Palainiškiai (formerly russian: Палайнишки, pl, Pałajniszki)
[ is a village in ]Kėdainiai district municipality
Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. First mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle of Hermann de Wartberge, its population is 23,667. Its old town dates to th ...
, in Kaunas County
Kaunas County ( lt, Kauno apskritis) is one of ten counties of Lithuania
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, in central Lithuania
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. According to the 2011 census, the village was uninhabited.[ It is located from Ąžuolaičiai, by the ]Kėdainiai
Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest List of cities in Lithuania, cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. First mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle of Hermann de Wartberge, its population is 23, ...
- Krakės road, inside the Josvainiai Forest
The Josvainiai Forest ( lt, Josvainių miškai) is a forest in Kėdainiai District Municipality, central Lithuania, located to the west from Kėdainiai and 4 km to the north from Josvainiai. It covers an area of . It consists of smaller forests: J ...
, by the Smilga
Smilga may refer to:
*Smilga (river), Lithuania
Surname
* Ivan Smilga (Jānis Smilga) (1898-1918), Soviet Latvian soldier buried in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis
* Ivar Smilga (1892–1938), Soviet Bolshevik leader
* Kārlis Smilga (born 1975), L ...
river. The Smilga Landscape Sanctuary in located next to Palainiškiai.
At the beginning of the 20th century there was Palainiškiai estate in Josvainiai ''volost''.[
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Demography
References
Villages in Kaunas County
Kėdainiai District Municipality
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