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Wierszalin

Wierszalin – an abandoned village in Poland located in Podlaskie voivodeship, in Sokolka district, in Krynki community, about 1,5 km from Stara Grzybowszczyzna village.

The settlement has been founded in 30s of 20th century Eliasz Klimowicz, also known as „Ilja prophet” (Eliasz), who has created an religious cult and was its self-proclaimed prophet. Wierszalin was supposed to be according to Klimowicz - a new capital city of the world, pilgrims were coming here in large numbers from Nowogrod and Wołyn. The wooden house and other farm buildings have survived IIWW and are under Krynki Forest Inspectorate' supervision.

The Wierszalin name took a theater from Supraśla, and Krzysztof Wojciechowski made a movie in 1997 "The Story of Prophet Eliasz of Wierszalin". Belarusian writer from Grodno, Aleksiej Karpiuk has written a book on the events that took place in that settlement before IIWW : „Eden in Wierszalin”; that caused him being expelled from Belarussian Party and from the Union of Belariusian Writers

This page is a translation of the Polish page:

Prophet Ilia has built a local Russian-orthodox church, but after an argument with local clergy, has started building a new temple but IIWW interrupted his efforts. It is said that he was taken by Russians to USSR where he died.