Byaroza district
district of Belarus
Byaroza district or Biaroza district (Belarusian: Бярозаўскі раён; Russian: Берёзовский район) is a district (raion) of Brest region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Byaroza. The district is located in the northwest of the historical region of Polesia. As of 2024, it has a population of 57,767.
History
The district was formed in 1940 after the Soviet annexation of Western Belarus.
Bronna Góra was the site of mass killings during the German occupation of the region.
In 1958–1967 the Byaroza hydroelectric power station was built. The town of Byelaazyorsk was built for the power station workers in 1958.
There are two biological reserves in the district near the villages of Sporava and Buslowka.
Demographics
At the time of the 2009 Belarusian census, Byaroza district had a population of 66,988.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Byaroza district” as district of Belarus. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as district of Belarus. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q545069. The first chronological checks are 2024, 1940, 1958 and 1967.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Byaroza district”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Byaroza district primary sources, Byaroza district archive and Byaroza research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Byaroza district”?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Byaroza district” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.