 It is believed that servicemen of Napoleon's army were parted from his company in this area, which later gave the area its name.An alternative version is that the word "solitude" referred to the loneliness in which landowners lived here due to the extremely high prices they demanded as rent for the working class or peasants.Prior to 1984, Zolitūde consisted of little more than fields, scant forest, swampy grounds and a small number of cottages.