Bugieda

Bugieda
Village
Bugieda is located in Lithuania
Bugieda
Bugieda
Location within Lithuania
Coordinates: 53°56′42″N 23°47′56″E / 53.94500°N 23.79889°E / 53.94500; 23.79889
CountryLithuania
CountyAlytus County
MunicipalityLazdijai District Municipality
EldershipKapčiamiestis Eldership
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Bugieda (Polish: Bugieda)[1][2] is a village in Kapčiamiestis Eldership, Lazdijai District Municipality, Alytus County, in southern Lithuania.

On 27 February 1948, it was the site of a clash between the Polish resistance movement and the Soviet MVD (successor to the NKVD), won by the Soviets.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich (in Polish). Vol. I. Warszawa. 1880. p. 453.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ↑ Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny (1928). "Pas 33 Słup 37 Sopoćkinie" (Map). Mapa taktyczna Polski. 1:100,000 (in Polish). Warszawa.
  3. ↑ Atlas polskiego podziemia niepodległościowego 1944–1956 (in Polish). Warszawa–Lublin: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej. 2007. p. 50. ISBN 978-83-60464-45-8.