- was
generally known in
English as
Kovno, the
traditional Slavicized form of its name. The
Polish name is
Kowno [
ˈkɔvnɔ], and the
names in
Belarusian include...
- The
Kovno Ghetto was a
ghetto established by ****
Germany to hold the
Lithuanian Jews of
Kaunas (
Kovno)
during the Holocaust. At its peak, the
ghetto held...
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Kovno Kollel also
known as
Kollel Perushim of
Kovno or
Kollel Knesses Beis Yitzchok, was a
kollel located in Kaunas, Lithuania. It was
founded in 1877...
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Kovno Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the
Russian Empire, with its
capital in
Kovno (Kaunas). It was
formed on 18 December...
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koncentracijos stovykla) was a ****
Germany concentration camp
located in the
former Kovno Ghetto. It
operated from 15
September 1943 to 14 July 1944 and had seventeen...
- The
siege of
Kaunas took
place from 12
August to 18
January 1915 and with a
quick German victory against Russia. The
Imperial German Army
launched the...
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Kaunas County (Lithuanian:
Kauno apskritis) is one of ten
counties of Lithuania. It is in the
centre of the country, and its
capital is Kaunas. On 1 July...
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Governorate to the southwest, the Suwałki
Governorate to the west, the
Kovno and
Courland Governorates to the north, and the
Vitebsk Governorate to the...
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Empire from 1794 to 1912. It
primarily encomp****ed the Vilna, Grodno, and
Kovno Governorates.
Governors General were also
commanders of the
Vilna Military...
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sense of the term – in the
Jewish diaspora was the
Kovno Kollel ("Kolel Perushim")
founded in
Kovno (Kaunas, Lithuania) in 1877. It was
founded by Rabbi...
