Vyalikiya Yodkavichy
Вялікія Ёдкавічы (Belarusian)
Великие Ёдковичи (Russian)
Village
Vyalikiya Yodkavichy is located in Belarus
Vyalikiya Yodkavichy
Vyalikiya Yodkavichy
Coordinates: 53°24′49″N 24°00′09″E / 53.41361°N 24.00250°E / 53.41361; 24.00250
CountryBelarus
RegionGrodno Region
DistrictByerastavitsa District
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Vyalikiya Yodkavichy (Belarusian: Вялікія Ёдкавічы, romanized: Vialikija Jodkavičy; Russian: Великие Ёдковичи, romanized: Velikiye Yodkovichi; Polish: Jodkiewicze Wielkie) is a village in Byerastavitsa District, Grodno Region, Belarus. It is part of Eysmanty selsoviet.[1]

History

In the interwar period, the village was situated in the Second Polish Republic, in Białystok Voivodeship, in Grodno County, in Vyalikiya Eysmanty Commune.

After the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, the village became part of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. In the years 1941–1944, it was under German occupation. The village again became part of the Byelorussian SSR following the end of the war. From 1991, it became part of the independent Republic of Belarus.

In the field in front of the brick chapel, there are the graves of two soldiers of the Polish Army who died in the Polish–Soviet war and the grave of the Home Army soldier Adam Pacenko, who died on July 15, 1944. They were founded in 1989. In June 2022, the tombstones were devastated by unknown perpetrators. The tombstones were removed and the remains of the soldiers dug up.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2004). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Гродзенская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 119. ISBN 985-458-098-9.
  2. ↑ "PILNE: Z mogił polskich żołnierzy na Białorusi wyrzucono szczątki. Groby sprofanowane!". 28 June 2022.
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