Slutsk district or Sluck districtOfficial transliteration from Belarusian language (2007) (; ) is a district (raion) of Minsk region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Slutsk. As of 2024, it has a population of 85,537.
Settlements Talitsa
Notable residents
Alena Kish (1889 or 1896, Ramanava (now Lenina) village - 1949), Belarusian primitivist painterСьмерць народнай мастачкі — самагубства ці няшчасны выпадак? (The death of a folk artist - was it a suicide or an accident?) (in Belarusian)A song about life in paradise: the intimate art of Elena Kish Jurka Listapad (1897, Varkavičy village - 1938), active participant in the Belarusian independence movement and anti-Soviet resistance, publicist and a victim of Stalin's purges of 1937–38.Арлоў, Уладзімер (2020). ІМЁНЫ СВАБОДЫ (Бібліятэка Свабоды. ХХІ стагодзьдзе.) [Uładzimir Arłou. The Names of Freedom (The Library of Freedom. ХХІ century).] (PDF) (in Belarusian) (4-е выд., дап. ed.). Радыё Свабодная Эўропа / Радыё Свабода - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. pp. 178–179. Mikola Statkevich (b. 1956, Liadna village), Belarusian politician and political prisonerViasna condemns persecution of opposition leader Statkevich as politically motivatedStatkevič not permitted to receive greeting cards (Статкевічу не перадаюць віншавальныя паштоўкі)(in Belarusian) Uladzimier Teraŭski (1871, the village of Ramanaŭ (currently known as the village of Lenin) - 1938), Belarusian composer, choirmaster and a victim of Stalin's purges. He wrote music to a number of popular Belarusian songs such as Vajacki Marš and KupalinkaМаракоў, Леанід. "Рэпрэсаваныя літаратары, навукоўцы, работнікі асветы, грамадскія і культурныя дзеячы Беларусі. 1794-1991. ТЭРАЎСКІ (ТЕРРАВСКИЙ) Уладзімір" [Repressed writers, scientists, educators, public and cultural figures of Belarus. 1794-1991. Teraŭski Uladzimier], by Leanid Marakou. www.marakou.by (in Belarusian).
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