Wierszalin
Sign in to saveWierszalin is a depopulated village in the administrative district of Gmina Krynki, within Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Wierszalin is referenced by 40 other articles, and connects out to Poland, Belarus and World War II.
Vinony files it under Former villages in Poland and Villages in Sokółka County.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Leszczany
- Region
- województwo podlaskie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 0
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Wierszalin
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Gmina Krynki
- Elevation
- 152
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Wierszalin is a depopulated village in the administrative district of Gmina Krynki, within Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.
== History == The village (also called a hamlet, a colony, or a town) was founded in a forest near Stara Grzybowszczyzna by Eliasz Klimowicz, a Polish-Belarusian Orthodox cult leader. He wanted Wierszalin to be the "New Jerusalem" and a capital of the whole world. The village's name, Wierszalin, originated from the Slavonic word sovershilos ("it is accomplished"). thumb|left|Wierszalin in 1939 Klimowicz's followers: Ilja Iwaniuk, Józef Miron and Michał Miniuk, started raising wooden houses and a shed for pilgrims. By the mid-1930s, tens of people decided to settle in Wierszalin. Eventually, the village's population would reach a number of a couple hundred.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wierszalin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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