Mateikonys is a village in the Šalčininkai district municipality,

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near the border with Belarus. According to the 2011 census it had population of 160. From 1923 to 1939 the village was located in Wilno Voivodeship, north-east

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. After the Nazi German and Soviet invasions of Poland in September 1939 the village was transferred to Lithuania according to the Soviet–Lithuanian Mutual Assistance Treaty.

References

* Wiktor Noskowski, “Czy Yaffa Eliach przeprosi Polaków?” ''Mysl Polska'' ( Warsaw), July 20–27, 1997. {{Vilnius County Villages in Vilnius County