Darsūniškis (Polish: Dorsuniszki, Yiddish: דאַרשונישאָק, Belarusian: Дарсунішкі, Darshonishok)[1] is a settlement on the Nemunas River in Kaišiadorys District Municipality, western Lithuania.

[2][3] The rebuilt castle was a favored hunting location of Grand Duke Vytautas, to whom the founding of the first church at the beginning of the 15th century is attributed.

[5] The town with near estates (Polish: starostwo dorsuńskie) was granted to Barbara Radziwiłł, Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania.

[3] On the beginning of the Great Northern War, Swedish regiments were defeated in the Battle of Darsūniškis on March 24, 1702, by the Lithuanian Army.

[9] The Jewish citizens (about 15% of the general population in 1923) were killed during the Holocaust in Lithuania in August and September 1941 by the Lithuanians collaborating with Nazi Germany.