54°33′07″N 23°42′50″E / 54.552°N 23.714°E / 54.552; 23.714

The homestead of Putinas

Pilotiškės is a village in Prienai District Municipality, Kaunas County, Lithuania.

In 2001 its population was 44.[1] In 2021 it dropped to 17.[2]

The village is best known as the birthplace of Vincas Mykolaitis-Putinas, Lithuanian poet and writer, [3] and there is Putinas's house museum in his birth home.[4]

The mound Krušakalnis by the village was described in Putinas's novel Altorių šešėly [lt] (In the Shadow of the Altars) under the name Aušrakalnis,[3] and the mound has become known as Aušrakalnis since then.[5]

References

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  1. ^ KAUNO APSKRITIES KAIMO GYVENAMOSIOS VIETOVĖS IR JŲ GYVENTOJAI, Lithuanian Department of Statistics
  2. ^ Gyventojai gyvenamosiose vietovėse: Lietuvos Respublikos 2021 metų gyventojų surašymo rezultatai, Lithuanian Department of Statistics
  3. ^ a b Justina Sinkevičiūtė "V. Mykolaičio-Putino gimtinė ir Pilotiškių kaimo padavimai"
  4. ^ "Vinco Mykolaičio-Putino gimtoji sodyba-muziejus"
  5. ^ "Legenda apie tai, kaip Krušakalnis tapo Aušrakalniu" ("The Legend of how Krušakalnis became Aušrakalnis"), Lietuvos muziejų kelio ("The Road of Lithuanian Museums" program)