History Tverečius

1 history

1.1 grand duchy of lithuania
1.2 interwar period (1918–1939)
1.3 soviet invasion of poland

history
grand duchy of lithuania

tverečius first time mentioned on 21 july 1501. in same year @ 24 july order of augustinians settled in town.

interwar period (1918–1939)

map showing location of tverečius (polish: twerecz) in wilno voivodeship during annexation second polish republic.

in aftermath of world war i, newly independent countries of lithuania , poland found in dispute on vilnius region through 2 conflicts known polish–lithuanian war , Żeligowski s mutiny. these conflicts resulted in creation of short-lived republic of central lithuania in 1920. disputed election in 1922 incorporated territory second polish republic through annexation.

as tverečius geographically part of vilnius region, , subsequently included in republic of central lithuania, town became polish territory in march 1922: tverečius found incorporated twerecz, part of Święciany (lithuanian: Švenčionys) powiat (county) in newly created (1926) wilno voivodeship, northeastern-most province in poland.

soviet invasion of poland

as part of soviet invasion of poland, red army defeated poles in battle of wilno, , control of vilnius region fractured: vileyka voblast territorial unit in belarusian soviet socialist republic created out of eastern powiats of wilno voivodeship after annexation of west belarus (then part of poland) in november 1939. 1 of these eastern powiats Święciany; tverečius found included part of belarusian ssr, albeit briefly. when soviet union invaded lithuania in 1940, tverečius transferred belarusian ssr newly incorporated lithuanian ssr.