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Geisiškės
Geisiškės is a village located near Kernavė town in the Vilnius District Municipality. According to the census of 2011, the village has a population of 286, an increase from 248, counted by the 2001 census. Most of the inhabitants of Geisiškės are of Ukrainian descent. Together with the nearby Airėnai I and Airėnai II villages, it forms an Eastern Orthodox enclave in a Catholic countryside. History In 1860, Geisiškės was briefly described by Władysław Syrokomla in his ethnographic study of the environs of Vilnius city. He writes: In the early 19th century, the first wave of Slavic migrants came to Geisiškės, who established an Orthodox community in 1839. In the middle of the 19th century, there were 30 families of Belarusian settlers from Grodno Governorate in Geisiškės. This community established an Eastern Orthodox church in 1865. In 1903, the second wave of Orthodox migrants came, when first 42 families from Brest settled in the village. These settlers cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airėnai II
Airėnai II is a village located in the Vilnius District Municipality. It is part of the Neris Regional Park. According to the census of 2011, the village has a population of 110, a decrease from 257 in 1959. Airėnai I village is located nearby. History Airėnai II village was established in the early 20th century when Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox Ukrainians resettled in Airėnai I and Geisiškės. These Ukrainians were originally from Volhynia but moved to the vicinity of Brest, Belarus, Brest in the second half of the 19th century (see Geisiškės for migration history). Dukštos oak forest with a walkway and Bradeliškės or Airėnai stone with undecipherable runes is located near the village. In the Neris river, there is a Conglomerate (geology), conglomerate stone named after the village. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
