Kruszyniany

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Kruszyniany
—  Village  —
Wooden mosque in Kruszyniany
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Podlaskie
County Sokółka
Gmina Krynki
Population 160
The Tatar Cemetery in Kruszyniany

Kruszyniany [kruʂɨˈɲanɨ] 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]

The village has a population of 160. In the past, it 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 and an Eastern Orthodox cemetery with an Orthodox church.

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