Green Velo

Zastawek, a small colony near Lebiedziew hides an original relic of the past: a Tatar cemetery (mizar) with about forty tombstones dating from the 18th to the early 20th century.

The history of the Tatars settling in Podlasie dates back to 1679, when King Jan III Sobieski granted the Tatar officers and soldiers serving the Commonwealth estates in the so-called economy of Brest (Brześć), including Lebiedziewo, Małaszewicze and Kobylany, as well as in Studzianka, thirty kilometres away, where another mizar is preserved. This is where the Studzianka Development Association operates actively, organising exhibitions and events promoting the history of Podlasie Tatars, such as, among others, the Tatar Culture Days.