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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- Leszczany
- Region
- województwo podlaskie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 0
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- 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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