Kruszyniany | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 53°10′50″N 23°48′54″E / 53.18056°N 23.81500°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
County | Sokółka |
Gmina | Krynki |
Population | |
• Total | 160 |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Vehicle registration | BSK |
Kruszyniany [kruʂɨˈɲanɨ] ( Polish Arabic: كروـشـنيانِ) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krynki, within Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. [1]
In the past, the village was primarily a Lipka Tatar settlement. Up until this day, the Tatars still remain as the only minority in the village. [2] The Tatars are Sunni Muslims. Sites of interest in the village include a wooden mosque from the 18th century (one of the two oldest in Poland), a Muslim cemetery, a Tatar centre and museum, and an Eastern Orthodox cemetery with an Orthodox church. [3]
Around 1683, the Lipka Tatars were given land in Kruszyniany as a reward for aiding Jan III Sobieski in the Battle of Vienna and saving his life during the Battle of Párkány. [3]
The village was named one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments ( Pomnik historii), as designated November 20, 2012. Its listing is maintained by the National Heritage Board of Poland.