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Hlybokaye district

Hlybokaye District
Глыбоцкі раён (Belarusian)
Глубокский район (Russian)
Flag of Hlybokaye District
Coat of arms of Hlybokaye District
Location of Hlybokaye District
CountryBelarus
RegionVitebsk Region
Administrative centerHlybokaye
Area
 • Total
1,759.58 km2 (679.38 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total
33,627
 • Density19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Hlybokaye District or Hlybokaje District[2] (Belarusian: Глыбоцкі раён; Russian: Глубокский район) is a district (raion) in Vitebsk Region, Belarus. The administrative center of the district is the town of Hlybokaye.[3]

Notable residents

  • Ihnat Bujnicki (1881, Palivačy estate - 1917), Belarusian actor and theatre director, described as “the father of the Belarusian theatre”[4]
  • Jazep Drazdovič (1888, Puńki village –1954), Belarusian painter, archaeologist, and ethnographer[5]
  • Vaclau Lastouski (1883, Kalesniki hamlet – 1938), Belarusian critic, historian of literature, and politician, victim of Stalin's purges[6]

References

55°08′N 27°41′E / 55.133°N 27.683°E / 55.133; 27.683