Bialynichy Raion
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Bialynichy Raion is a raion
(district
) in Mahilyow Voblast
, Belarus
, the administrative center is Bialynichy
.
Raion
A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...
(district
District
Districts are a type of administrative division, in some countries managed by a local government. They vary greatly in size, spanning entire regions or counties, several municipalities, or subdivisions of municipalities.-Austria:...
) in Mahilyow Voblast
Mahilyow Voblast
Mahilyow Voblasts or Mogilyov Oblast is a province of Belarus with its administrative center being Mogilyov ....
, Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
, the administrative center is Bialynichy
Bialynichy
Bialynichy is an urban type settlement and administrative center of Bialynichy Raion of Mahilyow Voblast.Among other things, the town is known for the icon Our Lady of Bialynichy, worshiped by both Eastern Orthodox, Greek Catholic and Roman Catholic Christians of Belarus....
.