Kruszyniany

Kruszyniany
Village
Wooden Kruszyniany Mosque
Kruszyniany is located in Poland
Kruszyniany
Kruszyniany
Coordinates: 53°10′50″N 23°48′54″E / 53.18056°N 23.81500°E / 53.18056; 23.81500
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountySokółka
GminaKrynki
Population
 • Total160
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationBSK
Map
Tatar Cemetery

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.

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Leonard Drożdżewicz, Biographical Dictionary of Polish Tatars of the Twentieth Century, „Znad Wilii”, nr 4 (68) z 2016 r., p. 77-82 http://www.znadwiliiwilno.lt/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Znad-Wilii-68.pdf
  3. ^ a b "Poland's Muslim community is thriving with a vibrant cultural history covering 600 years of Tatar life". www.thefirstnews.com. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 2021-03-05.