Dusetos
City in Aukštaitija, Lithuania
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Dusetos (ⓘ) is a city in Zarasai district municipality, northeastern Lithuania, 30 km (19 mi) west of Zarasai, near Lake Sartai.
Dusetos | |
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City | |
Church of Dusetos | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Dusetos Location of Dusetos | |
| Coordinates: 55°45′0″N 25°51′0″E | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
| County |  Utena County |
| Municipality | Zarasai district municipality |
| Eldership | Dusetos eldership |
| Capital of | Dusetos eldership |
| First mentioned | 1520 |
| Granted city rights | 1950 |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 517 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
History
On the night of April 16, 1905, a fire broke out and continued into the early hours of April 17. On April 18, Christians who believed the fire was caused by Jewish arsonists carried out a pogrom[1].
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.[2] 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.[3] A monument stands today at the site of the shootings.[4]
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
