Svyetlahorsk district or Svietlahorsk districtOfficial transliteration from Belarusian language (2007) (; ) is a district (raion) of Gomel region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Svyetlahorsk. As of 2024, it has a population of 75,845.
Notable residents
Ihar Hermianchuk (1961, Strakavičy village – 2002), journalist and political activistSiarhej Astraǔcoǔ. Mr. Svaboda: The life and death of Igor Hermenchuk. (Library of Freedom. XXI century). - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (Сяргей Астраўцоў. Спадар Свабода: Жыцьцё і сьмерць Ігара Герменчука. (Бібліятэка Свабоды. ХХІ стагодзьдзе). – Радыё Свабодная Эўропа / Радыё Свабода)(in Belarusian) ISBN 978-0-929849-55-3
Ściapan Niekraševič (1883, the estate of Daniłoŭka – 1937), academic, political figure and a victim of Stalin’s purges
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