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JewishGen Locality Page - Rokiškis, Lithuania

Rokiškis, Lithuania

Alternate names: Rokiškis [Lith], Rokishki [Rus], Rakishok [Yid], Rakiszki [Pol], Rokišķi [Lat], Rokischken [Ger], Rakishik, Rakishki, Rakiski, Rekishok, Rokishki, Rokishok, Rokishuk

Region: Kovno

JGFF Town Search (226 Matches)
Yizkor Books (3 Books):

Yisker-bukh fun Rakishok un umgegnt (Johannesburg, 1952)
Pinkas ha-kehilot; entsiklopediya shel ha-yishuvim le-min hivasdam ve-ad le-aher shoat milhemet ha-olam ha-sheniya: Lithuania (Jerusalem, 1996)
Lite (vol. 1) (New York, 1951)

ShtetLinks: http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/rokiskis/rokmain.htm

	Town	District	Province	Country
Before WWI (c. 1900):	Rokishki	Novo-Aleksandrovsk	Kovno	Russian Empire
Between the wars (c. 1930):	Rokiškis	Rokiškis		Lithuania
After WWII (c. 1950):	Rokiškis			Soviet Union
Today (c. 2000):	Rokiškis			Lithuania

Jewish Population in 1900:

2,067

Notes:

Russian: Рокишки. Yiddish: ראַקישאָק
50 miles ENE of Panevėžys, 37 miles W of Daugavpils, Latvia.

Rokiškis, Lithuania: 55°58' N, 25°35' E

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Nearby Jewish Communities:

Panemunelis 5 miles SW
Obeliai 9 miles ESE
Kamajai 11 miles SSW
Onuškis 12 miles N
Subate, Latvia 13 miles ENE
Jūžintai 13 miles SSE
Pandelys 15 miles WNW
Aknīste, Latvia 15 miles NNE
Skapiškis 16 miles WSW
Nereta, Latvia 18 miles NW
Suvainiškis 18 miles NW
Dusetos 18 miles SE
Eglaine, Latvia 21 miles E
Svedasai 21 miles SSW
Užpaliai 22 miles S
Antaliepte 23 miles SSE
Šimonys 23 miles SW
Papilys 25 miles WNW
Vyžuonos 26 miles S
Kupiškis 26 miles WSW
Ilūkste, Latvia 28 miles E
Viešintos 30 miles SW

the JewishGen Lithuania Database for Rokiškis / Rokishki.
the JewishGen website for Rokiškis / Rokishki.

Additional information for Rokiškis:

Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), p. 1087: "Rokiskis".
Pinkas HaKehilot, Lithuania (1996), p. 647: "Rokiskis"
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