Kamyen, Minsk Region
Kamyen
Камень | |
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Village | |
 Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Kamyen | |
  Kamyen | |
| Coordinates: 53°51′N 26°39′E / 53.850°N 26.650°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Minsk Region |
| District | Valozhyn District |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Kamyen (Belarusian: Камень, romanized: Kamień; Russian: Камень; Polish: Kamień) is a village in Valozhyn District, Minsk Region, in central Belarus.
History
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It was a possession of the Zabrzeziński and Dołmat Isajkowski noble families,[1] administrativaly located in the Minsk County in the Minsk Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
In the interbellum, Kamień was a town administratively located in the Nowogródek County in the Nowogródek Voivodeship of Poland. According to the 1921 Polish census, the population was 99.5% Polish and 0.5% Belarusian.[2]
Following the invasion of Poland in September 1939, Kamień was first occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, then by Nazi Germany until 1944. On 14–15 May 1944, it was the place of a clash between Polish and Soviet partisans, won by the Poles.[3] In 1944, the settlement was re-occupied by the Soviet Union, which eventually annexed it from Poland in 1945.
References
[edit]- ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom III (in Polish). Warszawa. 1882. p. 734.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Tom VII. Część I (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1923. p. 73.
- ^ Kazimierz Krajewski. "Walka 1 kompanii I/78 pp AK (Zgrupowanie Stołpeckie) z partyzantką sowiecką w Kamieniu (pow. Stołpce) nocą 14/15 maja 1944 r." IPN (in Polish). Archived from the original on 6 November 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2024.