See also: Husynne, Chełm County.
Husynne | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lublin |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Hrubieszów |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Hrubieszów |
Coordinates: | 50.835°N 23.9792°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Elevation M: | 190 |
Population Total: | 527 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | LHR |
Blank Name Sec2: | National road |
Husynne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hrubieszów, within Hrubieszów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland,[1] close to the border with Ukraine. It lies approximately 8km (05miles) east of Hrubieszów and 1090NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Lublin.
In 1827 Husynne had a population of 384.[2]
During the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland at the start of World War II, on 23 September 1939, the village was the site of the Battle of Husynne between Poles and invading Soviet troops. The Soviets won the battle, and then carried out a massacre of 25 Polish prisoners of war.[3]