Dusetos

Dusetos
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)

Dusetos (pronunciation^ⓘ) is a city in Zarasai district municipality, northeastern Lithuania, 30 km (19 mi) west of Zarasai, near Lake Sartai.

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.

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. 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. A monument stands today at the site of the shootings.

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

External links

• Virtual Tour of Dusetos
• (in Lithuanian) Official district information