Didžiosios Kabiškės
Village in Aukštaitija, Lithuania
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Didžiosios Kabiškės (literally: Great Kabiškės) is a village in Vilnius district municipality, Lithuania. It is located about 24 km (15 mi) northeast of Vilnius, capital of Lithuania. The nearest city is Nemenčinė. A smaller village, known as Mažosios Kabiškės (literally: Little Kabiškės), is located nearby. Didžiosios Kabiškės has a bi-lingual Lithuanian and Polish kindergarten and a primary school (reorganized into one institution in May 2009),[1] a postal office, and a library.
Didžiosios Kabiškės | |
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Village | |
  Didžiosios Kabiškės Location of Didžiosios Kabiškės | |
| Coordinates: 54°52′20″N 25°27′10″E | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
| County | Vilnius County |
| Municipality | Vilnius district municipality |
| Eldership | Nemenčinė eldership |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 716 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The village was chosen as the center for Zhdanov's kolkhoz (collective farm).[2] It was built between 1975 and 1980 by "Neris", one of the biggest farming complexes in the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic. The complex exchanged stock-raising technologies with Frankfurt am Main, Germany. These developments spurred village's growth: it had 51 residents in 1959, 84 in 1970, 360 in 1979, 488 in 1985.[2] In 1990 Lithuania declared independence and state's support for the kolkhoz discontinued. According to the census in 2011, it had 716 residents.[3]
