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Kaunas (/ˈkaʊnəs/; Lithuanian: [ˈkɐʊ̯ˑnˠɐs] ;
previously known in
English as
Kovno /ˈkɒvnoʊ/) is the second-largest city in
Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth...
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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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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 Ghetto was a
ghetto established by ****
Germany to hold the
Lithuanian Jews of
Kaunas (
Kovno)
during the Holocaust. At its peak, the
ghetto held...
- Date 12 August – 18 August [O.S. 28 Jule–8 August] 1915
Location Kovno,
Russian Empire (now in Lithuania)
Result German victory...
- 91583; 23.88833
Kauen was a ****
concentration camp
located in the
former Kovno Ghetto. It
operated from 15
September 1943 to 14 July 1944 and had seventeen...
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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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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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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...
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Austria were
deported to Łódź,
Kovno, Riga, and Minsk. In late November, 5,000
German Jews were shot
outside of
Kovno and
another 1,000 near Riga, but...
