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Things to do in Kruszyniany

Kruszyniany is a village near the Belarusian border on the Tatar Trail, where Tatars settled in the 17th century on land granted by King John III Sobieski for their part in the war against the Ottomans. The highlight is the wooden mosque, regarded as the oldest surviving Tatar mosque in Poland, and the mizar behind it, a Muslim cemetery with stone headstones. At the Tatar Yurt you can taste Tatar cooking, and on the northern edge of the village St Anne's Orthodox church stands in the old cemetery. Kruszyniany suits a trip through multicultural Podlasie, ideally together with Bohoniki and Krynki.