Barkuškės
Barkuškės is a village in Turgelių sen., Šalčininkai District Municipality, Vilnius County and has about 88 residents. Barkuškės is situated nearby to the village Staniškės, as well as near Bedugnė.Photo: Anaiptol, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 88 residents
- Description: village in Lithuania
- Also known as: “Barkuskes”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pawłowo/Paulava Republic and Merkinė Manor.
Pawłowo/Paulava Republic
Paulava Republic was a farmer community and a micro-state in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with its own parliament, army, and laws. Located around the Merkinė Manor in present-day Šalčininkai District Municipality, Lithuania, it covered an area of 30.4 km2 and had about 800 residents. Pawłowo/Paulava Republic is situated 4 km south of Barkuškės.Merkinė Manor
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Merkinė Manor was a residential manor in Merkinė village, Šalčininkai District Municipality, Lithuania. It was the location of the self-proclaimed Paulava Republic, established by Paweł Ksawery Brzostowski in 1769. Merkinė Manor is situated 4 km south of Barkuškės.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vėlkiškės and Akmeniškės.
Akmeniškės
Village
Photo: VietovesLt, CC BY 3.0.
Akmeniškės is a village, which is situated 3½ km north of Barkuškės.
Merkinė
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Merkinė is a village, which is situated 3½ km south of Barkuškės.
Barkuškės
- Category: locality
- Location: Turgelių sen., Šalčininkai District Municipality, Vilnius County, Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.48986° or 54° 29′ 24″ northLongitude
25.45694° or 25° 27′ 25″ eastPopulation
88Elevation
194 metres (636 feet)Open location code
9G67FFQ4+WQOpenStreetMap ID
node 2392409363OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
11298364Wikidata ID
Q9177678
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Samogitian—“Barkuškės” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Barkuškės”
- Dutch: “Borkuszki”
- Lithuanian: “Barkuškės”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Barkuškės”
- Polish: “Borkuszki (gmina Turgiele)”
- Polish: “Borkuszki”
- Samogitian: “Barkoškės”
- “Barkoškės”
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