| Zawady | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Podlaskie |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Białystok |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Zawady |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 15th century |
| Coordinates: | 53.1553°N 22.6661°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Population Total: | 320 |
| Registration Plate: | BIA |
Zawady is a village in Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Zawady. It lies approximately 340NaN0 west of the regional capital Białystok.
Zawady was founded in the early 15th century. By the 16th century, it had a Catholic parish. In 1827, the village had a population of 224.[2]
Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was first occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, and then by Germany until 1944. On 21 June 1943, a unit of the Uderzeniowe Bataliony Kadrowe Polish resistance organization crushed a German gendarmerie post in Zawady.[3] On 13 July 1943, the Germans pacified the village, murdering 58 Poles from Zawady and Laskowiec at nearby Łysa Góra.[3]