Kamyanyuki ( be, Камянюкі, Kamianiuki;
russian: Каменюки, Kamenyuki), also known as Kamyenyuki ( be, Каменюкі, Kamieniuki),
is an
agrotown in
Kamyenyets District,
Brest Region
Brest Region or Brest Oblast or Brest Voblasts ( be, Брэ́сцкая во́бласць ''(Bresckaja vobłasć)''; russian: Бре́стская о́бласть (''Brestskaya Oblast)'') is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative cen ...
,
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
. It serves as the administrative center of Kamyanyuki rural council (''
selsoviet'').
It is located in
(the Belarusian part of the
Białowieża Forest
Białowieża Forest; lt, Baltvyžių giria; pl, Puszcza Białowieska ; russian: Беловежская пуща, Belovezhskaya Pushcha is a forest on the border between Belarus and Poland. It is one of the last and largest remaining pa ...
), north from
Kamyenyets
Kamyanyets (also spelled as Kamianiec, Kamenets, Kamieniec; be, Ка́менец , russian: Ка́менец, uk, Кам'янець, Kamianets', pl, Kamieniec, yi, קאמעניץ ''Kamenits'' (or ''Kaminetz''), lt, Kamianecas; he, קמניץ ...
, from
Brest
Brest may refer to:
Places
*Brest, Belarus
**Brest Region
**Brest Airport
**Brest Fortress
* Brest, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria
* Břest, Czech Republic
*Brest, France
** Arrondissement of Brest
**Brest Bretagne Airport
** Château de Brest
*Br ...
and from the
Zhabinka railway station, on the
Leśna Prawa river.
History
From 1921 to 1939, it belonged to the
Gmina Białowieża. According to the
1921 Polish census, 138 people lived in the village, all of them
Orthodox
Orthodox, Orthodoxy, or Orthodoxism may refer to:
Religion
* Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pa ...
. At the same time, 13 residents declared Polish nationality, 108 declared Belarusian nationality, and 17 declared other nationalities. There were 22 residential buildings in the village.
[Беларуская энцыклапедыя: У 18 т. / Рэдкал.: Г. П. Пашкоў і інш.. — Мн.: БелЭн, 1998. — Т. 7: Застаўка — Кантата. ]
Attractions
There is a Belarusian residence of
Ded Moroz
Ded Moroz (russian: Дед Мороз, ; Russian diminutive: russian: Дедушка Мороз, Dedushka Moroz, label=none; sk, Dedo Mráz; pl, Dziadek Mróz) or Morozko (russian: Морозко) is a legendary figure similar to Saint Nicho ...
near Kamyanyuki. The total area of Ded Moroz's "property" (Touristic object "Residence of Belarusian Ded Moroz") is 15 hectares. Besides the manor of Ded Moros, it includes the house of
Snegurochka
Snegurochka (diminutive) or Snegurka ( rus, Снегу́рочка (diminutive), Снегу́рка, p=sʲnʲɪˈgurətɕkə, snʲɪˈgurkə), or The Snow Maiden, is a character in Russian fairy tales.
This character has no apparent roots in ...
, museum of Ded Moroz, "Treasury", as well as objects related to various
fairy tales.
There is a wooden
Russian Orthodox
Russian Orthodoxy (russian: Русское православие) is the body of several churches within the larger communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, whose liturgy is or was traditionally conducted in Church Slavonic language. Most ...
Church of St. George, inaugurated in 2009.
Свято-Георгиевская церковь (Каменюки, агрогородок; Каменецкий район)
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References
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Brestsky Uyezd
Polesie Voivodeship
Populated places in Brest Region
Brest Litovsk Voivodeship
Białowieża Forest
Kamyenyets District
Agrotowns in Belarus