Nyasvizh district

Nyasvizh district or Niasviž district (Belarusian: Нясвіжскі раён; Russian: Несвижский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Nyasvizh. As of 2024, it has a population of 38,667.

Notable residents

• Alexander Nadson (1926, Haradzyeya – 2015), the Apostolic Visitor for Belarusian Greek-Catholic faithful abroad, scholar, translator and a notable Belarusian émigré social and religious leader
• Uładzimir Žyłka (1900, Makašy village – 1933), Belarusian poet and Gulag prisoner

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