Monument to the Piłsudski Brothers

A white stone monument to the noble Pilsudski brothers of the LDK. It is not surprising, because the Zalaw settlement is famous for the fact that the future restorer of the Polish state, Marshal Józef Piłsudski (1867-1935) and his brother, famous ethnographer, researcher of the Ainu people of the Far East, museum worker Bronisław Piłsudski (1866 -1918). They both come from the old noble Gineičiai family of Žemaitija. Three families are intertwined in their genealogical tree - Bilevičiai, Pilsudskii, Butleri. The grandparents of the brothers were related to each other and true Žemaitians. Only one grandmother, Elena Michalovska, had both Polish and Lithuanian blood. Gineičiai The roots of the (Giniočiai) and Pilsudskii families can be found in Žemaitija as far back as the 15th century. It is believed that Baltramiejus Gineitis-Gineitavičius, the elder of Upytė, was the first to call himself Pilsudski in the 16th century after the name of his manor Pilsūdai, located near Skaudvilė (Tauragė district). That is the Pilsudskii of Žemaitija family history.

It was designed and built by brothers Vytautas and Kęstutis Musteikai with their friends.