Zahorniki
Zahorniki
Загорнікі | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Zahorniki Location within Belarus | |
| Coordinates: 53°53′50″N 23°48′23″E / 53.89722°N 23.80639°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Grodno Region |
| District | Grodno District |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Zahorniki (Belarusian: Загорнікі, Polish: Zagórniki[1][2] or Zahorniki) is a village in Grodno District, Grodno Region, in western Belarus.
History
In the interwar period, the village was administratively located in the Grodno County in the Białystok Voivodeship of Poland. According to the 1921 census, the village had a population of 165, entirely Polish by nationality, and Catholic by confession.[3]
Following the invasion of Poland in September 1939, the village 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.
References
- ↑ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich (in Polish). Vol. XIV. Warszawa. 1895. p. 261.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny (1928). "Pas 33 Słup 37 Sopoćkinie" (Map). Mapa taktyczna Polski. 1:100,000 (in Polish). Warszawa.
- ↑ Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (in Polish). Vol. V. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1924. p. 35.