Glussky district

Area 1300 km². The main rivers are the Bird with its tributaries Zarudech, Fox, Bezhitsa and Dokolka with Olnitsa.

The administrative center is the town of Glusk .

In 2010, the decision of the Mogilev Oblast Executive Committee on the territory of the Glussky District abolished the administrative-territorial unit - the Kirov Village Council . The boundaries of the Kozlovichi Village Council of the Glussky District were changed, the territory of the abolished Kirov Village Council was included in its composition, including the settlements of Balashevichi, Berva, Vilcha, Dolgiy Les, Zarechye, Karpovichi, Kirovskoye, Kleschevka, Privorotye, Staraya Selo. ^[five]

Currently, the Glussky region is divided into 6 village councils:

Abolished village councils:

• Berezovsky , Kletnensky , Kirov .

The district was formed on July 17, 1924 . In 1924-1930 - as part of the Bobruisk district , in 1930-1938 - in direct republican subordination, from January 15, 1938 - as part of the Polessie region , from September 20, 1944 - in the Bobruisk region . After the abolition of the Bobruisk region in 1954, the district was transferred to the Minsk region , but in 1960 it was transferred to the Mogilev region. It was abolished for some time in the early 1960s ^[6] .

The population of the district is 13,994 people, including 7,233 live in urban conditions (as of January 1, 2016) ^[2] . In total, there are about 110 settlements.

As of January 1, 2018, 18.2% of the population of the region were younger than able-bodied, 49.9% - of working age, 31.9% - of older than able-bodied (3rd place in the Mogilev region after Bobruisk and Chausky districts). The average indicators in the Mogilev region are 17.5%, 56.8% and 25.7%, respectively ^[7] . 53.3% of the population were women, 46.7% were men (the average in the Mogilev region was 52.9% and 47.1%, respectively, in the Republic of Belarus - 53.4% ​​and 46.6%). The proportion of women in the region is one of the highest in the region ^[8] .

In 2017, the birth rate in the district amounted to 10.9 per 1000 people, the mortality rate - 13.3 (in the regional center - 11.1 and 10.8, respectively). The average birth and death rates in the Mogilev region are 10.5 and 13.6, respectively, in the Republic of Belarus - 10.8 and 12.6, respectively. In total, in 2017, 147 were born in the district and 314 died, including 79 in the district center and 77 people died ^[9] .

In 2017, 76 marriages were concluded in the district (5.6 per 1000 people, the average in the Mogilev region is 7.1) and 33 divorces (2.4 per 1000 people, the average in the Mogilev region is 3.6). By the number of marriages in terms of 1000 people, the district occupies one of the last places in the region, ahead of only Bobruisk and Dribin districts; by the number of divorces - the penultimate place, ahead of the Bobruisk district ^[10] .

Industry

There are several industrial enterprises in the district ^[11] :

• Glussky branch of PUP Milk Pole (produces substitutes for whole milk);
• Tekhnotransdetal LLC (produces rivets, springs, retaining rings);
• Glusky Raipo (produces frozen fruits and berries and mushrooms);
• GLHU Glussky Leskhoz (produces lumber, timber, technical wood chips);
• Glussky UKP "Zhilkomkhoz";
• Glusskie Bytuslug OJSC (manufactures special clothing, reinforced concrete fences, faux fur products, knitwear and other products);
• LLC Doka-Drev (produces wooden doors and furniture).

Agriculture

There are 6 agricultural organizations in the district ^[14] :

• Turin-Agro OJSC;
• OJSC Zarya Kommuny;
• Glusskaya Zarya OJSC;
• OJSC Agrofirm Slavgorodsky;
• OJSC "Experimental base" Glusk "";
• OJSC "Glussky Rayagropromtekhsnab".

These organizations employ 887 people ^[14] .

The total sown area of ​​crops in the organizations of the region (excluding farms and personal households of the population) in 2017 amounted to 20 430 ha (204 km², 20th place in the Mogilev region) ^[15] . In 2017, 10 046 ha were sown for cereals and legumes, and 9101 ha for fodder crops ^[16] . The gross harvest of grain and leguminous crops in agricultural organizations in 2017 amounted to 17.2 thousand tons. According to the gross harvest of grain in 2017, the district took the last, 21st place in the Mogilev region ^[17] . The average grain yield in 2017 amounted to 20.5 kg / ha (the average yield in the Mogilev region is 33.4 kg / ha, in the Republic of Belarus - 33.3 kg / ha). According to this indicator, the district took the last, 21st place in the Mogilev region ^[18] . In 2018, 754 tons of rapeseed and 196 tons of colza were also harvested ^[14] .

As of January 1, 2018, the agricultural organizations of the district contained 15.7 thousand heads of cattle, including 5.9 thousand cows, as well as 3.6 thousand pigs. The region took 17th place in the Mogilev region in the number of cattle, and 11th in the number of pigs ^[19] . In 2017, the agricultural organizations of the district sold 1.4 thousand tons of cattle and poultry for slaughter (in live weight) and produced 16.2 thousand tons of milk. In milk production, the district took 18th place in the Mogilev region. The average milk yield per cow is the lowest in the region - 2734 kg (the average in the Mogilev region is 4296 kg, in the Republic of Belarus - 4989 kg) ^[20] .

Highways Slutsk - Bobruisk , Bobruisk - Glusk - Lyuban , Glusk -Oktyabrsky pass through the district.

In the regional center there is the Glusky District Museum of History and Local Lore, which collects 911 museum items from the main fund. In 2016, the museum was visited by 3.7 thousand people ^[21] .

In 2017, there were 10 pre-school educational institutions in the district (including kindergarten-school complexes) with 0.5 thousand children ^[22] . In the academic year 2017/2018, 11 general secondary education institutions operated in the district, in which 1.6 thousand students were enrolled ^[23] . In the schools of the district 269 teachers worked. On average, 6 students per teacher (the average value in the Mogilev region is 8.4, in the Republic of Belarus - 8.7). The number of students per teacher is one of the lowest in the region ^[24] .

In 2017, 34 doctors and 176 paramedical workers worked in the district’s health facilities, and there were 100 hospital beds in medical institutions. The number of doctors per 10 thousand people is 25.5 (the average for the Mogilev region is 34.6, for the Republic of Belarus - 40.5), the number of beds per 10 thousand people is 75 (the average for the Mogilev region is 83 , 1, in the Republic of Belarus - 80.2). According to these indicators, the district ranked fourth in the region ^[25] .

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