Kamyanyuki | |
Native Name Lang: | be |
Settlement Type: | Agrotown |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Brest Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kamyenyets District |
Coordinates: | 52.5608°N 23.7992°W |
Pushpin Map: | Belarus |
Population Total: | 1,119 |
Population As Of: | 2009 |
Area Code: | +375 1631 |
Timezone1: | UTC+3 |
Kamyanyuki (be|Камянюкі|Kamianiuki), also known as Kamyenyuki (be|Каменюкі|Kamieniuki; ru|Каменюки|Kamenyuki),[1] is an agrotown in Kamyenyets District, Brest Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Kamyanyuki selsoviet.[1]
It is located in Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park (the Belarusian part of the Białowieża Forest), north from Kamyenyets, from Brest and from the Zhabinka railway station, on the Leśna Prawa river.
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. 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.[2]
There is a Belarusian residence of Ded Moroz 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, museum of Ded Moroz, "Treasury", as well as objects related to various fairy tales.[3]
There is a wooden Russian Orthodox Church of St. George, inaugurated in 2009.[4]