Eiguliai is neighorhood in the city of

Kaunas Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai ...

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

. Eiguliai

elderate A ''seniūnija'' (in English: eldership, elderate, ward, parish, or subdistrict) is the smallest administrative division of Lithuania. An eldership may comprise a very small region consisting of few villages, one single town, or a part of ...

encompass Eiguliai, Kleboniškis and part of Kalniečiai neighbourhoods. Elderate itself is located on the left bank of the

Neris The river Neris () or Viliya ( be, Ві́лія, pl, Wilia ) rises in northern Belarus. It flows westward, passing through Vilnius (Lithuania's capital) and in the south-centre of that country it flows into the Nemunas (Neman), at Kaunas, as ...

River. The distance from Eiguliai neighborhood to Kaunas centre is approximately 6 km. The settlement was a small village until it was incorporated into Kaunas in 1959 and a residential

microdistrict Microdistrict, or microraion (russian: микрорайо́н, ''mikrorajón''), is a residential complex—a primary structural element of the residential area construction in the Soviet Union and in some post-Soviet and former Socialist st ...

was built in 1979. The 7th Fort of the

Kaunas Fortress Kaunas Fortress ( lt, Kauno tvirtovė, russian: Кοвенская крепость, german: Festung Kowno) is the remains of a fortress complex in Kaunas, Lithuania. It was constructed and renovated between 1882 and 1915 to protect the Russian ...

are located in this eldership. The borough borders Dainava in the east,

Žaliakalnis Žaliakalnis (literally, "the green hill") is an Elderships of Lithuania, elderate in Lithuania's second largest city, Kaunas. Žaliakalnis is located north of the old town and the city center area, between the Neris and Girstupis valleys. It is on ...

in the south,

Vilijampolė Vilijampolė is a neighborhood in the city of Kaunas, Lithuania, located on the right bank of the Neris River and the Nemunas River, near their confluence. Part of a larger which consists of Vilijampolė, , , and neighorhoods, and covers 1,720 h ...

and

Šilainiai Šilainiai is an elderate in the Lithuanian city of Kaunas, built as a microdistrict in the 1980s. It is one of the largest elderates in the city, covering and housing over 70,000 people as of 2006. Eighth and Ninth Forts of the Kaunas Fortress ...

in the west and

Domeikava Domeikava is a village in the Kaunas district municipality, located north of Kaunas city municipality Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, ...

with Lapės in the north. It has 40,453 inhabitants which represent 13.82 % of the population of

Kaunas city municipality Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai ...

Cemetery

A number of famous people were buried in the Eiguliai cemetery: * Jonas Bulota (1855–1942), organist, veterinarian *

Stepas Butautas Stepas Butautas (alternate spellings: Stiepas, Butaustas) (25 August 1925 – 22 March 2001 in Kaunas) was a Soviet and Lithuanian professional basketball player and coach. He trained at the VSS Žalgiris, in Kaunas. He played with the Sov ...

(1925–2001), sports activists * Klemensas Čerbulėnas (1912–1986), ethnographer and art critic, architectural historian * Valerija Čiurlionytė-Karužienė (1896–1991), cultural activist *

Saulius Gricius Saulius is a Lithuanian masculine given name. People named Saulius include: * Saulius Ambrulevičius (born 1992), Lithuanian figure skater * Saulius Atmanavičius (born 1970), Lithuanian footballer * Saulius Binevičius (born 1979), freestyle swi ...

(1963–1991), deputy of Kaunas Council, leader of the Green political movement in Lithuania * Dalia Grinkevičiūtė (1927–1987), doctor and writer about experiences of Lithuanian exiles near the

Laptev Sea The Laptev Sea ( rus, мо́ре Ла́птевых, r=more Laptevykh; sah, Лаптевтар байҕаллара, translit=Laptevtar baỹğallara) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the northern coast of Siberia, th ...

* Bronė Kurmytė-Monkevičienė (1913–1975), actress * Rapolas Okulič-Kazarinas (1856–1919), aviator, helped to organize the

Lithuanian Armed Forces The Lithuanian Armed Forces () are the military of Lithuania. The Lithuanian Armed Forces consist of the Lithuanian Land Forces, the Lithuanian Naval Force and the Lithuanian Air Force. In wartime, the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service (whi ...

* Petras Tarasenka (1892–1962), archaeologist, colonel * Vytautas Rauba 1899-1920 aviator, helped to organize the

First dead Lithuanian pilot who had his own medal

References

External links

Website of Kaunas city
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Centre of Registers
Neighbourhoods of Kaunas {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub