Subotniki
Agrotown in Grodno Region, Belarus
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Subotniki or Subbotniki (Belarusian: Суботнікі; Russian: Суботники, Субботники) is an agrotown in Iwye District, Grodno Region, Belarus.[1] It serves as the administrative center of Subotniki selsoviet.[2]
Subotniki
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Church of Saint Vladislav | |
  Subotniki | |
| Coordinates: 54°05′37″N 25°45′00″E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Grodno Region |
| District | Iwye District |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
History
Subotniki was a private town of the Radziwiłł family,[5] administratively located in the Oszmiana County in the Vilnius Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[citation needed]
Subotniki was administratively located in the Wołożyn County in the Nowogródek Voivodeship of interwar Poland. According to the 1921 census, the population was 89.9% Polish and 10.1% Jewish.[4]
Following the invasion of Poland in September 1939, the town was first occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, then by Nazi Germany until 1944, and re-occupied by the Soviet Union afterwards.[citation needed]
Notable people
- Jan Pazniak (1887 or 1895 – after October 1939), politician and publisher
- Zianon Pazniak (born 1944), politician and one of the founders of the Belarusian Popular Front
