Kaniūkai

Kaniūkai
Village
Kaniūkai
Location of Kaniūkai
Coordinates: 54°16′50″N 25°14′40″E / 54.28056°N 25.24444°E / 54.28056; 25.24444Coordinates: 54°16′50″N 25°14′40″E / 54.28056°N 25.24444°E / 54.28056; 25.24444
Country  Lithuania
County Vilnius County
Municipality Šalčininkai district municipality
Eldership Gerviškės eldership
Population (2011)
 • Total 125
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Kaniūkai (Polish: Koniuchy; Belarusian: Канюхі) is a village in the Šalčininkai district municipality of Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, its population was 125.[1]

History

Before 1939 Koniuchy (present-day Kaniūkai) was located in the Lida county of the Nowogródek Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic. It was briefly taken by the Soviet Union afterwards and was transferred to Lithuania according to the Soviet–Lithuanian Mutual Assistance Treaty. The village became part of the Jašiūnai Municipality, Eišiškės County before final takeover of Lithuania by Soviet Union on 3rd of August 1940. Later it was briefly part of the German Reichskommissariat Ostland before returning to the Lithuanian SSR (since 1990, Lithuania).

During World War II, it was the site of the Koniuchy massacre by Soviet partisans which included a Jewish partisan detachment.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ Historical Dictionary of Lithuania, Saulius A. Suziedelis, page 146-147
  3. ↑ Bringing the Dark Past to Light: The Reception of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Europe, John-Paul Himka and Joanna Michlic, pages 339-342


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