Subotniki

Agrotown in Grodno Region, Belarus

For other uses, see Subbotnik (disambiguation).

Agrotown in Grodno Region, Belarus

Subotniki

Суботнікі (Belarusian)
Суботники (Russian)

Agrotown

Church of Saint Vladislav

Subotniki

Coordinates: 54°05′37″N 25°45′00″E﻿ / ﻿54.09361°N 25.75000°E﻿ / 54.09361; 25.75000
Country| Belarus
Region| Grodno Region
District| Iwye District
Time zone| UTC+3 (MSK)

Subotniki or Subbotniki (Belarusian: Суботнікі; Russian: Суботники, Субботники) is an agrotown in Iwye District, Grodno Region, Belarus.[1] It serves as the administrative center of Subotniki selsoviet.[2]

## History

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Historical populationYear| Pop.| ±%

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1882| 523| —
1921| 542| +3.6%
Source: [3][4]

Subotniki was a private town of the Radziwiłł family,[5] administratively located in the Oszmiana County in the Vilnius Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[citation needed]

Subotniki was administratively located in the Wołożyn County in the Nowogródek Voivodeship of interwar Poland. According to the 1921 census, the population was 89.9% Polish and 10.1% Jewish.[4]

Following the invasion of Poland in September 1939, the town was first occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, then by Nazi Germany until 1944, and re-occupied by the Soviet Union afterwards.[citation needed]

## Notable people

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* Jan Pazniak (1887 or 1895 – after October 1939), politician and publisher
* Zianon Pazniak (born 1944), politician and one of the founders of the Belarusian Popular Front

## References

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1. ^ "Сельсоветы". Ивьевский районный исполнительный комитет (in Russian). 3 February 2017.
2. ^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2004). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Гродзенская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 362\. ISBN 985-458-098-9.
3. ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XI (in Polish). Warszawa. 1890. p. 522.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
4. ^ a b Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Tom VII. Część I (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1923. p. 92.
5. ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XV. Część II (in Polish). Warszawa. 1902. p. 629.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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