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Village in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland
Rubcowo
Village
Rubcowo is located in PolandRubcowoRubcowo
Coordinates: 53°48′41″N 23°26′54″E / 53.81139°N 23.44833°E / 53.81139; 23.44833
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountyAugustów
GminaPłaska
Population120
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Rubcowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Płaska, within Augustów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) south-east of Płaska, 32 km (20 mi) east of Augustów, and 80 km (50 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), on 24 November 1939, four Polish foresters from Rubcowo were murdered by the Germans in the prison in Suwałki as part of the Intelligenzaktion.

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Maria Wardzyńska (2009) Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, p. 234 (in Polish)
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