Petrašiūnai is a neighborhood in the eastern part of the Lithuanian city of
Kaunas
Kaunas (; ) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest List of cities in the Baltic states by population, city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaun ...
. Part of larger Petrašiūnai
elderate which also consists with Amaliai, Palemonas and Naujasodis neighorhoods. In 2006 it occupied about 28.46 km², with a population of about 18,000. Parts of the elderate are on
Kaunas Reservoir Regional Park.
Its eponymous estate was established in the 18th century, and it was the center of a
volost
Volost (; ; ) was a traditional administrative subdivision in Kievan Rus', the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and the Russian Empire.
History
The '' Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary'' (1890–1907) states that the origins of the concept is unc ...
. In 1946 it was incorporated into the city. After the
Kaunas Hydroelectric Power Plant was built in 1960, it grew rapidly and became one of the city's industrial centers. The elderate borders
Kaunas Reservoir and includes
Pažaislis monastery ensemble.
The elderate contains the
Petrašiūnai cemetery, where many distinguished Lithuanian political and social activists are buried.
References
Literature
* Petrašiūnai.
Lietuviškoji tarybinė enciklopedija, VIII t. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, 1981. T.VIII: Moreasas-Pinturikjas, 584 psl.
External links
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City of Kaunas - Petrašiūnai ElderateWebsite of Kaunas city
Neighbourhoods of Kaunas
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