Vitebsk Raion
The Vitebsk District ( Belarusian раён Віцебскі ; Russian Витебский район ) is an administrative unit in the northeast of the Vitebsk Region in Belarus with the administrative center in the city of Vitebsk . The area of the Rajons is 2800 km².
geography
Vitebsk Raion is located in the northeastern part of Vitebskaya Woblasz. The Nachbarrajone in Woblast Vitebsk are in the north Haradok , southeast Liozna , south Senna , in the southwest Beschankowitschy and west Shumilina .
Sons and daughters of the Rajons
- Vytautas Antanas Dambrava (1920–2016), Lithuanian diplomat and lawyer
history
Vitebsk Raion was formed on July 17, 1924 , the current borders of the Raion have existed since 1960 .