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District of Grodno region, Belarus

District in Grodno region, Belarus

Smarhon district Смаргонскі раён (Belarusian) Сморгонский район (Russian) District Flag Coat of arms Coordinates: 54°29′01″N 26°24′00″E / 54.48361°N 26.40000°E / 54.48361; 26.40000 Country Belarus Region Grodno region Administrative center Smarhon Government • Chairman Henadzi Kharuzhyk Area • District 1,490.01 km2 (575.30 sq mi) Highest elevation [a] 320 m (1,050 ft) Lowest elevation [b] 121 m (397 ft) Population (2024)[1] • District 48,464 • Density 32.526/km2 (84.242/sq mi) • Urban 35,422 • Rural 13,042 Website smorgon.grodno-region.by

Kreŭski boulder in Smarhon district - a natural monument

**Smarhon district** or **Smarhoń district**[2] ([Belarusian](/source/Belarusian_language): Смаргонскі раён; [Russian](/source/Russian_language): Сморгонский 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 [Smarhon](/source/Smarhon).[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 48,464.[1]

Historically the district's center [Smarhon](/source/Smarhon) was part of the [Vilnius Voivodeship](/source/Vilnius_Voivodeship) within the [Grand Duchy of Lithuania](/source/Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania) until 1795.[3] Forty percent of the names of Smarhon district's settlements have remained of the [Lithuanian](/source/Lithuania) origin, while residents of Smarhon once spoke in the Eastern [Aukštaitian](/source/Auk%C5%A1taitija)-[Vilnian](/source/Vilnius) dialect of [Lithuanian language](/source/Lithuanian_language).[3]

## Main sights

- [Ahinski Manor in Zaliessie](/source/Ahinski_Manor_in_Zaliessie)

## Notable residents

- [Adam Stankievič](/source/Adam_Stankievi%C4%8D) (1882, Arlianiaty village – 1949), Belarusian Roman Catholic priest, politician and writer, a [Gulag](/source/Gulag) prisoner[4]

- [Jan Stankievič](/source/Jan_Stankievi%C4%8D) (1891, Arlianiaty village – 1976), Belarusian politician, linguist, historian and philosopher[5]

- [Antoni Leszczewicz](/source/Antoni_Leszczewicz) (1890, Abramaǔščyna – 1943), beautified Marian Father and Roman Catholic priest, victim of the Nazis[6]

- [Andrei Tsikota](/source/Andrei_Tsikota) (1891–1952), Belarusian priest, member of the [Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic](/source/Rada_of_the_Belarusian_Democratic_Republic) and a victim of the [Gulag](/source/Gulag)[7][8]

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Highest point: Milidauskaya Mountain

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Lowest point: Lowest spot on the [Viliya](/source/Neris)'s bank

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-pop_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-pop_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-pop_3-2) ["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-4)** Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-SmurgainysVle_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-SmurgainysVle_5-1) Garšva, Kazimieras. ["Smurgainys"](https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/smurgainys/). *[Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija](/source/Visuotin%C4%97_lietuvi%C5%B3_enciklopedija)* (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 25 November 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Biography of Father Adam Stankiewicz](https://biographies.library.nd.edu/catalog/biography-1431)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Stankievič Jan](http://www.slounik.org/149461.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [Антоні Ляшчэвіч (Antoni Leszczewicz)](https://www.svaboda.org/a/774421.html) (in Belarusian)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [Biography of Servant of God Archimandrite Andrzej Cikoto, MIC](https://biographies.library.nd.edu/catalog/biography-1401)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [Андрэй Цікота: святар, які ламаў стэрэатыпы \[Andrei Tsikota: a priest who broke stereotypes\]](https://krynica.info/be/2017/02/13/andrehjj-cikota-svyatar-yaki-lamau-stehrehatypy/) - Krynica.info

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