Palainiškiai (formerly Russian: Палайнишки, Polish: Pałajniszki)[1] is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania.

[2] It is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from Ąžuolaičiai, by the Kėdainiai-Krakės road, inside the Josvainiai Forest, by the Smilga river.

The Smilga Landscape Sanctuary in located next to Palainiškiai.

At the beginning of the 20th century there was Palainiškiai estate in Josvainiai volost.

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