# An Attack on the Belarusian Members of the Sejm

- URL: https://syn.by/en/history/archives/attack-on-belarusian-sejm-members/
- Published: 1924-06-08T17:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T10:00:08+00:00
- Section: Archives
- Language: en
- BE edition: https://syn.by/historya/arkhivy/napad-na-bielaruskich-paslou.md
- RU edition: https://syn.by/ru/istoriya/arhivy/napadyeniye-na-byelorusskikh-dyeputatov.md

> In Pruzhany, military settlers (osadniks) threw stones at Belarusian members of the Sejm who had come to report to their constituents. It came to a brawl; the deputies remained unharmed, and the starosta, it is said, knew of the attack in advance.

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On 26 May of this year the Belarusian members of the Sejm Yaremich, Rahulya and Valoshyn came to Pruzhany, in Hrodna Governorate, to give their constituents a report on their work as deputies. The people already knew of the deputies' arrival, and so several thousand of them gathered. A great multitude of osadniks from as many as three neighboring districts, Kosava, Kobryn and Drahichyn, also appeared at the meeting.

During the first speech the osadniks began to throw stones at the deputies. The people rushed at these bandits. A fight began. There are wounded on both sides. The deputies remained unharmed.

The osadnik gang had been organized beforehand, and the starosta, as he himself later told a deputy, knew about it several hours before it struck.

This is how the Polish administration rules in our lands, with the help of Polish osadniks.