Koshedar, Lithuania
Jewish Community of Koshedar
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Also known as Kaisiadorys (in Lithuanian)
Location: 38 kilometers (24 miles) East of Kaunas (Kovna)
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Click for Article on Koshedar by Joseph Rosin (Haifa, Israel)
English Edited by Sarah and Mordechai Kopfstein (Haifa, Israel)
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Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
Kaišiadorys [Lith], Koshedar [Yid], Koszedary [Pol], Koshedary [Rus], Kayshyadoris, Kayshadorys, Kayshadoris, Kasheydarys, Kashedary, Kašedarai, Kaišiadorio, Kaišedorys, Kaishiadorys, Kaisiadoris, Kashedar, Koshidar
Russian: Кошедары, Кайшядорис.
25 miles NW of Trakai (Troki), 22 miles E of Kaunas (Kovno). Capital of Trakai Apskritis (Troki district) of Lithuania between the wars (1920-1939), when the city of Troki was in Poland.
Jewish Population: 317 (in 1897), 659 (in 1921)
1900:
Koshedary, Troki uyezd, Vilna gubernia, Russian Empire
1930:
Kaišiadorys, Trakai apskritis, Lithuania
Coordinates: 54°46′0″N 22°52′0″E
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