The name of the village comes from metalworking artisan blacksmiths, of whom there were more than thirty at the beginning of the settlement of the village. in 1989 A pine wood cross was built at the village crossroads, 2015. replaced by an oak cross. Gatvinis village of Kalvii was created during the Valaki reform, when craftsmen were moved from the town of Valkininkai to the outskirts of the estate. For the first time in historical sources, Kalviai is mentioned in 1641, 22 yards, 9 valakas of land. Until the 20th century called the Blacksmiths of the Middle Ages. in 1777 The blacksmiths belonged to Pamerkis vaitija of Valkininkai precinct, in 1836. – For the Vaitijas of Liepanios, 1908. the village had 61 yards and 386 inhabitants. Not far from Kalvii, on the left bank of the Spengla River stood a large, wooden manor of Pūčkornii. The last landowner, Akatovas, had dammed the river, a mill stood on the bank, ponds were installed. During the First World War, in 1915 summer, the front passed through the village, the manor and almost the entire village were burned, only three houses remained. 1923-1939 Kalviai was occupied by the Poles, the demarcation line ran behind the village, it was a crossing point on the Polish-Lithuanian border. in 1933 In the spring, bookseller Simonas Jakučionis was killed by the bullets of Polish soldiers while transporting banned Lithuanian press.
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