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population in Salakas because of its status as a trading town. The percentage of Jewish inhabitants ranged from thirty percent to above fifty percent. At the end of August 1941, about 150 Jews from the town – men, women and children – were murdered
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The settlement of Salakas was first mentioned in written sources in 1496 when a local noble gifted some land with three serfs to the parish church in Salakas and in 1497 when
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was located several kilometres from Salakas. This meant that the trade going through the town dried up.
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with a population of 519 inhabitants according to the 2011 census. It is famous for the
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was built, a wooden church was attached in 1740. After the failed
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In 1554 the town is mentioned as one of the towns on the main
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Beginning in the early 19th century, there was a significant
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Panorama of Salakas
Coat of arms of Salakas
Salakas is located in Lithuania
55°34′40″N 26°08′00″E / 55.57778°N 26.13333°E / 55.57778; 26.13333
Country
Lithuania
County
Utena County
Municipality
Zarasai District Municipality
Time zone
UTC+2
EET
DST
UTC+3
EEST
Lithuania
neo-romantic
Lady of Sorrows
Wojciech Tabor
pl
Bishop of Vilnius
trade route
Vilnius
Riga
Canons Regular of the Penitence of the Blessed Martyrs
Uprising of 1831
Tsarist authorities
Jewish
during the Holocaust

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