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Kovno Governorate. At the time of the
Russian Empire Census of 1897,
Rossiyensky Uyezd had a po****tion of 235,362. Of these, 76.2%
spoke Lithuanian,...
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Abram Moiseyevich Deborin (Ioffe) (Russian: Абра́м Моисе́евич Дебо́рин (Ио́ффе); 16 June [O.S. 4 June] 1881, Upyna,
Kovno Governorate – 8
March 1963, Moscow)...
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Mykolas Sleževičius (21
February 1882 – 11
November 1939) was a
Lithuanian lawyer,
political and
cultural figure, and journalist. One of the most influential...
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Aleksandras Stulginskis [ɐlʲɛkˈsɐ̂ˑndrɐs stʊlʲˈɡʲɪ̂nʲsʲkʲɪs] (26
February 1885 – 22
September 1969) was the
second President of
Lithuania (1920–1926)....
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Shlomo Zalman Halevi Abel (1857–1886) was one of the
founders of the Telz
Yeshiva and
author of Beis Shlomo. Abel was born
March 11, (15 Adar) 1857 at...
- Tytuvėnai (pronunciation) is a town in the Kelmė
district muni****lity, Lithuania. It is
located 17 km (11 mi) east of Kelmė. It is
known for its Bernardine...
- Sol
Goldstein (March 30, 1914 –
September 3, 1992) was a
leader in the
Chicago Jewish community, a
Zionist activist and a philanthropist. He
survived imprisonment...
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Stasys Girėnas (known as
Stanley T.
Girenas in the US; born
Stasys Girskis;
October 4, 1893 in Vytogala,
Kovno Governorate – July 17, 1933 near Soldin...
- Pranciškus
Baltrus Šivickis (born
September 30, 1882, in the
Raseiniai region of
central Lithuania—died
October 12, 1968) was a
Lithuanian zoologist who...
- Šiluva is a
small town of less than 700
inhabitants in Lithuania. It is
located in the
region of Samogitia. It is a
major site of
Catholic pilgrimage in...
