Bruzhi

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'''Bruzhi''' ({{langx|be|Брузгі}}; {{Langx|ru|Брузги|Bruzgi}}) is a village in [[Grodno District]], [[Grodno Region]], in western [[Belarus]].<ref>[Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Гродзенская вобласць: нарматыўны даведнік / І. А. Гапоненка і інш.; пад рэд. В. П. Лемцюговай. — Мн.: Тэхналогія, 2004. — 469 с. {{ISBN|985-458-098-9}} (DJVU).]</ref> It is administratively part of [[Adelsk]] [[selsoviet]] and located close to the [[Belarus–Poland border|border with Poland]]. The [[Kuźnica, Podlaskie Voivodeship|Kuźnica]]-Bruzhi border crossing is located near the village. Klachki and Trubka are two villages nearby.

==History== According to the 1921 census, Bruzgi had a population of 151, entirely [[Polish people|Polish]] by nationality and Catholic by confession.<ref>{{cite book|author=|title=Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Tom V|year=1924|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Główny Urząd Statystyczny}}</ref>

During [[World War II]], Bruzgi was [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|occupied by the Soviet Union]] from 1939 to 1941, then by Nazi Germany until 1944, and then re-occupied by the Soviet Union afterwards.

Between 1940 and 1959, the village served as the administrative center of Bruzgi rural council (''[[selsoviet]]''). Until 2002, it was part of Padlabyennye rural council.<ref>[http://www.kaznachey.com/doc/3Wun3ReWquT Решение Гродненского областного Совета депутатов от 20 сентября 2002 г. № 100 О решении вопросов административно-территориального устройства Гродненского района]</ref>

=== 21st century === {{See also|2021 Belarus–European Union border crisis}} In 2021, refugees, primarily [[Iraqis|Iraqi]], entered the vicinity of Bruzgi, intending to depart from there to cross the [[Belarus–Poland border|Polish Border]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-08|title=Belarus escorts 1,000 migrants towards Polish border|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/08/belarus-escorts-hundreds-of-migrants-towards-polish-border|access-date=2021-11-08|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> at [[Kuźnica, Podlaskie Voivodeship|Kuźnica]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=AFP|first=Mary Sibierski and Bernard Osser for|date=2021-11-08|title=Migrants Massing at Border With Belarus Help, Poland Says|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/11/08/migrants-massing-at-border-with-belarus-help-poland-says-a75504|access-date=2021-11-08|website=The Moscow Times|language=en}}</ref> In response, the [[Polish government]] declared a [[state of emergency]], stationing over 12,000 troops at the border. Politicians from Poland and the [[European Union]] accused Belarusian President [[Alexander Lukashenko]] of using the migrants as a form of "[[Hybrid warfare#Belarusian activities in 2021|hybrid warfare]]" to destabilize Poland and other [[Eu members|EU member countries]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-08|title=Hundreds of migrants head toward Polish-Belarusian border|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/migrants-poland-belarus-border/|access-date=2021-11-08|website=POLITICO|language=en-US}}</ref>

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[[Category:Villages in Belarus]] [[Category:Belarus–Poland border crossings]] [[Category:Populated places in Grodno region]] [[Category:Grodno district]]