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Drohiczyn
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Drohiczyn is a small historic town in Siemiatycze County of Podlasie Voivodeship (previously in Białystok Voivodeship in 1975-1998) in Eastern Poland. The town with population 2,110 is situated on a bank of river Bug.
A Neolithic settlement, La Tène culture crematoria, and ancient graves have been uncovered at Drohiczyn.
Drohiczyn lay astride a trade route between Ukraine and Poland, and in the 13th century was a part of the principality of Volhynia. It was annexed by Galicia in 1238. In 1253, prince Daniel of Halych was crowned by a papal representative in Drohiczyn.
The town changed hands multiple times during the medieval wars between Poland and Lithuania. In 1443 it was a Lithuanian domain, and from 1569 belonged to Poland.
In 1939-1940, when Poland was occupied by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, Drohiczyn became a border town between both countries. The Soviets plundered the town, destroyed the rich interior of both Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches and deported a number of the town inhabitants to Siberia. In spring of 1940, Soviet authorities ordered the destruction of all buildings within 800 metres from the river Bug.
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