Zavodski District

Zavodski District (Belarusian: Заводскі раён, romanized: Zavodski rajon; Russian: Заводской район, romanized: Zavodskoy rayon) is an administrative division of the city of Minsk, the capital of Belarus.

[1] It was formed in 1938 as Stalinsky District (Russian: Сталинский район, lit.

'Factory District') after the plants "Minsk Tractor Works" (MTZ)[2] and "Minsk Automobile Plant" (MAZ) were constructed.

[3] The current borders of the district was approved on 10 November 1997 when the township "Sosny" was officially added to it.

Maly Trostenets extermination camp was located within Zavodski district.