Pasvalys () is a town in Panevėžys County, Lithuania, located near the bank of the Svalia River. History In 1557, the Treaty of Pasvalys was signed in the town, which provoked Ivan IV of Russia to start the Livonian War. Pasvalys has mineral spring waters – in 1923 physician K. Armonas created a small sanatorium. At this time about 200 people spent time in sanatorium yearly. Soviet occupation and mass deportations in 1941 were devastating – most of the most active teachers and civil servants, intellectuals were deported to remote regions in Russia and Central Asia. In August 1941, 1349 Jews from the village and the surroundings were executed by an Einsatzgruppen of Germans and local collaborators as mentioned in the Jäger Report. After 1944 Soviet mass deportations started again – the main target were farmers and their families. Hundreds of families were deported. The program of forced collectivisation has started. Since 1947 partisans of Pasvalys district fought against Soviet occupants. Pasvalys' partisans belonged to Algimantas military district (apygarda), later - to Vytis military district of the Lithuanian partisans. Most of the partisans operated in Žalioji rinktinė (The Green Squad), which was based in Žalioji giria (The Green Forest). Education Pasvalys Gimnasium of Petras Vileisis. Industry Pasvalys is famous for its farmhouse beer and is a part of Beer Route in Lithuania. Cheese factory owned by company Pieno Žvaigždės is located in the city. Sports Pasvalys has its basketball club - BC Pieno žvaigždės. Gallery Twin towns and Sister cities Pasvalys is twinned with: Żory in Poland References Official Homepage Pasvalys district municipality Cities in Lithuania Cities in Panevėžys County Municipalities administrative centres of Lithuania 1497 establishments in Europe 15th-century establishments in Lithuania Trakai Voivodeship Ponevezhsky Uyezd Holocaust locations in Lithuania Pasvalys District Municipality