Keturiasdešimt Totorių

History

Keturiasdešimt Totorių is one of the oldest Lithuanian Tatars settlements in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. After a successful military campaign to Crimean Peninsula in 1397, Vytautas brought the first Tatar prisoners of war to Trakai and various places in the Duchy of Trakai, including localities near Vokė river just south of Vilnius. The first mosque in this village was mentioned for the first time in 1558. It was burnt down during Napoleonic wars. There were 42 Tatar families in the village in 1630. As of 2016, there are around 120 Tatars living in this village. The rest of the population are Lithuanians, Poles, Russians and others. Around a third of the population are Muslim.

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,419
• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,368
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,725
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,646
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,354
• Great Spotted Woodpecker

  Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,327
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,299
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

  Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,295