Bazilionai

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Bazilionai
Town
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Location in Lithuania
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Country  Lithuania
Ethnographic region Samogitia
County Šiauliai County
Municipality Šiauliai district municipality
Eldership Bubiai eldership
Population (2001)
 • Total 475
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Bazilionai (Polish: Bazyliany) is a small town in Šiauliai County in northern-central Lithuania. It is situated on the bank of the Dubysa River about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) of the road connecting Šiauliai with Sovetsk (former trade route to Tilsit).[1] As of 2001 it had a population of 475.[2]

History

In 1744, King Augustus III granted a privilege to organize regular fairs in the town.[3] Before monks of the Congregation of Saint Basil arrived to the town in 1749, it was known as Padubysys (literally: near Dubysa).[1] The Basilian Fathers established a parish school in 1773. After 20 years, the school had 192 students and was reorganized into six-year school.[3] The monastery and school was closed by the Tsarist authorities after the failed uprising in 1830.[3] The town church was transformed into an Eastern Orthodox one. After Lithuania regained independence in 1919, the church was reformed back to a Catholic one.[3] Before WWII, the Jewish community of the village had 130 members. All of them were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an einsatzgruppen of Germans and Lithuanian nationalists in 1941.[4][5]

References

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  4. http://www.yahadmap.org/#village/bazilionai-scaron-iauliai-lithuania.683
  5. http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=127

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