I – “miesjcova“, You – “przyjiezny”: Drawing the Boundary of Identity in Šalčininkai District

In this article, I seek to investigate how people living in the Šalčininkai district perceive cultural boundary between locals and newcomers. Based on biographical interviews collected during ethnographic field research, argue that historical circumstances frequent changes state affiliation have influenced drawing of present division is understood by different generations district.
 The newcomers very important oldest generation (born before World War II). People who grew up Soviet times understand its significance, but pay less attention it. youngest (people born around 1990) as a useless remnant past want distance themselves from