Muczne

Muczne is a village in southeastern

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, Bieszczady County,

Gmina Lutowiska __NOTOC__ Gmina Lutowiska is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Bieszczady County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, on the border with Ukraine. Its seat is the village of Lutowiska, which lies approximately south of Ustr ...

, near the border with the

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, in the valley of the Muczny stream. It lies approximately south of

Lutowiska Lutowiska ( uk, Літовищі, ''Litovyshchi''; 1944-1957: ''Shevchenko''/''Szewczenko'') is a village in Bieszczady County, in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship of south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine. It is the seat of the gmi ...

, south of

Ustrzyki Dolne Ustrzyki Dolne (; yi, Istrik, uk, Устри́ки-Долі́шні, translit=Ustrýky-Dolíshni) is a town in south-eastern Poland, situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999) close to the border with Ukraine. It is the capital of B ...

, and south-east of the regional capital

Rzeszów Rzeszów ( , ; la, Resovia; yi, ריישא ''Raisha'')) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów has been the capital of the Subcarpathian ...

. In the former administrative division of Poland (1975-1998), Muczne was situated in

Krosno Voivodeship Krosno Voivodeship () was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Subcarpathian Voivodeship (except Biecz Commune which is now a part of Lesser Poland Voivodeship). Its capital cit ...

. Mucze was on the trail of forest railway lines that led to Wołosate and Trebowiec valleys and it ended with Sokoliki Górskie railway station. Before

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, Muczne was part of Dźwiniacz Górny village. In 1944,

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s of

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raided the village and murdered 70 people of Polish nationality in the Muczne massacre. Eventually, after the war, the village was deserted with all houses burnt-out. In the 1970s, there was a small dwelling for forest workers and, in 1975, the area was taken over by the

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. Later, Muczne was turned into a farming estate and hunting ground owned by the state. Muczne

In the 1970s, Muczne was a secluded place where Polish Communist leaders could come to relax and often spend time and host their international VIPs. The former PM of Poland,

Piotr Jaroszewicz Gen. Piotr Jaroszewicz (; 8 October 1909 – 1 September 1992) was a post World War II Polish political figure. He served as the Prime Minister of Poland between 1970 and 1980. After he was forced out of office he lived quietly in a suburb of W ...

, is said to have hunted a bear that is displayed in the Bieszczady National Park Museum. Among important guests in Muczne were:

Edward Gierek Edward Gierek (; 6 January 1913 – 29 July 2001) was a Polish Communist politician and ''de facto'' leader of Poland between 1970 and 1980. Gierek replaced Władysław Gomułka as First Secretary of the ruling Polish United Workers' Party (P ...

, Josip Broz Tito, and Abdoreza Pahlavi. For several years, Muczne was called ''Kazimierzowo'' to honor colonel Kazimierz Doskoczyński who was the head of another state estate in

Arłamów Arłamów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ustrzyki Dolne, within Bieszczady County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, near the border with Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a coun ...

. {{Gmina Lutowiska Villages in Bieszczady County