Krakūnai
Village in Lithuania
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Krakūnai is a village in Lithuania on the border with Belarus. It was mentioned as early as 1433 when Jonas Goštautas received Dieveniškės and 26 surrounding villages from Grand Duke Sigismund Kęstutaitis.[1] The village had 302 residents in 1931, 283 in 1959, 249 in 1970, and 215 in 1979.[1] According to the 2011 census, it had 86 residents.[2] On 19 May 1991 Lithuanian border patrol officer Gintaras Žagunis was killed in the village by Soviet OMON forces. It was the first deadly assault on a Lithuanian border post. A five-meter tall monument in his memory was erected in 2004,[3] in the west part of the village.
Krakūnai | |
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Village | |
Krakūnai village | |
  Krakūnai Location of Krakūnai | |
| Coordinates: 54°09′N 25°37′E | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| County | Vilnius County |
| Municipality | Šalčininkai district municipality |
| Eldership | Dieveniškės eldership |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 86 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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