Pukhavichy District

Pukhavichy District or Puchavičy District (Пухавіцкі раён; Пуховичский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus. The administrative center of the district is the town of Maryina Horka. As of 2024, it has a population of 67,408.

Geography

 * Main settlements
 * Maryina Horka
 * Svislach
 * Rudzyensk
 * Prawdzinski
 * Shatsk
 * Druzhny
 * Pukhavichy

Notable residents

 * Michaś Čarot (1896, Rudzyensk - 1937), Belarusian poet, playwright, novelist, and a victim of Stalin's purges
 * Aliaksandr Čarviakoŭ (1892, Dukorki village - 1937), Belarusian politician and publicist
 * Hienadź Klaŭko (1931, Varoničy village – 1979), Belarusian poet and translator

List of chairmen
The following people held the post at various times.
 * Siarhei Turko (Сергей Андреевич Турко)
 * Fyodor Karalyenya (Федор Петрович Караленя)