Pilotiškės is a village in Prienai District Municipality, Kaunas County, Lithuania.
In 2001 its population was 44.KAUNO APSKRITIES KAIMO GYVENAMOSIOS VIETOVĖS IR JŲ GYVENTOJAI, Lithuanian Department of Statistics In 2021 it dropped to 17.Gyventojai gyvenamosiose vietovėse: Lietuvos Respublikos 2021 metų gyventojų surašymo rezultatai , Lithuanian Department of Statistics
The village is best known as the birthplace of Vincas Mykolaitis-Putinas, Lithuanian poet and writer,Justina Sinkevičiūtė "V. Mykolaičio-Putino gimtinė ir Pilotiškių kaimo padavimai" and there is Putinas's house museum in his birth home.
The mound Krušakalnis by the village was described in Putinas's novel (In the Shadow of the Altars) under the name Aušrakalnis, and the mound has become known as Aušrakalnis since then."Legenda apie tai, kaip Krušakalnis tapo Aušrakalniu" ("The Legend of how Krušakalnis became Aušrakalnis"), Lietuvos muziejų kelio ("The Road of Lithuanian Museums" program)
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