Wujaki

Village in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland
53°26′N 21°17′E / 53.433°N 21.283°E / 53.433; 21.283Country PolandVoivodeshipWarmian-MasurianCountySzczytnoGminaRozogiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationNSZ

Wujaki [vuˈjaki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rozogi, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1]

It lies approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of Rozogi, 25 km (16 mi) south-east of Szczytno, and 65 km (40 mi) south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

History

The local Polish secret resistance was active and smuggled weapons through Wujaki to the nearby Russian Partition of Poland during the January Uprising, and sheltered Polish insurgents fleeing the Russian Partition.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Groniewska, Barbara (1960). "Rola Prus Wschodnich w powstaniu styczniowym". Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie (in Polish). No. 1. pp. 9, 15–16.


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