Bruzgi

Bruzgi (Russian: Брузги, romanized: Bruzgi) or Bruzhi ((Belarusian: Брузгі, romanized: Bruzhi) is a village[1] in Belarus located in the Odelsk Rural Settlement in Grodno District which is part of Grodno Region, very close to the Belarus-Poland border. Near the village is the Kuźnica-Bruzgi border crossing. Klachki and Trubka are two villages nearby.

Bruzgi
Брузгі (Belarusian)
Брузги (Russian)
Village
Bruzgi is located in Belarus
Bruzgi
Bruzgi
Coordinates: 53°33′19″N 23°40′54″E
Country Belarus
RegionGrodno Region
DistrictGrodensky
Area code+375-15

History

Between 1940 and 1959 the village was the administrative center of Bruzhinsky Selsoviet. Until 2002 it was part of Padlabiennie Selsoviet.[2]

2020s
See also: 2021 Belarus–European Union border crisis

In 2021, refugees, primarily Iraqi, entered the vicinity of Bruzgi, intending to depart from there to cross the Polish Border[3] at Kuźnica.[4] 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" to destabilize Poland and other EU member countries.[5]

References
  1. [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).]
  2. Решение Гродненского областного Совета депутатов от 20 сентября 2002 г. № 100 О решении вопросов административно-территориального устройства Гродненского района
  3. "Belarus escorts 1,000 migrants towards Polish border". the Guardian. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  4. AFP, Mary Sibierski and Bernard Osser for (8 November 2021). "Migrants Massing at Border With Belarus Help, Poland Says". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  5. "Hundreds of migrants head toward Polish-Belarusian border". POLITICO. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
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