Home Discussion Topics Dictionary ... Login Varena Varena Discussion Discussion Ask a question about ' Varena Start a new discussion about ' Varena Answer questions from other users Full Discussion Forum Encyclopedia Varėna is a city in Dzūkija Dzukija Dzūkija or Dainava is one of five ethnographic regions of Lithuania. Dzūkija is a cultural region defined by traditional lifestyles and dialects of the local Lithuanian population and has never been defined as a political or administrative unit...
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. The town was founded in 1862 near the Warsaw – Saint Petersburg Railway Warsaw – Saint Petersburg Railway
, south of Sena Varėna Sena Varena Senoji Varėna is a village in Varėna district municipality, near Merkys River and Rivulet Varėnė confluence, 4 kilometers north of Varėna, on the road Vilnius–Druskininkai....
(Old Varėna). At that time it was a small settlement, but following steady development it eventually became the center of the district in 1950. In the interbellum period, the town was annexed by Poland, known then as Orany. It was located near then Polish-Lithuanian border, in the Wilno-Troki County ( Powiat wilensko-trocki ) of the Wilno Voivodeship. Following the joint Nazi and Soviet attack on Poland, Varėna was returned to Lithuania. | |
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