Nieznajowa
Nieznajowa [ɲɛznaˈjɔva] (Ukrainian: Незнайова, Незнаєва, Neznayova, Neznayeva) is a depopulated village in the administrative district of Gmina Sękowa, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi) south-east of Sękowa, 24 km (15 mi) south-east of Gorlice, and 123 km (76 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kraków.
The village was populated predominantly by Lemkos, who were deported to Ukraine in 1945-47 during common Soviet-Polish Operation Vistula. In the village remain Lemko cemetery, some roadside crosses and figures, some ruins of old buildings.
Gallery
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Church in Neznajova / Nieznajowa, around 1925 - 1933. Orthodox graves on the foreground.
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Roadside chapel in Neznajova / Nieznajowa (around 1918 - 1939)
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Nieznajowa on a Polish map of 1938
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Modern student house in Nieznajowa
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Lemko roadside figure of Holy Family
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Lemko cemetery
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Lemko cemetery
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Lemko cemetery
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Lemko cemetery
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Lemko cemetery
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Lemko cemetery
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