Sopoćkinie

Sopoćkinie

Sopoćkinie is a small town in Belarus, to the north-east of Grodno. It has circa 2,000 inhabitants, almost exclusively Poles. It is one of the centre of the Polish minority in Belarus and the deathplace of Gen. Józef Olszyna-Wilczyński. It is also the only town in Belarus where the Polish minority was allowed to use bi-lingual street signs.

External links

* [http://www.szukamypolski.com/arch/art/gap/971 Old pictures of Sopockinie]


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