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'''Medininkai''' is a village in [[Lithuania]], 26km from [[Vilnius]] and 2km from the Lithuanian-Belarusian border. According to 2001 census, it had just more than 500 residents. The village is situated on the Medininkai highland, and the highest points, [[Juozapinė Hill]] and [[Aukštojas Hill]], are just a couple kilometres away. The village is famous for the ruins of [[Medininkai Castle]] and for [[Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts|Soviet OMON attack on the border post]] in the early days of Lithuania's independence. On July 31, 1991 seven customs officers were shot and another one barely survived. Formerly in [[Second Polish Republic]] as ''Miedniki Królewskie''.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} |
'''Medininkai''' is a village in [[Lithuania]], 26km from [[Vilnius]] and 2km from the Lithuanian-Belarusian border. According to 2001 census, it had just more than 500 residents. The village is situated on the Medininkai highland, and the highest points, [[Juozapinė Hill]] and [[Aukštojas Hill]], are just a couple kilometres away. The village is famous for the ruins of [[Medininkai Castle]] and for [[Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts|Soviet OMON attack on the border post]] in the early days of Lithuania's independence. On July 31, 1991 seven customs officers were shot and another one barely survived. Formerly in [[Second Polish Republic]] as ''Miedniki Królewskie''.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} According to German Wikipedia 95% of the local people have Polish origins. |
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Revision as of 15:24, 28 December 2007
Medininkai is a village in Lithuania, 26km from Vilnius and 2km from the Lithuanian-Belarusian border. According to 2001 census, it had just more than 500 residents. The village is situated on the Medininkai highland, and the highest points, Juozapinė Hill and Aukštojas Hill, are just a couple kilometres away. The village is famous for the ruins of Medininkai Castle and for Soviet OMON attack on the border post in the early days of Lithuania's independence. On July 31, 1991 seven customs officers were shot and another one barely survived. Formerly in Second Polish Republic as Miedniki Królewskie.[citation needed] According to German Wikipedia 95% of the local people have Polish origins.
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