{{Short description|District of Minsk region, Belarus}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Slutsk district |native_name = {{native name|be|Слуцкий район}}<br />{{native name|ru|Слуцкі раён}} |image_flag = Flag of Słucak.svg |flag_size = 150 |image_shield = Coat of Arms of Slutsk, Belarus.svg |shield_size = 75 |image_map = {{Switcher|frameless|Show map of Minsk Region|frameless|Show map of Belarus|default=1}} |coordinates = {{Coord|53|01|N|27|33|E|type:adm2nd_source:kolossus-itwiki|display=title,inline}} |settlement_type = District |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Belarus |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Minsk region |seat_type = Administrative center |seat = Slutsk |area_total_km2 = 1821 |population_as_of = 2024 |population_footnotes = <ref name="pop">{{cite web|url=https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/|title=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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402055418/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/solialnaya-sfera/naselenie-i-migratsiya/naselenie/statisticheskie-izdaniya/index_89355/|archive-date=2 April 2024|website=belsat.gov.by|access-date=12 June 2024}}</ref> |population_total = 85,537 |population_urban = 60,056 |population_rural = 25,481 |population_density_km2 = auto |elevation_m = |timezone = MSK |utc_offset = +3 }}
'''Slutsk district''' or '''Sluck district'''<ref>Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)</ref> ({{langx|be|Слуцкі раён}}; {{langx|ru|Слуцкий район}}) is a district (raion) of Minsk region in Belarus.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://belstat.gov.by/homep/ru/perepic/2009/itogi1.php/| title =2009 Belarusian census | publisher = belstat.gov.by | language = Belarusian| accessdate = 11 November 2011}}</ref> Its administrative center is Slutsk.<ref name="pop"/> As of 2024, it has a population of 85,537.<ref name="pop"/>
== Settlements == * Talitsa
== Notable residents ==
* Alena Kish (1889 or 1896, Ramanava (now Lenina) village - 1949), Belarusian primitivist painter<ref>[https://www.svaboda.org/a/25259430.html Сьмерць народнай мастачкі — самагубства ці няшчасны выпадак? (The death of a folk artist - was it a suicide or an accident?)] (in Belarusian)</ref><ref>[https://www.nlb.by/en/news/through-the-pages-of-the-belarusian-calendar/a-song-about-life-in-paradise-the-intimate-art-of-elena-kish/ A song about life in paradise: the intimate art of Elena Kish]</ref> * 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.<ref>Арлоў, Уладзімер (2020). ''[https://docs.rferl.org/be-BY/2020/11/07/96247f72-a7e0-4382-ad1c-ec68459cf6b7.pdf 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.</ref> * Mikola Statkevich (b. 1956, Liadna village), Belarusian politician and political prisoner<ref>[http://spring96.org/en/news/97953 Viasna condemns persecution of opposition leader Statkevich as politically motivated]</ref><ref>[https://www.svaboda.org/a/25073322.html Statkevič not permitted to receive greeting cards (Статкевічу не перадаюць віншавальныя паштоўкі)](in Belarusian)</ref> * 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 Kupalinka<ref>[http://www.marakou.by/by/davedniki/sviashchenniki_tom2/tom-ii/index_26320.html Маракоў, 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).</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Minsk Region}}{{Slutsk District}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Slutsk district