Krasnavo valsčius

LTGerbiami skaitytojai, pradedu straipsnių ciklą apie Krasnavo valsčių, kurio būstinė buvo Galinių kaime, Lazdijų rajone, prie pat Lietuvos ir Lenkijos sienos. Šis valsčius veikė iki Pirmojo pasaulinio karo pabaigos. Jam priklausė beveik visi lietuviški kaimai ir gyvenvietės, esantys dabartiniuose Seinų ir Punsko valsčiuose bei Lazdijų rajone. XIX a. antrojoje pusėje ir XX a. pradžioje šiam valsčiui priklausė net 71 kaimas ir gyvenvietė. Jis buvo labai didelis. Valsčiuje turėjo dirbti nemažai administracijos darbuotojų. 1876 m. prie jo prijungtas Klevų valsčius [p. 148].

ENThe article is about Krasnavas Community, which had its authorities located in Galiniai, a small village in Lazdijai region in Lithuania, at the very border with Poland. The community existed until the end of World War I and there were almost all Lithuanian villages and settlements, which currently belong to Communities of Punskas and Seinai as well as Lazdijai region. It was a very large community with 71 villages and settlements. I heard about it from my father, who remembered the existence of this community. In the State Archives in Suvalkai I found the document written on February 27, 1818, which has the list of the communities of Seinai region. The first official document signed by the leader of Krasnavas Community is dated September 19, 1858. It was written in Seivai Community and describes the buildings and debts left behind by the deceased married couple Wawrzyniec and Ewa Zajączkowscy, who had half of the colonial settlement in Burokai.The compliance of the copy with the original, written on the print with the coat of arms, was confirmed by Kubilis, the leader of Krasnavas Community, who affixed his stamp on the document. The article describes the application of the peasants from Burbiškiai and Radžiūčiai, property of Jonaraistis, dated November 18, 1861. The document is addressed to the Augustavas Civil Governor’s Counsellor and treats about the conversion of serfdom into a ransom. The leader of Krasnavas Community expressed his opinion about the application and measured the land owned by the peasants. He wrote that the application was not worth considering and that the peasants still had to be serf. A supplement is attached to the article.