Pratulin
Pratulin [praˈtulʲin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rokitno, within Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.[1]
Pratulin | |
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Village | |
_Pratulin_JoannaPyka.JPG.webp) Church of Saints Peter and Paul | |
  Pratulin | |
| Coordinates: 52°10′N 23°26′E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lublin |
| County | Biała Podlaska County |
| Gmina | Rokitno |
On 24 January 1874 the Russian Army killed a group of 13 Greek Catholic believers in the village. They later became known as the Pratulin Martyrs.
During "Operation Barbarossa" the forest nearby was a staging point for the German 17th Panzer Division. At 3:30am on 22 June 1941 German Panzer and motorized troops decamped from this area, crossing the Bug River and attacking the Soviet Union.
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