Shaki, Lithuania
Jewish Community of Shaki
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English Edited by Sarah and Mordechai Kopfstein (Haifa, Israel)
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Coordinates: 54°57' N, 23°03' E
Also known as Sakiai (in Lithuanian)
![Šakiai, Lithuania
Šakiai [Lith], Szaki [Pol], Shaki [Yid, Rus], Schaken [Ger], Shakyay, Schaki, Schacki, Šakiu, Suidine, Sakai, Sakee, Shakay, Shakee
Russian: Шаки. Yiddish: שאַקי
34 miles W of Kaunas (Kovno), 21 miles N of Vilkaviškis (Wyłkowyszki).
Jewish Population: 1,638 (in 1897), 1,267 (in 1923)
1900:
Szaki, Władysławów uyezd, Suwałki gubernia, Russian Empire
1930:
Šakiai, Šakiai apskritis, Lithuania](Home_files/shapeimage_11.png)
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