Šalčininkai (, , yi, סאָלעטשניק ''Solechnik'', be, Салечнікі) is a
town in
Vilnius County,
Lithuania
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, situated south-east of
Vilnius, near the border with
Belarus.
Šalčininkai attained the town status in 1956 and is now a
capital
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of the
Šalčininkai district municipality. Šalčininkai features a multi-ethnic population of
Poles
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(72%),
Lithuanians
Lithuanians ( lt, lietuviai) are a Baltic ethnic group. They are native to Lithuania, where they number around 2,378,118 people. Another million or two make up the Lithuanian diaspora, largely found in countries such as the United States, Uni ...
(13%),
Russians (7%),
Belarusians
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(4%). Šalčininkai contains the highest percentage number of Poles of any town in Lithuania. The town's coat of arms, designed by
Arvydas Každailis
Arvydas Stanislavas Každailis (born 4 April 1939, in Baisogala) is a Lithuanian artist, best known as the creator of many coat of arms for cities and towns of Lithuania. For his achievements in Lithuanian art, he was awarded the Order of the Lith ...
, shows three
hazelnuts symbolizing solidarity of the population. Polish pole vaulting
Olympic champion
Władysław Kozakiewicz was born in the town.
Notable people
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Władysław Kozakiewicz (born 1950), Polish pole vaulter and Olympic champion
*
Henoch Leibowitz
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Aaron Soltz
Twin towns – sister cities
Šalčininkai is
twinned
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with:
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Ashmyany, Belarus
*
Bełchatów County, Poland
*
Hude, Germany
*
Kastrychnitski (Minsk), Belarus
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Kadzidło, Poland
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Kaźmierz, Poland
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Kętrzyn County, Poland
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Lahoysk, Belarus
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Lida, Belarus
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Łomża, Poland
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Łowicz, Poland
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Nowe Miasto Lubawskie, Poland
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Płońsk, Poland
*
Radom County, Poland
*
Stare Miasto Stare Miasto means "Old Town" in Polish. It may refer to the following places:
City districts
* Stare Miasto, Gdańsk
* Stare Miasto, Kraków (for the specific neighbourhood, see Kraków Old Town)
* Stare Miasto, Police
* Stare Miasto, Poznań ...
, Poland
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Świdnik, Poland
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Szczytno
Szczytno (german: Ortelsburg) is a town in northeastern Poland with 27,970 inhabitants (2004). Szczytno is situated in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodship (since 1999), but was previously in Olsztyn Voivodship (1975-1998). It is located within the h ...
, Poland
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Tarnowo Podgórne
Tarnowo Podgórne is an urbanized village in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Tarnowo Podgórne. It lies approximately north-west of the regiona ...
, Poland
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Voranava
Voranava or Voronovo ( be, Воранава, russian: Вороново, pl, Woronów, Werenowo, lt, Varanavas) is a town in Belarus, in Grodno Region. It is the administrative center of the Voranava district. It is located about from Lida and ...
, Belarus
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Warsaw West County, Poland
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Wolsztyn County, Poland
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Wschowa, Poland
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Żnin, Poland
References
Cities in Lithuania
Cities in Vilnius County
Municipalities administrative centres of Lithuania
Vilnius Voivodeship
Vilensky Uyezd
Republic of Central Lithuania
Wilno Voivodeship (1926–1939)
Šalčininkai District Municipality
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