diplomat, public figure and political prisoner Belarusian opposition takes heart
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