Kalinas (Lithuania) Explained

Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Type4:Eldership
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Lithuania
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Kalinas
Coordinates:54.8089°N 25.2831°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name2:Vilnius County
Subdivision Name3:Vilnius district municipality
Kalinas
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Established Date:1861
Population Total:69
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Subdivision Name4:Riešė Eldership

Kalinas (Polish: Kalin) is a village in Vilnius District Municipality, Riešė Eldership. It is located 2 kilometers northeast of Didžioji Riešė, by the Riešė river.

History

Sources:[1] [2]

In 1861, a 200-hectare land in present-day Kalinas was bought by a manor lord and engineer from Vilnius and named Miedziechowszczyzna (Lithuanian: Miedziechovščyzna). Later, the area was renamed to Kalin.

The village was formerly known as Medikiškės, later Kalina.

For a short period during the Soviet occupation, it was a local administrative centre.

References

  1. Kalina. Mažoji lietuviškoji tarybinė enciklopedija, T. 2 (K–P). Vilnius, Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija, 1968, p. 26.
  2. Kalinas. Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija, T. 2 (Grūdas-Marvelės). – Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija, 1986. p. 184.