Elementy białoruskości w kulturze Tatarów polskich

Abstract

East zone of Poland's, especially the ground of old time Białostocczyzna, were living Belarussians, Ukraine, Lithuania. The mosaic of national minority's cultures completes the culture of Polish Tatars. Polish-Lithuanians Tatars lost their tatarien language between XVI and XVII century. Belarussian language was official language in The Great Duchy of Lithuania, were between society lived Polish Tatars. Tatars lost their language and started to use belarussian language, which became their domestic language. Tatars used Belarussian in every day talking, Polish were using only ceremonially.