Zwierki
Zwierki | |
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Village | |
Zwierki | |
| Coordinates: 53°3′N 23°18′E / 53.050°N 23.300°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| County | Białystok |
| Gmina | Zabłudów |
| Population (2021)[1] | 329 |
Zwierki [ˈzvjɛrki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zabłudów, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[2]
History
The village was founded in the XVI century.[3]
In the XVIII century there was an Orthodox church in the village, strictly connected to the Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God, which was one of the few that did not accept resolutions of the Union of Brest (Zabłudów's church has remained Orthodox after 1596).[4] However, it was destroyed completely in a fire in 1746.[5]
At the end of the XVIII century, Zwierki was a magnate village of the Zabłudów County located in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Trakai Voivodeship, Grodno Powiat.[6]
In 1915, most of the Zwierki population (mostly Orthodox Christians) was mass evacuated into the Russian Empire's interior as a part of the bieżeństwo. The return to the village did not begin until after 1918. Only 75% of the former population returned to Zwierki from Russia.[3][7]
In 1921, the village numbered 38 houses and 203 residents, including 104 Orthodox Christians and 99 Catholics.[8]
In 1923, one of the cells of the Communist Party of Western Belorussia was founded in Zwierki and functioned underground there until the dissolution of the party in 1938.[7]
In 1980, Zwierki had 195 residents who lived in 48 houses (over a dozen of whom lived in the colonies). During those times the settlement had a bidenominational character. The parish seat for both Roman Catholic and Orthodox residents was located in the nearby town of Zabłudów. At this time Zwierki was also bilingual. Older residents of Zwierki used a dialect of the Belarusian language, while the younger and Catholic residents spoke a dialect of Polish.[3]
Between the years of 1954 and 1959, the village was the seat of the Zwierki Gromada. Between 1975 and 1998, the settlement was part of Białystok Voivodeship.
Notable people
- Gabriel of Zabłudów - Orthodox saint
References
- ^ "Wieś Zwierki (podlaskie) » mapy, GUS, nieruchomości, regon, kod pocztowy, atrakcje, wypadki drogowe, kierunkowy, edukacja, demografia, tabele, zabytki, statystyki, linie kolejowe, liczba ludności". Polska w liczbach (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-10-13.
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ^ a b c Glinka, Stanisław (1980). Atlas gwar wschodniosłowiańskich Białostocczyzny [Atlas of East Slavic dialects of the Białystok region] (in Polish). Wrocław, Warszawa, Kraków, Gdańsk: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich. p. 47. ISBN 83-04-00456-9.
- ^ Maroszek, Józef (2013). Pięć wieków Ziemi Juchnowieckiej [Five centuries of the Juchnowiec Land] (in Polish). Juchnowiec Kościelny: Gminna Biblioteka Publiczna w Juchnowcu Kościelnym. p. 42. ISBN 978-83-936266-1-8.
- ^ Dorecki, Marek (2002). "Dziesięć lat w Białymstoku". Przegląd Prawosławny. 10 (208): 208.
- ^ Вялікі гістарычны атлас Беларусі vol. 2 [Great Historical Atlas of Belarus vol. 2] (in Belarusian). Mińsk. 2013. p. 96. ISBN 978-985-508-245-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Leończuk, Antoni Łukasz (2010). Wspomnienia budzą mnie po nocach... Okupacja sowiecka w Rejonie Zabłudowskim w latach 1931-1941 w relacjach i wspomnieniach [Memories keep me awake at night... The Soviet occupation in the Zabłudów region in the years 1931-1941 in accounts and memories] (in Polish). Książnica Podlaska im. Łukasza Górnickiego. p. 43. ISBN 978-83-60368-48-0.
- ^ Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej: opracowany na podstawie wyników pierwszego powszechnego spisu ludności z dn. 30 września 1921 r. i innych źródeł urzędowych, T. 5, Województwo białostockie [Index of settlements in the Republic of Poland: prepared on the basis of the results of the first general population census of September 30, 1921 and other official sources, vol. 5 Białystok Voivodeship] (in Polish). Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1924. p. 27.