Poronin railway station

Poronin [pɔˈrɔnin], is a village in southern Poland; from 1999 it formed part of Tatra County of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (it was previously in Nowy Sącz Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998). It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Zakopane and 80 km (50 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków. Poronin sits on the confluence of rivers Zakopianka and Poroniec, which gives rise to the river Biały Dunajec. In the summers of 1913 and 1914 Vladimir Lenin and Nadezhda Krupskaya rented a holiday home in nearby Biały Dunajec and often stayed in a Poronin inn. The area formed part of Austria-Hungary at that time (as a result of the Partitions of Poland), and when World War I broke out in mid-1914 the Austrian authorities arrested Lenin on suspicion of spying for Russia (August 1914), but deported him to Switzerland soon after (September 1914).During 1947-1990 there used to be a Lenin Museum in Poronin and a statue of Lenin. The statue was transferred to the Socialist Realism Art Gallery (Polish: Galeria Sztuki Socrealizmu, also known as the "Museum of Socialist Realism") in the Kozłówka Palace complex in the Lublin Voivodeship.

Gmina Poronin is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Poronin, which lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Zakopane and 80 km (50 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of 83.55 square kilometres (32.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 10,706.

Suche [ˈsuxɛ], (Slovak: Suché) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poronin, within Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) south-west of Poronin, 5 km (3 mi) north-east of Zakopane, and 81 km (50 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków.

Biały Dunajec [ˈbjawɨ duˈnajɛt͡s], (Slovak: Biely Dunajec) is a village in southern Poland situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999; it was previously in Nowy Sącz Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998. It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Zakopane and 77 km (48 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków, on the Dunajec River.

Gmina Biały Dunajec is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Biały Dunajec, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Zakopane and 77 km (48 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of 35.51 square kilometres (13.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,780.

Bustryk [ˈbustrɨk] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poronin, within Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Poronin, 7 km (4 mi) north of Zakopane, and 79 km (49 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków.

Leszczyny [lɛʂˈt͡ʂɨnɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biały Dunajec, within Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of Zakopane and 77 km (48 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków.

Gliczarów Dolny [ɡliˈt͡ʂaruf ˈdɔlnɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biały Dunajec, within Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Zakopane and 78 km (48 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków.

Gliczarów Górny [ɡliˈt͡ʂaruf ˈɡurnɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biały Dunajec, within Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Zakopane and 80 km (50 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków.

Murzasichle [ˈmur zaˈɕixlɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poronin, within Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-east of Poronin, 7 km (4 mi) east of Zakopane, and 84 km (52 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków.The village name came from the merging of the names of two settlements: Mur and Zasichle. The village is a part of the Podhale region and is inhabited by Gorals.

Sierockie [ɕɛˈrɔt͡skʲɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biały Dunajec, within Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north of Zakopane and 76 km (47 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków.

The 2001 Winter Universiade, the XX Winter Universiade, took place in Zakopane, Poland.