Vilnius Region[a] is the territory in present-day Lithuania and Belarus that was originally inhabited by ethnic Baltic tribes and was a part of Lithuania proper, but came under East Slavic and Polish cultural influences over time.
Lithuania is now a country in the Baltic region of Europe.
Vilnius District Municipality is one of the 60 municipalities in Lithuania. It surrounds the capital city of Vilnius on three sides. The municipality is also bordered by Trakai district and Elektrėnai municipality in the west, Astravyets and Ashmyany districts of Belarus in the east, Širvintos, Molėtai and Švenčionys districts in the north and Šalčininkai district in the south.
Russians in Lithuania number about 146,000 people, according to the Lithuanian estimates of 2023, or 5.1% of the total population of Lithuania.
Zalavas is a small village in Švenčionys district municipality, Lithuania. It is located on the Mera River near the Lithuanian state border with Belarus. According to the Lithuanian census of 2011, it had 140 residents. It is the birthplace of Marshal Józef Piłsudski, who later became Chief of State of Poland.
Švenčionys is 84 kilometers (52 mi) north of Vilnius in Lithuania. It is the capital of the Švenčionys district municipality. As of 2020, it had a population of 4,065 of which about 17% were part of the Polish minority in Lithuania.
Švenčionėliai is a city in Švenčionys district municipality, in eastern Lithuania 10 km west of Švenčionys. The river Žeimena flows through Švenčionėliai.
Pabradė is a city in eastern Lithuania, in Švenčionys district municipality, on Žeimena river, 38 km south-west of Švenčionys.
Adutiškis is a town in Švenčionys district municipality, in Vilnius County, in northeast Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 689 people. The town is located near Kamaja river, and at the border with Belarus. There are the Church of St. Virgin Mary Scapular, built in 1913, Adutiškis Secondary School, customs office, post office and retirement home in Adutiškis
Tverečius is a town in Ignalina district municipality, in Utena County, eastern Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 231 people.
Kaltanėnai is a town in Švenčionys district municipality, Vilnius County, east Lithuania. According to the Lithuanian census of 2021, the town has a population of 190 people. The town has a Catholic church.
Švenčionys, Svintsyan or Święciany Ghetto was a Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Švenčionys. It operated from July 1941 to April 1943. At its peak, the ghetto housed some 1,500 prisoners. It was located in what today is a city park; the location is marked by a wooden menorah carved by Juozapas Jakštas.
Pociškė is a village in Švenčionys District, Lithuania. It is located 8 kilometres south of the Adutiškis. According to the 2011 census, it had 5 residents.
Vasiuliškė is a village in Švenčionys District Municipality, in Vilnius County, in southeast Lithuania. As of the 2011 Lithuanian census, it had one resident. It is the birthplace of Kazimira Prunskienė, Lithuania's first Prime Minister since its return to independence in 1990.
Bujwid is a Polish-Lithuanian nobility family name belonging to the Ślepowron coat of arms. The archaic feminine form is Bujwidowa. In modern time it is a unisex surname. Bujwid is a Polish form of the Lithuanian two-syllable archaic (sur)name Buivydas or Buitvydas — from buitis, būtis being, to be and (iš)vysti to see, literally to be born. Modern form is Buividas.
The Sventsyany uezd, known until 1842 as the Zavileisky uezd, was a county (uezd) of the Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire.
Kunigiškė is a village in the Švenčionys District Municipality. The village is located directly south of the city of Švenčionys.
Trakai ('glades') is a common Lithuanian toponym. It may refer to:
The Święciany massacre or the Švenčionys massacre was a series of mass murders committed against Poles in Święciany and its surroundings on May 19-21 May, 1942 by Lithuanian collaborators mainly Lithuanian Security Police on the German orders. As a result between 400 and 1,200 people were killed.
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