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Biaroza rajon (Belarusian language:Бярозаўскі раён) is an administrative subdivision of the Brest Province of Belarus with the center in Biaroza. The rajon is located in northwestern Polesia. Biaroza (Belarusian: Бяро́за also Бяро́за-Карту́ская, Russian: Берёза, Polish: Bereza Kartuska) is a town of 31 000 inhabitants (1995) in Western Belarus in Brest voblast, center of the Biaroza rayon. ... Belarusian (беларуская мова) is the language of the Belarusian people. ... Brest voblast is one of the administrative regions in the Republic of Belarus located in the south-west of Belarus bordering on Poland and Ukraine. ... Biaroza (Belarusian: Бяро́за also Бяро́за-Карту́ская, Russian: Берёза, Polish: Bereza Kartuska) is a town of 31 000 inhabitants (1995) in Western Belarus in Brest voblast, center of the Biaroza rayon. ... Polesie (Polish spelling; Polissya, Полісся in Ukrainian, Polesye, Полесье in Russian, Palyessye or Palesse, Пале́сьсе in Belarusian, formerly also Polesia in Latin) is one of the largest European swampy areas, located in the South-Western part of the Eastern-European Lowland, within the territories of Belarus, Ukraine and Poland. ...


The rajon was formed in 1940 after the Soviet annection of West Belarus. 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Soviet redirects here. ... West Belarus is the name used by Russian and Belarusian government to denote the territory of modern Belarus that belonged to Second Polish Republic between World War I and World War II. The term is used mostly in historic context. ...


In 1958-1967 the Biaroza hydroelectric power station was built. The town of Biełaaziorsk is built for the power station workers in 1958. 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


There are two biological reserves in the rajon, near villages Sporava and Busłoŭka.


Economics

There are industry enterprises in the rayon producing agricultural products, ceramics, construction materials, textiles.


An important railway branch connecting voblsc center Brest and capital Minsk goes through the Biaroza rajon. Main railway stations in the rajon are Biaroza-Kartuskaja, Bronnaja Hara, Biełaaziorsk Central Square of Brest Brest (Belarusian: ; Russian: ; Polish: ; also known as BieraÅ›cie or BiareÅ›cie (Belarusian: respectfully) formerly Brest-on-the-Bug and Brest-Litovsk is a city (population 290,000 in 2004) in Belarus close to the Polish border where the Western Bug and Mukhavets Rivers meet. ... Minsk or Miensk (Belarusian: ; Russian: ; Polish: ) is the capital and largest city in Belarus with a population of 1,780,000 (2006 estimate}. Minsk is also a headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States. ...


Places of Interest

  • Orthodox Čarniachaŭskaja church of St. Nicolas (1725)
  • Cartusian monastery ruins, Biaroza
  • Staryja Pieski mansion, 19th century
  • Roman Catholic Church of St. Virgin Mary, Sihnievičy (1795)

Monastery of St. ... Biaroza (Belarusian: Бяро́за also Бяро́за-Карту́ская, Russian: Берёза, Polish: Bereza Kartuska) is a town of 31 000 inhabitants (1995) in Western Belarus in Brest voblast, center of the Biaroza rayon. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

  • Biariza rajon administration official website



COA of Brest Oblast Subdivisions of Brest Voblast, Belarus Flag of Belarus
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Baranavichy City | Baranavichy Raion | Byaroza City | Biaroza Raion | Brest City | Brest Raion | Drahichyn Raion | Hancavichy Raion | Ivanava Raion | Ivasevichy Raion | Kamenets Raion | Kobryn City | Kobryn Raion | Lachavichy Raion | Luninets Raion | Malaryta Raion | Pinsk City | Pinsk Raion | Pruzhany Raion | Stolin Raion | Zhabinka Raion Brest voblast is one of the administrative regions in the Republic of Belarus located in the south-west of Poland and Ukraine. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belarus. ... See rayon for the textile made of processed cellulose. ... Baranavičy (more usually: Baranavichy) (Belarusian: ; Russian: ; Polish: ) is a city in the Brest Province of western Belarus with a population (as of 1995) of 173,000. ... Biaroza (Belarusian: Бяро́за also Бяро́за-Карту́ская, Russian: Берёза, Polish: Bereza Kartuska) is a town of 31 000 inhabitants (1995) in Western Belarus in Brest voblast, center of the Biaroza rayon. ... Central Square of Brest Brest (Belarusian: ; Russian: ; Polish: ; also known as Bieraście or Biareście (Belarusian: respectfully) formerly Brest-on-the-Bug and Brest-Litovsk is a city (population 290,000 in 2004) in Belarus close to the Polish border where the Western Bug and Mukhavets Rivers meet. ... Kobryn (Belarusian: Ко́брынь, Ко́брын; Polish: Kobryń; Russian: Ко́брин) is a city in the Brest voblast of Belarus and the center of the Kobryn District. ... Pinsk (Belarusian: , Russian: ), a town in Belarus, in the Polesia region, travesed by the river Prypiać, at the confluence of the Strumen and Pina rivers. ...

Cities:

Brest | Baranavichy | Pinsk | Kobryn | Byaroza | Ivasevichy | Luninets | Pruzhany | Ivanava | Drahichyn | Hancavichy | Mikachevitchy | Belaazyorsk | Zhabinka | Stolin | Lyahavichy | Malaryta | Kamenets | Davyd-Haradak | Vysokaye | Kosova Central Square of Brest Brest (Belarusian: ; Russian: ; Polish: ; also known as BieraÅ›cie or BiareÅ›cie (Belarusian: respectfully) formerly Brest-on-the-Bug and Brest-Litovsk is a city (population 290,000 in 2004) in Belarus close to the Polish border where the Western Bug and Mukhavets Rivers meet. ... Baranavičy (more usually: Baranavichy) (Belarusian: ; Russian: ; Polish: ) is a city in the Brest Province of western Belarus with a population (as of 1995) of 173,000. ... Pinsk (Belarusian: , Russian: ), a town in Belarus, in the Polesia region, travesed by the river Prypiać, at the confluence of the Strumen and Pina rivers. ... Kobryn (Belarusian: Ко́брынь, Ко́брын; Polish: KobryÅ„; Russian: Ко́брин) is a city in the Brest voblast of Belarus and the center of the Kobryn District. ... Biaroza (Belarusian: Бяро́за also Бяро́за-Карту́ская, Russian: Берёза, Polish: Bereza Kartuska) is a town of 31 000 inhabitants (1995) in Western Belarus in Brest voblast, center of the Biaroza rayon. ... Łuniniec (more usually: Luninets) (Belarusian: ) is a town and administrative centre for the Łuniniec district in Brest Province, Belarus, before which it was in Poland (1540-1793, 1920-1939) and Russia and the Soviet Union (1793-1920, 1939-1941, 1944-1991). ... Zhabinka (Belarusian: ; Łacinka: Žabinka; Polish: ) is a city in the southwestern Belarusian voblast (province) of Brest. ... Stolin (Belarusian: Сто́лін; Russian: Сто́лин) is an old city, that grew up at the heart of Palesse on the river Horyn (Goryn), at the intersection of three roads, one leading northwards to Pinsk, two others eastwards to Davyd-Gorodok and Turaw, that are now in Belarus, southwards to Sarny and... Kamianiec (also spelled Kamenets) (Belarusian: Камяне́ц) is a town in the Brest voblast of Belarus and the center of the Kamianiec District. ... Kosova (also known as Mereszowszczyzna, Kossovo, Kosow, Kossov, Kossow, and Kossuv) is a small town in the Brest Province of Belarus, located at . ...



 
 

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