Białogóry

Village in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland

Białogóry

Village

Białogóry

Coordinates: 54°4′N 23°18′E﻿ / ﻿54.067°N 23.300°E﻿ / 54.067; 23.300
Country|  Poland
Voivodeship| Podlaskie
County| Sejny
Gmina| Giby
Population

| 103[1]
Postal code|

16-506 [2]

Car plates| BSE

Białogóry [bjawɔˈɡurɨ], is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Giby, within Sejny County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the borders with Belarus and Lithuania.[3] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Giby, 8 km (5 mi) south-west of Sejny, and 106 km (66 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

From 1975-1998 the village was administratively governed by the Suwałki Voivodeship.

## History

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In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 176 and 12 homes and in 1880 it was numbered at 211 people and 30 homes.[4]

In 1921, the village had 25 houses and 133 inhabitants, including 81 Old Believers and 52 Catholics[5]

## Tourist attractions

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A historic Old Believers' cemetery has been preserved in the village. The first documents proving its existence date back to 1863, while the last burial took place there in 1946.[6] In August 2020, there was serious devastation of the cemetery and desecration of the graves of those buried there[7]

## References

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1. ^ "Population of Bialogory village". Retrieved 2021-11-04.
2. ^ "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 26\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-22.
3. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
4. ^ "Białogóry". Warsaw. 1880. p. 189.
5. ^ "Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej: opracowany na podstawie wyników pierwszego powszechnego spisu ludności z dn. 30 września 1921 r. i innych źródeł urzędowych" [Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej: compiled from the results of the first general population census of 30 September 1921 and other official sources.] (in Polish). 1924. p. 78 (69).
6. ^ Maciej, Chołodowski (2020-08-23). "Na Suwalszczyźnie chcą grillować na dawnym cmentarzu staroobrzędowców" [In the Suwałki region they want to barbecue on a former Old Believers' cemetery] (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-09-13.
7. ^ "Dewastacja cmentarza staroobrzędowców. Sprawą zajmie się prokuratura" [Devastation of an Old Believers' cemetery.] (in Polish). 2020-08-23. Retrieved 2020-09-13.

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