Subotniki

Subotniki
Суботнікі (Belarusian)
Суботники (Russian)
Church of Saint Vladislav
Church of Saint Vladislav
Subotniki is located in Belarus
Subotniki
Subotniki
Coordinates: 54°05′37″N 25°45′00″E / 54.09361°N 25.75000°E / 54.09361; 25.75000
CountryBelarus
RegionGrodno Region
DistrictIwye District
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Subotniki or Subbotniki (Belarusian: Суботнікі; Russian: Суботники, Субботники) is an agrotown in Iwye District, Grodno Region, Belarus.[1] It serves as the administrative center of Subotniki selsoviet.[2]

History

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1882523—    
1921542+3.6%
Source: [3][4]

Subotniki was a private town of the Radziwiłł family,[5] administratively located in the Oszmiana County in the Vilnius Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[citation needed]

Subotniki was administratively located in the Wołożyn County in the Nowogródek Voivodeship of interwar Poland. According to the 1921 census, the population was 89.9% Polish and 10.1% Jewish.[4]

Following the invasion of Poland in September 1939, the town was first occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, then by Nazi Germany until 1944, and re-occupied by the Soviet Union afterwards.[citation needed]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Сельсоветы". Ивьевский районный исполнительный комитет (in Russian). 3 February 2017.
  2. ^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2004). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Гродзенская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 362. ISBN 985-458-098-9.
  3. ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XI (in Polish). Warszawa. 1890. p. 522.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ a b Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Tom VII. Część I (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1923. p. 92.
  5. ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XV. Część II (in Polish). Warszawa. 1902. p. 629.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)