Smarhon district
Smarhon district or Smarhoń district is a district of Grodno region in Belarus. The administrative center is Smarhon. As of 2024, it has a population of 48,464.
Historically the district's center Smarhon was part of the Vilnius Voivodeship within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania until 1795. Forty percent of the names of Smarhon district's settlements have remained of the Lithuanian origin, while residents of Smarhon once spoke in the Eastern Aukštaitian-Vilnian dialect of Lithuanian language.
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Notable residents
- Adam Stankievič, Belarusian Roman Catholic priest, politician and writer, a Gulag prisoner
- Jan Stankievič, Belarusian politician, linguist, historian and philosopher
- Antoni Leszczewicz, beautified Marian Father and Roman Catholic priest, victim of the Nazis
- Andrei Tsikota, Belarusian priest, member of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic and a victim of the Gulag