title: Užpaliai
text: # Užpaliai
  
  Užpaliai (traditional Russian: Ушполь, Polish: Uszpolski) is a town in Utena County, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 758 people.
  
  ## History
  
  The Jewish population was important in the town, for example, in 1897, 691 inhabitants were Jewish out of a total population of 740 people. In July 1941, the Jewish population was massacred in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of Lithuanian nationalists on different sites.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Užpaliai (Wyspol) marked in Nicolas Sanson map (1665)
  * Parish
  * Town centre
  * Arriving from Utena
  * Orthodox church
  * Lithuanian book smuggler Juozas Baranauskas house
  