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Užpaliai

Coordinates: 55°38′20″N 25°34′59″E / 55.63889°N 25.58306°E / 55.63889; 25.58306
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Užpaliai
Town
Official seal of Užpaliai
Užpaliai is located in Lithuania
Užpaliai
Užpaliai
Coordinates: 55°38′20″N 25°34′59″E / 55.63889°N 25.58306°E / 55.63889; 25.58306
Country Lithuania
CountyUtena County
MunicipalityUtena district municipality
EldershipUžpaliai eldership
Population
 (2021)
 • Total630
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Užpaliai (traditional Russian: Ушполь, Polish: Uszpolski) is a town in Utena County, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 758 people.[1]

History

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The Jewish population was important in the town, for example, in 1897, 691 inhabitants were Jewish[2] out of a total population of 740 people.[3][4] In July 1941, the Jewish population was massacred in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of Lithuanian nationalists on different sites.[5][6][7]

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References

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  1. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  2. ^ "Jew Enc".
  3. ^ "Uzpaliai,Lithuania".
  4. ^ "Lith Comm".
  5. ^ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".
  6. ^ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".
  7. ^ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".