Osiedle Bacieczki, Białystok

Information about the "wooden church in the Bacieczki farm" erected from the foundation of Prince Aleksander Chodkiewicz comes from the same period.

This church was called St. Jan Theolog, the heavenly patron of the founder's father, Ivan Chodkiewicz, who died in Turkish captivity.

[3][4][5][6] Papers from the early 19th century mentioning the existence of two villages, Dojlidzkie and Ogrodniczki on the territory of the neighborhood.

The history of the settlement is connected with the fact that the owners of the textile factory in Choroszcz brought twenty-two families of German weavers in the 19th century.

According to the 1921 census, the village of Bacieczki had 49 houses and was inhabited by 258 people, among whom 210 declared an Orthodox denomination, while the remaining 48 were Roman Catholic.

[8] During this period, the village was subject to the Orthodox parish of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in nearby Fasty.

In 1929, there was one brickyard in the village, a mill of Zakłady Przemysłowych S.A. a confectionery shop, two pubs, two grocery stores and one with cold cuts.

Currently, it is a residential district consisting of blocks of Towarzystwo Budownictwa Spółdzielczy (TBS) and single-family houses.

In a plan issued in 1966 on the occasion of the Millennium of the Polish State, only a few main streets in this area are marked.

On the southern side of the outlet to Warsaw, there is a vast green complex – Bacieczki Forest.