Sadyba
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Sadyba is a neighborhood in Mokotów
Mokotów
Mokotów is a dzielnica of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. Mokotów is densely populated. It is a seat to many foreign embassies and companies...

 district of Warsaw
Warsaw
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, Poland
Poland
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. It has an administrative status of osiedle
Osiedle
Osiedle is a term used in Poland to denote a designated subdivision of a city or town, or of a dzielnica, with its own council and executive. Like the dzielnica and sołectwo, an osiedle is an auxiliary unit of a gmina. These units are created by decision of the gmina council, and do not have...

within the city. Sadyba can be divided into Old Sadyba, mainly upper class housing, and New-Sadyba with modern retail stores and communist era high rise apartments. Old and New Sadyba can be divided roughly by Świętego Bonifacego street, just south of the Sadyba Best mall. Sadyba is known as the "Garden City" due to the large number of household and community gardens tended by the residents.

History

The Sadyba district was home to the Oasis Battalion (Batalionu Oaza) of the Polish Resistance.

Museums

Muzeum Katynskie (Katyn Museum) - A museum dedicated to the memory of the Katyn Massacre. http://www.muzeumwp.pl/muzeum_katynskie.php

Muzeum Wojska Polskiego (Polish Military Museum) - A collection of Polish military equipment located at Fort Sadyba
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