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unusual facts about Budne, Podlaskie Voivodeship


Symon Budny

Though the common assumption is that he was born in Budne, Podlaskie Voivodeship, it's known that there were over 140 places with a similar name on the territory of Belarus.


Academy of Economics in Białystok

The Academy was ranked in 2008 by the Polish edition of Newsweek as best in the Podlaskie Voivodeship.

Jan Klemens Branicki

He was the son of the Palatine of Podlaskie Voivodeship Stefan Mikołaj Branicki and Katarzyna Scholastyka Sapieha, the daughter of Hetman Kazimierz Jan Sapieha.

Korycinski

Koryciński, also known as "swojski" (home made), is a hard yellow cheese made from cow's milk, named after the town of Korycin in Poland, and made in the Podlaskie Voivodeship in eastern Poland.

Lithuanian minority in Poland

Modern Lithuanian minority in Poland is composed of 5,639 people according to the Polish census of 2002, with most of them (5,097) living in the Podlaskie Voivodeship (Suwałki Region), particularly in Gmina Puńsk where they form a majority (74.4% of population).

Lithuanian language is recognized as a minority language in Poland, and is a supporting language in Puńsk commune in Podlaskie Voivodeship, where, by 20 February 2011, 30 Lithuanian place names were introduced alongside names in Polish language (bilingual signs).

Secret Polish Army

Tajna Armia Polska, TAP (Secret Polish Army) was a Resistance movement founded in November 1939 in German-occupied Poland, which was active in the areas of the Warsaw, Podlasie, Kielce and Lublin Voivodships.


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