Dusetos
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Dusetos
|settlement_type = City
|pushpin_map =Lithuania
|pushpin_label_position =bottom
|pushpin_map_caption =Location of Dusetos
|image_shield = Dusetos COA.gif
|image_skyline = Dusetu baznycia.jpg
|image_caption = Church of Dusetos
|coordinates = {{coord|55|45|0|N|25|51|0|E|region:LT_type:city(900)|display=inline,title}}
|
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{LTU}}
|subdivision_type1 = Ethnographic region
|subdivision_name1 = Aukštaitija
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = 17px Utena County
|subdivision_type3 = Municipality
|subdivision_name3 = Zarasai district municipality
|subdivision_type4 = Eldership
|subdivision_name4 = Dusetos eldership
|subdivision_type6 = Capital of
|subdivision_name6 = Dusetos eldership
|established_date = 1520
|established_title = First mentioned
|established_date2 = 1950
|established_title2= Granted city rights
|population_total = 517
|population_as_of = 2022
|timezone=EET
|utc_offset=+2
|timezone_DST=EEST
|utc_offset_DST=+3
}}
Dusetos ({{pronunciation|Dusetos.ogg}}) is a city in Zarasai district municipality, northeastern Lithuania, {{convert|30|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of Zarasai, near Lake Sartai.
History
According to the 1923 census, 704 Jews were living in the town. As a result of out-migration in the 1920s and 1930s, the number of Jews in the town decreased to around 500 by 1939.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-2614051|title=Technical Problem Form}} On August 26, 1941, Jews of Dusetos, together with the Jews of Zarasai were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by forces of Einsatzkommando 3, assisted by the Lithuanian police.United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: https://www.ushmm.org/online/camps-ghettos-download/USHMM_Vol%202_PartB.pdf page 1051. A monument stands today at the site of the shootings.{{cite web | url=http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=8 | title=המכון הבין-לאומי לחקר השואה - יד ושם }}
Notable people
List of notable people who were born or have lived in Dusetos
- Faustas Latėnas - composer, theatre manager, politician, and diplomat
- Šarūnas Sauka - postmodern painter
- Liucija Vaitukaitytė - professional footballer
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category|Dusetos}}
- [http://en.vietoves.lt/?id=MQ51LK2FJI Virtual Tour of Dusetos]
- {{in lang|lt}} [http://www.zarasai.lt/index.php?mod=info.php&kas=3&ids=61 Official district information]
{{Utena County}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Cities in Utena County
Category:Novoalexandrovsky Uyezd
Category:Zarasai District Municipality
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