Białystok: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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PLN 156 - 179 Turkus
 Located close to the centre of Białystok and the train and bus stations, Hotel Turkus offers comfortable accommodation, 24/7 reception, a café bar a… MorePLN 180 - 280 Villa Tradycja
 Situated in central Białystok, about 1 km from the Branicki Palace, Villa Tradycja offers rooms with an LCD TV and free internet. In the morning a va… MorePLN 90 - 250 Willa Dokkum
 Willa Dokkum is located 2.5 km from the Białystok City Centre, in a quiet part of town, 200 metres from the forest. It features spacious rooms with f… MorePLN 150 - 400 Willa Pastel
 Located in the centre of Białystok, Willa Pastel offers rooms with free Wi-Fi and a TV. Guests can benefit from a sauna and a fitness centre. Free pa… MorePLN 140 - 320 Titanic
 Located 2 km from the Białystok Railway and Bus Station, the Titanic offers rooms with free Wi-Fi and satellite TV. Guests can make use of an on-site… MorePLN 158 - 326 Hotel Podlasie
 Hotel Podlasie is located in Białystok, close to the city centre. The hotel offers free parking, free Wi-Fi and convenient public transport links.
R… MorePLN 171 - 360 Hotel 3 Trio
 This modern hotel is located only 5 minutes from the centre of Białystok and features stylish rooms with free Wi-Fi, an LCD TV with satellite channel… MorePLN 243 - 418 Hotel Branicki
 Offering free access to a sauna and jacuzzi, Branicki is a boutique hotel located in the centre of Białystok. It offers beautifully appointed rooms w… MorePLN 264 - 850 Hotel Golebiewski
 Offering guests free access to a large water park, Hotel Gołębiewski offers rooms with satellite TV and free Wi-Fi. The hotel is located in Białyst… MorePLN 105 - 166 Hotel Gromada Białystok
 The hotel is situated in the outskirts of Bialystok, near the forest. It is convenient for sightseeing trips and for travelling to Lithuania and Belar… MorePLN 188 - 340 Best Western Hotel Cristal
 Located in an attractive building in the centre of Białystok, close to Branicki Palace, this hotel radiates a warm and sophisticated atmosphere.
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Białystok: Guide
Białystok (, , , Yiddish language|Yiddish ביאַליסטאָק, English language|Eng. frequently Belastok, English meaning of Białystok: "White Slope") is the largest city (pop. 295,000 in 2006) in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlachian Voivodeship since 1999, previously of Białystok Voivodeship (1921-1998). Białystok is located in north-eastern Poland near the border with Belarus; it is the largest city and the historical capital of the Podlachia region.
History
According to legend, Białystok was given its name by the Lithuanian prince Gediminas in about 1320. The first mention of the place in historical sources dates from 1437 when the land around the Bialka river was given by King Casimir the Jagiellonian|Kazimierz Jagiellończyk of Poland to Raczko Tabutowicz, then in 1547 it passed to the
Wiesiołowski family. They built a brick castle and a church here. In 1645 after the death of Krzysztof Wiesiołowski, the last of the clan, Białystok became the property of the Commonwealth. In 1661 it was given to Stefan Czarniecki as a reward for his service in the victory over the Swedes. Four years later, as a dowry of his daughter Alexandra, it passed to the Branicki (Gryf)|Branicki family.
In the second half of the 18th century Hetman Jan Klemens Branicki, a commander in chief, became the heir of the Białystok area. It was he who transformed the previously existing abode into the magnificent residence of a great noble. Several artists and scientists came to Białystok to take advantage of Branicki's patronage. Białystok received its city charter in 1749.
After the Third Partition of Poland|third partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1795 it first belonged to the Kingdom of Prussia|Prussian Kingdom, then after the Peace of Tilsit signed in 1807 it passed to Russia. During the 19th century the city became a major centre of textile industry.
Due to an industrial boom the population grew from 13,787 in 1857, and 56,629 in 1889, to 65,781 in 1901. In this period the majority of the city's population was Jewish and Polish.
After the outbreak of the World War I|First World War in 1914, first heavy bombing of the town took place on 20 April 1915. On 13 August 1915 German soldiers appeared in Białystok. The city was included in Ober Ost occupational region. In March of 1918 it was declared part of the Belarusian National Republic, in July of 1918 it was made part of Lithuanian Province and became capital of the Southern Lithuania government precinct. On February 19, 1919 the city was taken by Poland.
During 1920, when overrun by Soviet forces during the Polish-Soviet War, it briefly served as headquarters of the Polish Revolutionary Committee headed by Julian Marchlewski, which attempted to declare the Polish Soviet Socialist Republic.
In the years 1920-1939 the city was again part of independent Poland. In September 1939, Białystok was occupied by the German army, but then passed on to the Soviet Union with respect to the Secret protocol of Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, when it was annexed into the Byelorussian SSR. The Biełastok vobłasć with the centre in Bielystok was created in 1939.
On June 27, 1941, Białystok again fell into German hands, as a result of the invasion of the Soviet Union. From the very beginning, the Germans pursued a ruthless policy of pillage and extermination of the non-German population. The numerous Jewish population, some 50-60 thousand, were confined in a Białystok Ghetto|Ghetto, which during August 1941 was exterminated. On June 27, 1941 German troops locked over 3,000 Jews within the Great Synagogue (the largest wooden synagogue in Eastern Europe) and burned it down.
In the last year of the occupation, a clandestine upper Commercial School came into existence. The pupils of the school also took part in the underground resistance movement. As a result, some of them were jailed, some killed and others deported to concentration camps.
A number of anti-fascist groups came into existence in Białystok during the first weeks of the occupation. In the following years, there developed a well-organized resistance movement.
