Bohoniki
Bohoniki | ||
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Village | ||
Country  Poland | ||
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie | |
| County | Sokółka | |
| Gmina | Sokółka | |
| Population | ||
| • Total | 100 | |
Bohoniki [bɔxɔˈniki] (Polish Arabic: بوـحـونيكي) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sokółka, within Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of Sokółka and 42 km (26 mi) north-east of the regional capital Białystok.
Bohoniki was primarily a
Muslims. Although residents don't speak their native Tatar language (often written in Latin, Cyrillic or Arabic alphabet), they have close ties to Lipka Tatar and Islamic traditions.[2]
Sites of interest in the village include a 19th-century wooden mosque and a Muslim cemetery.
The village was named one of Poland's official national
National Heritage Board of Poland
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Muslim cemetery
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Muslim Lipka Tatar cemetery sign -
Damaged tombstone -
Ruthenian language Arabic script of a tombstone -
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References
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- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Leonard Drożdżewicz (2016). "Biographical Dictionary of Polish Tatars of the Twentieth Century" (PDF). Znad Wilii. 4 (68): 77–82.
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