Ushachy District

District in Vitebsk Region, Belarus

Ushachy District Ушацкі раён (Belarusian)
District
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Coordinates: 55°11′N 28°37′E / 55.183°N 28.617°E / 55.183; 28.617
Country	Belarus
Region	Vitebsk Region
Administrative center	Ushachy
Area
• Total	1,489.38 km² (575.05 sq mi)
Elevation	169 m (554 ft)
Population (2023)^[1]
• Total	11,732
• Density	7.9/km² (20/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Ushachy District (Belarusian: Ушацкі раён; Russian: Ушачский район) is a district (raion) of Vitebsk Region in Belarus.^[2] Its administrative center is Ushachy.^[1]

Notable residents

Ryhor Baradulin (1935, Verasoǔka village – 2014), Belarusian poet, essayist and translator^[3]
Vasíl Býkaŭ (1924, Byčki village – 2003), prominent Belarusian writer^[4]
Chaim Zhitlowsky (1865, Ushachy – 1943), Jewish philosopher, writer, and Yiddishist^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
^ "Vitebsk regions" (in Belarusian). vitebsk-region.by. Archived from the original on 14 October 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
^ Сёння нарадзіўся Рыгор Барадулін (Today is the birthday of Ryhor Baradulin)(in Belarusian)
^ Vasil Bykaŭ. Biography
^ "Dr. Chaim Zhitlovsky". Yiddishkayt. Retrieved 2022-05-03.