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Cemetery in Dokshytsy

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Cemetery in Dokshytsy

The church cemetery is located on a hill next to the Holy Trinity Church. In the cemetery, 4 tombstones have been preserved, dating from the 2nd half of the 19th century. The oldest preserved tombstone, dating from 1863, is a granite boulder, split in half, with a smoothed surface, of Karolina Brzezińska. The surviving inscription reads: / HOUSE/ HERE lie the remains of the late P.P./ KAROLINA/ BRZEZIŃSKA/ CNOTLING AND POOR/ LAT. 29/ DIED. JUL./ 25 1863/ WHO ASKS FOR A SIGH TO GOD/.
The active Catholic cemetery, established at the beginning of the 20th century, is located approx. 3 km from the village centre and church. The cemetery has a rectangular ground plan, is located on slightly undulating terrain, occupies an area of 1.1 ha and is fenced with a stone wall with a gate on the western side. A new cemetery adjoins it to the south and the north-west side is occupied by a war cemetery. A path runs through the cemetery, dividing it into two parts. The oldest gravestone, a granite rectangular slab from 1907, is the grave of Emilia Rutkiewicz. The cemetery is dominated by gravestones from the 1st half of the 20th century and contemporary ones.
The 3rd War Cemetery occupies the north-western side of the Catholic cemetery. It was established in 1920. It is partially enclosed by a stone wall and separated from the Catholic cemetery by a wooden fence. The cemetery is square in plan with an alley on the north-south axis and covers an area of 0.3 ha. On either side of the alley are concrete graves of soldiers. At the end of the alley is a monument in the form of a stone mound with a monumental concrete cross. Attached to the mound is a plaque with the inscription: "TO THE HEROES OF THE CHIVALROUS REPULSION/ OF THE BOLSHEVIK INVASION/ IN 1920/ THE SOCIETY OF DOKSZYC 2. XI. 1930". About 200 Polish soldiers are buried in the cemetery. In the 1950s the cemetery was devastated. Currently, the site is looked after by Ms Wanda Swarcewicz, a resident of Dokshytsy.
Information about the cemetery has been published (see bibliography).

Bibliography:

  • „Cmentarze polskie poza granicami kraju” , raport, oprac. B. Gutowski, Warszawa 2022 (maszynopis).
  • Lewkowska Anna, Lewkowski Jacek, Walczak Wojciech, „Zabytkowe cmentarze na Kresach Wschodnich Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej. Województwo wileńskie na obszarze Republiki Białoruś”, Warszawa 2007.

Author:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, Salomea Grabowska
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