On August 15, 1943 the Białystok Ghetto Uprising began, and several hundred Polish Jews started an armed struggle against the German troops who were carrying out the planned liquidation of the Ghetto.
Ecclesiastical history
For most of its existence, Białystok was part of the diocese of Vilna, the Lithuanian capital.
Only on June 5, 1991 was the diocese of Białystok (Latin rite bishopric) established; it was quickly, on March 25, 1992, promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Białystok with two Suffragan dioceses: Drohiczyn (also established in 1991) and Łomża (established on March 25, 1798 as the Diocese of Sejny / Augustów / Sejna).
Education
Białystok University (Uniwersytet w Białymstoku)
Białystok Technical University (Politechnika Białostocka)
Medical University of Białystok (Akademia Medyczna w Białymstoku)
Białystok School of Public Administration (Wyższa Szkoła Administracji Publicznej)
Białystok Institute of Cosmetology (Wyższa Szkoła Kosmetologii w Białymstoku)
Academy of Economics in Białystok (Wyższa Szkoła Ekonomiczna w Białymstoku)
Academy of Finance and Management in Białystok (Wyższa Szkoła Finansów i Zarządzania w Białymstoku)
Musical Academy in Białystok (Akademia Muzyczna w Białymstoku) http://chopin.man.bialystok.pl
Akademia Teatralna http://puppet.man.bialystok.pl
Archidiecezjalne wyższe Seminarium Duchowne http://www.awsd.bialystok.pl
Instytut Nauk Politycznych (Filia w Białymstoku) http://www.wsd.com.pl/moduly/artykuly/index.php
Wyższa Szkoła Matematyki i Informatyki Użytkowej http://wsmiiu.edu.pl/
Nauczycielskie Kolegium Rewalidacji i Resocjalizacji http://www.nkrr.bialystok.pl
Niepaństwowa Wyższa Szkoła Pedagogiczna http://www.nwsp.bialystok.pl
Wyższa Szkoła Gospodarowania Nieruchomościami (Filia w Białymstoku) http://www.wsgn.pl
Papieski Wydział Teologiczny (Studium Teologii)
Wyższa Szkoła Menedżerska http://www.wsm.pl
Niepubliczne Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych
Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych "Inter - Lingua" http://www.nkjo.bialystok.pl
Politics
Białystok constituency
Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Białystok constituency
Borawski, Edmund : Polish Peasant Party|PSL
The City of Białystok is divided into 27 districts:
In memory of victims of the Polish-Bolshevik war -
Hetman Białystok
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Cimoszewicz, Włodzimierz : SLD-UP
Ciruk, Barbara: SLD-UP
Czerniawski, Mieczysław: SLD-UP
Czuż, Aleksander: SLD-UP
Czykwin, Eugeniusz: SLD-UP
Fedorowicz, Andrzej: League of Polish Families|LPR
Jurgiel, Krzysztof: Law and Justice|PiS
Kamiński, Michał: PiS
Krutul, Piotr: LPR
Laskowski, Józef: Self-Defense of the Polish Republic|Samoobrona
Mioduszewski, Józef: PSL
Wiśniowska, Genowefa: Samoobrona
Zagórski, Marek: Citizens Platform|PO
Zaworski, Jan: SLD-UP
Zieliński, Jarosław: PiS Municipal politics
to be written yet Administrative division
Białystok-Centrum|Centrum
Białostoczek
Białystok-osiedle Sienkiewicza|Sienkiewicza
Bojary
Białystok-Piaski|Piaski
Białystok-osiedle Przydworcowe|Przydworcowe
Białystok-osiedle Młodych|Młodych
Antoniuk
Jaroszówka
Wygoda
Białystok-osiedle Piasta I|Piasta I
Białystok-osiedle Piasta II|Piasta II
Skorupy
Białystok-osiedle Mickiewicza|Mickiewicza
Dojlidy
Białystok-osiedle Bema|Bema
Białystok-osiedle Kawaleryjskie|Kawaleryjskie
Białystok-Nowe Miasto|Nowe Miasto
Zielone Wzgórza
Starosielce
Słoneczny Stok
Leśna Dolina
Wysoki Stoczek
Dziesięciny I
Dziesięciny II
Bacieczki
ZawadyMonuments
"42nd Infantry Regiment" of Jan Henryk Dabrowski monument -
Armia Krajowa monument -
In memory of heroes from Białystok Land in World War II|WWII -
Jadwiga Dziekońska (soldier of Armia Krajowa) monument -
In memory of murdered Poles in Katyn -
Marshal Józef Piłsudski monument -
Jerzy Popiełuszko monument -
Polish Army in western Europe (during WWII) monument -
Solidarność monument -
In memory of Poles deported to Siberia -
In memory of murdered Jews in the Great Synagogue (WWII) -
In memory of victims of the Białystok Ghetto Uprising|Ghetto uprising in Białystok -
Defenders of Białystok monument (WWII) -
Ludwik Zamenhof monument - Historical population
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Famous people
Birthplace of
Tomasz Bagiński (The Cathedral)
Hermann Friedmann, philosopher
Ryszard Kaczorowski, last Polish government in exile|emigre President of the Republic of Poland.
Boris Kaufman
Dziga Vertov (Kaufman) - A Soviet Union|Soviet documentary film and newsreel director.
Maxim Litvinov (Wallach-Finkelstein).
Albert Sabin - Polio Vaccine.
Izabella Scorupco (Skorupko) - Actress.
Max Weber (artist)|Max Weber - Artist.
L. L. Zamenhof - The creator of Esperanto. Sports
Jagiellonia Białystok - football team (2nd league 2003/2004) See also
Bialy
Branicki Palace
Krzysztof KononowiczSources and external links