Dūkštas (; pl, Dukszty) is a
city
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in eastern
Lithuania, north from
Ignalina
Ignalina ( pl, Ignalino) is a city in eastern Lithuania. It is known as a tourist destination in the Aukštaitija National Park. Ignalina is also famous for the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in nearby Visaginas.
Legend
It is said that Ignalina h ...
, on the bank of
Lake Dūkštas.
Notable people
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Charles Rappoport (1865–1941), militant
communist
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politician
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,
journalist
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and
writer
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, who lived most of his life in a
France
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Jerzy Turonek
Jerzy Turonek ( be, Юры Туронак, translit=Jury Turonak; 26 April 1929 – 2 January 2019) was a Polish-Belarusian historian. He was born in Dukszty into the family of West Belarusian political activist Bronisław Turonek in the Secon ...
(1929 – 2019) was a Polish-Belarusian historian.
References
Cities in Utena County
Cities in Lithuania
Novoalexandrovsky Uyezd
Wilno Voivodeship (1926–1939)
Ignalina District Municipality
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