| Zaczerlany | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Podlaskie |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Białystok |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Choroszcz |
| Coordinates: | 53.1°N 81°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Zaczerlany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Choroszcz, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4km (02miles) south of Choroszcz and 130NaN0 west of the regional capital Białystok.
The monument in the village is a granite obelisk topped with a cast iron orthodox cross. There was an unknown icon on the monument. Below the icon, there are two commemorative plaques with Cyrillic inscriptions. This is the last known remaining monument in modern Poland that is related to the Tsar as after Poland gained independence all monuments of the Romanov family themselves were destroyed along with many others.
The top inscription written in Russian reads as follows,“GRATEFUL TO THE LORD GOD, THE FAITHFUL SERVED IN MEMORY OF THE MIRACULOUS SALVATION OF THE GOVERNMENT EMPEROR ALEXANDER III ON OCTOBER 17, 1888, FOR THE EDIFICATION OF POSTERITY, CONSTRUCTED ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1890.”
“The bottom inscription written in Russian reads as follows,“FOR THE HEALTH OF THE PEASANTS OF THE VILLAGES ZACZERLANY”