Hajnówka is a town and a powiat seat in eastern Poland with 21,442 inhabitants (2014). It is the capital of Hajnówka County. The town is also notable for its proximity to the Białowieża Forest, the biggest primaeval forest in Europe. Through Hajnówka flows the river Leśna Prawa. It is one of the centres of Orthodox faith and a notable centre of Belarusian culture in Poland.
Belarusians comprised 26.4% of the town's population in 2002.
Orthodox Holy Trinity's Church (1981)
Bison monument
Belarusian is an East Slavic language. It is one of the two official languages in Belarus, alongside Russian. Additionally, it is spoken in some parts of Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, and Ukraine by Belarusian minorities in those countries.
The Casimir's Code of 1468, in Ruthenian
The third Lithuanian statute of 1588, all three written in Ruthenian
Ruthenian Bible by Francysk Skaryna, 1517, first ever book printed in Eastern Europe
The cover of the copy of the Dictionary of the Belarusian Local Tongue by Ivan Nasovič preserved at the Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum