17th and 19th centuries, it was a suburb of Vilnius and called Lukiškės. The wooden Lukiškės mosque of the Lithuanian Tatars and their graveyard were prominent...
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Лукішкі) was a prison in the center of Vilnius, Lithuania, near the Lukiškės Square. Until the late 19th century the main form of punishment in Russian-held...
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Palace on one end and at the Cathedral Square and Vilnius Castle Complex on the other, passing Lukiškės Square. It connects the Old Town with Žvėrynas...
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Lukiškės (also spelled Łukiszki, Lukiski, Lukishki) can refer to several things: Lukiškės, Vilnius [lt], a historic neighborhood of Vilnius known for...
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Catholic church in Vilnius' Old Town, near the Lukiškės Square. It is famous for the Mother of God of Lukiškės painting. Wikimedia Commons has media related...
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death. On 22 March 1864, at the age 26, he was publicly executed on Lukiškės Square in Vilnius. Kalinowski's remains, along with those of others, were...
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Vilnius (section Parks, squares and cemeteries)
Church of St. Philip and St. Jacob, near Lukiškės Square, has the painting of the Mother of God of Lukiškės which has reportedly attracted miracles. The...
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destroyed and the St. Casimir's Fair was moved to the Łukiszki Square (Lukiškės Square). In modern times, fairs and festivities are regularly held at...
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The museum is located in the former KGB headquarters across from the Lukiškės Square and is informally referred to as the KGB Museum. The museum is dedicated...
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regime included were captured, interrogated in the NKVD Palace in Lukiškės Square, executed and buried in the Tuskulėnai Manor park. The Soviets decided...
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ever". On 7 October 1939, a rally of 75,000 people was held in the Lukiškės Square which demanded to attach the Vilnius Region to the Byelorussian SSR...
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1960–1990 – now Lielā iela, Jelgava Lenino aikšte (Lenin Square), 1952–1991 – now Lukiškės Square, Vilnius Lenino prospektas (Lenin Avenue), ?–1989 – now...
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houses in Vilnius (so-called colonies, most notable Lukiškės/Montvila colony near Lukiškės Square) Povilas Pakarklis (1902–1955), Lithuanian historian...
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Square, Tbilisi, Georgia Independence Square, Gyumri, Armenia Independence Square, Minsk, Belarus Lukiškės Square, Vilnius, Lithuania Republic Square...
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Cathedral Square. In 1901, after a monument to Catherine the Great was unveiled in the Cathedral Square, the fair was moved to Lukiškės Square. During the...
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Uhlan Regiment, whose existence began in December 1918 in Vilnius' Lukiškės Square, from where they were led to combat by the brothers Władysław and Jerzy...
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Street, leased out from 1921 for 36 years, and a single plot on the Lukiškės Square, also leased. In the first year of World War I, the monks engaged in...
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March 1912, a project by Czesław Przybylski [pl] was selected, and Lukiškės Square was selected as a location of theater. Independently, Hipolit Korwin-Milewski [pl]...
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Beatričė Grincevičiūtė House Museum State Small Theatre of Vilnius Lukiškės Square Interactive Fountains Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights The...
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came to nothing. On June 27, 1863, Zygmunt Sierakowski was hanged in Lukiškės Square in Vilnius. His body was secretly buried on Gediminas' Hill (his remains...
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March 1864, at the age 26, Kastus Kalinowski was publicly executed on Lukiškės Square in Vilnius. Historian Zita Medišauskienė wrote that Belarusian press...
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school moved to the newly constructed dedicated building opposite of Lukiškės Square (present-day Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre on Gediminas Avenue)...
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new building was located on the present-day Gediminas Avenue facing Lukiškės Square. It was purchased for $18,000 (equivalent to $423,671 in 2023) which...
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and 1947 by the NKGB and MGB in the Vilnius' KGB Palace prison near Lukiškės Square (now Museum of Genocide Victims). The remains from the mass grave were...
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across the world of the statue of Lenin being torn down in Vilnius's Lukiškės Square in 1991. Recutting it in reverse, Narkevičius showed a jubilant crowd...
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Iwye. There was a Lipka Tatar settlement in Vilnius, known as Totorių Lukiškės, Tatar quarter in Trakai and in Minsk, today's capital of Belarus, known...
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Jakšto Street (section Лукишки / Łukiszki / Lukiškės)
the north-west the city was bordered by some 10-hectare rural area named Lukiškės [lt] (pol. Łukiszki), which hosted few isolated hamlets. Earlier drawings...
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production had started. Some filming for the fourth season took place at Lukiškės Prison and nearby in Vilnius, Lithuania. In March 2020, production was...
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20 September 1940, Begin was arrested by the NKVD and detained in the Lukiškės Prison. In later years he wrote about his experience of being tortured...
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near Vientiane Samkhe Prison, near Vientiane Abu Salim prison, Tripoli Lukiškės Prison, Vilnius Kaunas Prison, Kaunas Antanimora Prison, Antananarivo Farafangana...
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