Kruglany | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Podlaskie |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Sokółka |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Kuźnica |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 53.4861°N 23.6306°W |
Kruglany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kuźnica, within Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.[1] It lies approximately 4km (02miles) south-west of Kuźnica, 130NaN0 north-east of Sokółka, and 510NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Białystok. In May 1945, in the Łosośna colony (part of Kruglany), members of the Freedom and Independence Association murdered Józef Czeremcha, his wife Anna and their 18-year-old son Anatol. On the same night, they also murdered Aleksander Kuryła in his home.[2]