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7 unusual facts about Podlaskie Voivodeship


Blenda

:For the Polish village, see Blenda, Podlaskie Voivodeship.

Eugeniusz Bedeniczuk

Eugeniusz Bedeniczuk (born January 6, 1961 in Lachy, Podlaskie) is a former male triple jumper from Poland, who represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Jerzy Popiełuszko

Born in Okopy near Suchowola, Jerzy Popiełuszko was a charismatic priest who was first sent to strikers in the Warsaw Steelworks.

Kurkowo

Kurkowo, Podlaskie Voivodeship, a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabowo, Poland

Łukasz Górnicki

Łukasz Ogończyk Górnicki (1527 in Oświęcim – 22 July 1603 in Lipniki by Tykocin), Polish humanist, writer, secretary and chancellor of Sigismund August of Poland.

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.

The Yeshiva

Tsemakh Atlas is an advanced Talmudic student/teacher in Nareva, committed to the Musar philosophy, which puts him at odds with most of his fellow Jews, observant or not, learned or not.


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.


see also

Kordon

Kordon, Poland, a village in Gmina Narewka of Hajnówka County of Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland