Pratulin

Coordinates: 52°10′N 23°26′E / 52.167°N 23.433°E / 52.167; 23.433
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Pratulin
Village
Church of Saints Peter and Paul
Church of Saints Peter and Paul
Pratulin is located in Poland
Pratulin
Pratulin
Coordinates: 52°10′N 23°26′E / 52.167°N 23.433°E / 52.167; 23.433
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLublin
CountyBiała Podlaska County
GminaRokitno

Pratulin [praˈtulʲin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rokitno, within Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.[1]

On 24 January 1874 the Russian Army killed a group of 13 Greek Catholic believers in the village. They later became known as the Pratulin Martyrs.

During "Operation Barbarossa" the forest nearby was a staging point for the German 17th Panzer Division. At 3:30am on 22 June 1941 German Panzer and motorized troops decamped from this area, crossing the Bug River and attacking the Soviet Union.

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
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