Asochniki
village in Belarus
Asochniki (Belarusian: Асочнікі, Polish: Osoczniki) is a village in Grodno District, Grodno Region, in western Belarus.
History
In 1827, it had a population of 155.
In the interwar period, Osoczniki, as it was known in Polish, was administratively located in the Augustów County in the Białystok Voivodeship of Poland. According to the 1921 census, the village had a population of 180, entirely Polish by nationality and Catholic by confession.
Following the invasion of Poland in September 1939, the village was first occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, then by Nazi Germany until 1944, and then re-occupied by the Soviet Union, which eventually annexed it from Poland in 1945.
The public source identifies “Asochniki” as village in Belarus. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Asochniki, village and Belarus.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q14916991. Authority coordinates are 53.847, 23.671. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1827, 1921, 1939 and 1941.
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This entry incorporates text from “Asochniki” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.