Dzyarzhynsk District

Dzyarzhynsk District or Dziaržynsk District (Дзяржынскі раён; Дзержинский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus. The administrative center of the district is Dzyarzhynsk. As of 2024, it has a population of 70,391.

The highest point of Belarus is situated in the district. It is 345 meters above level sea and called Dzyarzhynskaya Hara.

Cities

 * Dzyarzhynsk
 * Fanipol

Urban-type settlements

 * Nyeharelaye

Agrotowns

 * Skirmantava

Notable residents

 * Emeryk Hutten-Czapski (1828–1896), scholar, ardent historical collector and numismatist
 * Karol Hutten-Czapski (1860-1904), businessman and philanthropist, Mayor of Minsk between 1890 and 1901
 * Mikałaj Ułaščyk (1906, Vickaǔščyna village – 1986), Belarusian historian and archaeologist specialising in medieval history, a Gulag prisoner
 * Mikola Yermalovich (1921, Malyja Navasiolki – 2000) was a Belarusian writer and historian
 * Mother of Sergei Glushko, Russian actor, singer and fitness model