# Karelichy district

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District of Grodno region, Belarus

District in Grodno region, Belarus

Karelichy district Карэліцкі раён (Belarusian) Кореличский район (Russian) District Flag Coat of arms Coordinates: 53°34′N 26°08′E / 53.567°N 26.133°E / 53.567; 26.133 Country Belarus Region Grodno region Administrative center Karelichy Area • District 1,093.66 km2 (422.26 sq mi) Population (2024)[1] • District 18,080 • Density 16.53/km2 (42.82/sq mi) • Urban 7,961 • Rural 10,119 Time zone UTC+3 (MSK)

**Karelichy district** or **Kareličy district**[2] ([Belarusian](/source/Belarusian_language): Карэліцкі раён; [Russian](/source/Russian_language): Кореличский район) is a [district](/source/Districts_of_Belarus) ([raion](/source/Raion)) of [Grodno region](/source/Grodno_region) in [Belarus](/source/Belarus). The administrative center is [Karelichy](/source/Karelichy).[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 18,080.[1]

## Notable residents

- [Jan Bułhak](/source/Jan_Bu%C5%82hak) (1876, Astašyn village – 1950), photographer, ethnographer and folklorist[3]

- [Ignacy Domeyko](/source/Ignacy_Domeyko) (1802, [Miadzviedka estate](/source/Vialikaja_Miadzviadka) – 1889), geologist, mineralogist, educator, and founder of the University of Santiago, in Chile[4]

- Archimandrite [Leo Garoshka](/source/Leo_Garoshka)(1911, Traščycy village – 1977), [Catholic priest of the Byzantine rite](/source/Belarusian_Greek_Catholic_Church), religious and social activist, researcher of the history of religion in Belarus and anfounder of the [Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library](/source/Francis_Skaryna_Belarusian_Library_and_Museum) in London.[5]

- [Barys Rahula](/source/Barys_Rahula) (1920, Turec village – 2005), Belarusian political activist[6]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-pop_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-pop_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-pop_1-2) ["Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа"](https://web.archive.org/web/20240402055418/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/). *belsat.gov.by*. Archived from [the original](https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/) on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["JAN BUŁHAK – THE MAN WHO CAPTURED TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY VILNIUS"](https://deepbaltic.com/2018/03/27/jan-bulhak-photographer-of-turn-of-the-century-vilnius/). Retrieved 7 June 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Ігнат Дамейка (Ihnat Damejka)(in Belarusian)"](https://belhistory.com/domeyko.html). Retrieved 16 May 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Nadsan, Alexander (2007). *[Ceslaus Sipovich : the first Belarusian Catholic Bishop in the 20th century (1914-1981)](http://online.skaryna.org.uk/items/show/61) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210511175639/http://online.skaryna.org.uk/items/show/61) 2021-05-11 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)*. Minsk: Technalohija. pp. 157–158. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-985-458-146-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-985-458-146-0).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Барыс Рагуля (Barys Rahula) (in Belarusian)"](https://www.radabnr.org/%d0%b1%d0%b0%d1%80%d1%8b%d1%81-%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b3%d1%83%d0%bb%d1%8f/). Retrieved 15 April 2022.

v t e Subdivisions of Grodno region, Belarus Districts (raiony) Ashmyany Astravyets Byerastavitsa Dzyatlava Grodno Iwye Karelichy Lida Masty Novogrudok Shchuchyn Slonim Smarhon Svislach Vawkavysk Voranava Zelva District centres Grodno Astravyets Ashmyany Dzyatlava Iwye Karelichy Lida Masty Novogrudok Slonim Smarhon Shchuchyn Svislach Vawkavysk Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa Voranava Zelva Cities and towns Grodno Astravyets Ashmyany Bruzgi Byarozawka Dzyatlava Iwye Karelichy Lida Masty Novogrudok Skidzyel' Slonim Smarhon Shchuchyn Svislach Vawkavysk Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa

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