Horki District (Horatski Rayon)
Horki District (Горацкі раён, Горецкий район, Goretsky raion) is a raion (district) in Mogilev Region, Belarus, the administrative center is the town of Horki. As of 2009, its population was 47,800. Population of Horki accounts for 68.6% of the district's population.
The district is situated in the North-East part of the region. It was formed on 17 July 1924. It occupies 1284 km2 and its population is about 46,000 of people. The district is divided into 11 rural stations. On its territory are situated 172 rural populated villages. The district contains the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy and a pedagogical college founded in 1840. These conditions make Horki the center of agricultural science and research. The industry of the district consists of food enterprises, building materials enterprises, light industry enterprises. Agriculture of the district has several main branches: milk and meat cattle-breeding; grain and fodder crops growing; potato growing. Through the territory of Horki district railway Vorša-Kryčaŭ runs. Roads connect Horki with Vorša, Mahiloŭ, Mścisłaŭ and Drybin. Every year 290 thousand of passengers use local railway station and 5.5 million passengers use Horki bus station. The most famous museum of the district is the Memorial complex of “soviet-polish friendship” in Ramanava (Lenina) village. On the territory of Horki district the Pronia, Basia, Ramiastvianka, Lebiedzieŭka, Dniaprec, Miareja run. The useful minerals are peat, sands, and clays.
The district is situated in the North-East part of the region. It was formed on 17 July 1924. It occupies 1284 km2 and its population is about 46,000 of people. The district is divided into 11 rural stations. On its territory are situated 172 rural populated villages. The district contains the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy and a pedagogical college founded in 1840. These conditions make Horki the center of agricultural science and research. The industry of the district consists of food enterprises, building materials enterprises, light industry enterprises. Agriculture of the district has several main branches: milk and meat cattle-breeding; grain and fodder crops growing; potato growing. Through the territory of Horki district railway Vorša-Kryčaŭ runs. Roads connect Horki with Vorša, Mahiloŭ, Mścisłaŭ and Drybin. Every year 290 thousand of passengers use local railway station and 5.5 million passengers use Horki bus station. The most famous museum of the district is the Memorial complex of “soviet-polish friendship” in Ramanava (Lenina) village. On the territory of Horki district the Pronia, Basia, Ramiastvianka, Lebiedzieŭka, Dniaprec, Miareja run. The useful minerals are peat, sands, and clays.
Map - Horki District (Horatski Rayon)
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Country - Belarus
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Until the 20th century, different states at various times controlled the lands of modern-day Belarus, including Kievan Rus', the Principality of Polotsk, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Russian Empire. In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution in 1917, different states arose competing for legitimacy amid the Civil War, ultimately ending in the rise of the Byelorussian SSR, which became a founding constituent republic of the Soviet Union in 1922. After the Polish-Soviet War, Belarus lost almost half of its territory to Poland. Much of the borders of Belarus took their modern shape in 1939, when some lands of the Second Polish Republic were reintegrated into it after the Soviet invasion of Poland, and were finalized after World War II. During World War II, military operations devastated Belarus, which lost about a quarter of its population and half of its economic resources. The republic was redeveloped in the post-war years. In 1945, the Byelorussian SSR became a founding member of the United Nations, along with the Soviet Union.
Currency / Language
| ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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| BYN | Belarusian ruble | Br | 2 |
| ISO | Language |
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| BE | Belarusian language |
| RU | Russian language |