Polovtsi [Ru] Powroznik[Polish]

Sanok District, present day SE Poland


Lemko Surnames cited by Krasovs'kyj from 1787 Austrian Cadastral Records


  1. Wayda Vajda
  2. Kobela / Kobiela / Kobelja
  3. Mielnik / Mel'nyk
  4. Piotrow / Petriv

Parish Data: [from Blazejowskyj and Iwanusiw]

No church - the village was served by the priest in PRUSIK 5km away

The area around Polovtsi was settled 1103-1125 by Polovtsian prisoners. Until the 1700's it belonged to a parish in a suburb of Sanok.

In 1785 the village lands comprised 2.39 sq km. There were 54 Greek Catholics 42 Roman Catholics and 0 Jews

1840 - 75 Greek Catholics

1859 - 80 Greek Catholics

1879 - 94 Greek Catholics

1899 - 74 Greek Catholics

1926 - 80 Greek Catholics

1936 - 78 Greek Catholics

In 1936 there were x Roman Catholics and x Jews in the area

The village was incorporated in to the Lemko Apostolic Administration in 1934


LDS microfilm not yet available