The Tartars moved to the lands of the Lithuanian Grand Duchy in the beginning of the 14th century and were a privileged group of the society. A part of the Tartars settled in Lithuanian towns and thus the streets were they lived acquired the name Totorių Kampas (Tartar Corner). In Kaunas such a street has been known from the 16th century. In towns Tartars often worked as coachmen, or manufactured leather goods or gardened. The land which the Tartars used belonged to the ruler of the Lithuanian Grand Duchy. Kaunas Tartar Corner was the eastern old town block between D. Poškos, J. Gruodžio and I. Kanto streets and the immediate surroundings of these streets. The largest street of this area was called Totorių (Tartar) Street (contemporary D. Poškos St.) in written sources from 1586. The street was not very prominent; it led past sparse buildings and a few ceramics kilns that were placed on top and on the slope of the hill. This hill distinctly stands out in the town nowadays. The buildings in the Tartar Corner were constructed without any orderly or planned division into land plots. It seems for a long time there were no buildings at all, and later there were only small wooden buildings.
Mindaugas Bertašius