KRUSZYNIANY. Woj. podlaskie, Poland

KRUSZYNIANY

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Kruszyniany (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. 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. 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. Around 1683, the Lipka Tatars were given land in Kruszyniany as a reward for aiding John III Sobieski in the Battle of Vienna and saving his life during the Battle of Párkány.

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