Kamyanyuki (Belarusian: Камянюкі, romanized: Kamianiuki),[1] also known as Kamyenyuki (Belarusian: Каменюкі, romanized: Kamieniuki; Russian: Каменюки, romanized: Kamenyuki),[2] is an agrotown in Kamyenyets District, Brest Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Kamyanyuki selsoviet.[2]
Kamyanyuki
Камянюкі (Belarusian) | |
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 Entry of the Nature Museum and ZOO in Kamyanyuki | |
  Kamyanyuki | |
| Coordinates: 52°33′39″N 23°47′57″E / 52.56083°N 23.79917°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Brest Region |
| District | Kamyenyets District |
| Population (2009) | 1,119 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 |
| Area code | +375 1631 |
It is located in Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park (the Belarusian part of the Białowieża Forest), 21 kilometres (13 mi) north from Kamyenyets, 60 kilometres (37 mi) from Brest and 47 kilometres (29 mi) from the Zhabinka railway station, on the Leśna Prawa river.
History
editFrom 1921 to 1939, it belonged to the Gmina Białowieża. According to the 1921 Polish census, 138 people lived in the village, all of them Orthodox. At the same time, 13 residents declared Polish nationality, 108 declared Belarusian nationality, and 17 declared other nationalities. There were 22 residential buildings in the village.[1]
Attractions
editThere is a Belarusian residence of Ded Moroz near Kamyanyuki. The total area of Ded Moroz's "property" (Touristic object "Residence of Belarusian Ded Moroz") is 15 hectares. Besides the manor of Ded Moros, it includes the house of Snegurochka, museum of Ded Moroz, "Treasury", as well as objects related to various fairy tales.[3]
There is a wooden Russian Orthodox Church of St. George, inaugurated in 2009.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Беларуская энцыклапедыя: У 18 т. / Рэдкал.: Г. П. Пашкоў і інш.. — Мн.: БелЭн, 1998. — Т. 7: Застаўка — Кантата. ISBN 985-11-0061-7
- ^ a b Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2010). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Брэсцкая вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 171. ISBN 978-985-458-198-9.
- ^ Маёнтак Беларускага Дзеда Мароза
- ^ Свято-Георгиевская церковь (Каменюки, агрогородок; Каменецкий район)