Liauda
Liauda, also known as Kaunas Region, is a historical region centred around Liaudė river on the north from city of Kaunas, and located between Nemunas, Neris and Dubysa rivers. The region is located within modern borders of Lithuania. It borders historical regions of Samogitia, Suvalkija and Vilnius. Its area is approximately 6500 km2.
The region's borders are characterized by place names ending in -gala, such as Ariogala, Betygala, Baisogala,, Ramygala, Vandžiogala.
The Lithuanian signatory of Act of the [Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania], Algirdas Vaclovas Patackas states that three important persons of Lithuanian history originated from Liauda: Mikalojus Daukša, Czesław Miłosz, and Józef Piłsudski.
It was the site of an attempt to create an independent pro-Polish Republic of Vandžiogala in 1918.