Staryya Vasilishki (; ; , ) is a village in
Shchuchyn District,
Grodno Region,
Belarus
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...
. It is part of Vasilishki rural council (''
selsoviet
A selsoviet (; , ; ) is the shortened name for Selsky soviet, i.e., rural council (; ; ). It has three closely related meanings:
*The administration (''soviet (council), soviet'') of a certain rural area.
*The territorial subdivision administered ...
'').
History
In 1919–1939, Stare Wasiliszki were part of Grodno County,
Białystok Voivodeship,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
. According to the 1921 census, the village had a population of 185, entirely
Polish by nationality and Catholic by confession.
Notable people
*
Czesław Niemen
Czesław Niemen (; born Czesław Juliusz Wydrzycki; February 16, 1939 – January 17, 2004), occasionally credited mononymously as Niemen, was one of the most important and innovative Polish singer-songwriters and rock balladeers of the 20th cen ...
(1939–2004), Polish singer; his family home was turned into a museum.
See also
*
Vasilishki
References
Villages in Belarus
Populated places in Grodno region
Shchuchyn district
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