Karelichy district
district of Belarus
Karelichy district or Kareličy district (Belarusian: Карэліцкі раён; Russian: Кореличский район) is a district (raion) of Grodno region in Belarus. The administrative center is Karelichy. As of 2024, it has a population of 18,080.
Notable residents
Jan Bułhak (1876, Astašyn village – 1950), photographer, ethnographer and folklorist
Ignacy Domeyko (1802, Miadzviedka estate – 1889), geologist, mineralogist, educator, and founder of the University of Santiago, in Chile
Archimandrite Leo Garoshka(1911, Traščycy village – 1977), Catholic priest of the Byzantine rite, religious and social activist, researcher of the history of religion in Belarus and anfounder of the Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library in London.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Karelichy district” is district of Belarus. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Karelichy, district and Belarus, not as a finished interpretation.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 25, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1953342. VIAF identifies the subject as 142105089. The Library of Congress control number is n2005063821. Authority coordinates are 53.567, 26.133. 2 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2024, 1876, 1950 and 1802.
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