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Radzivilki

Radzivilki
Радзівілкі
Village
Radzivilki is located in Belarus
Radzivilki
Radzivilki
Location within Belarus
Coordinates: 53°50′59″N 23°41′48″E / 53.84972°N 23.69667°E / 53.84972; 23.69667
CountryBelarus
RegionGrodno Region
DistrictGrodno District
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Radzivilki (Belarusian: Радзівілкі; Russian: Радзивилки; Polish: Radziwiłki) is a village in Grodno District, Grodno Region, in western Belarus.

History

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Radziwiłki in the interwar period

In the interwar period, Radziwiłki, as it was known in Polish, was administratively located in the Augustów County in the Białystok Voivodeship of Poland. According to the 1921 census, the population was entirely Polish by nationality and Catholic by confession.[1]

Following the invasion of Poland in September 1939, Radziwiłki was first occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, then by Nazi Germany until 1944, and then re-occupied by the Soviet Union, which eventually annexed it from Poland in 1945. A local Polish teacher was murdered by the Russians in the Katyn massacre in 1940.[2]

Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
182757—    
1921216+278.9%
Source: [3][1]

References

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  1. 1 2 Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (in Polish). Vol. V. Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1924. p. 7.
  2. ↑ Tucholski, Jędrzej, ed. (2003). Charków. Księga Cmentarna Polskiego Cmentarza Wojennego (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Rada Ochrony Pamięci Miejsc Walk i Męczeństwa. p. 30. ISBN 83-916663-5-2.
  3. ↑ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich (in Polish). Vol. IX. 1888. p. 475.