Truskolasy-Lachy ([truskɔˈlasɨ ˈlaxɨ]) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sokoły, within Wysokie Mazowieckie County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1]
Truskolasy-Lachy | |
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Village | |
  Truskolasy-Lachy | |
| Coordinates: 53°01′56″N 22°42′00″E / 53.03222°N 22.70000°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| County | Wysokie Mazowieckie |
| Gmina | Sokoły |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | BWM |
| Voivodeship road |  |
History
editIn 1827 Truskolasy-Lachy had a population of 87.[2]
During the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland at the start of World War II, in September 1939, the village was pacified by the German Army, with four local Poles murdered, including two women (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[3]
References
edit- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1892. p. 523.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Monkiewicz, Waldemar (1988). "Pacyfikacje wsi w regionie białostockim (1939, 1941–1944)". Białostocczyzna (in Polish). No. 1 (9). Białystok: Białostockie Towarzystwo Naukowe. p. 30. ISSN 0860-4096.
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