Merkinė was a part of a strategic triangle - Kaunas - Vilnius - Merkinė, protected with the chains of hillforts and castles. The center of Merkinė town...
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Merkinė Manor was a residential manor in Merkinė village, Šalčininkai District Municipality, Lithuania. It was the location of the self-proclaimed Paulava...
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Merkinė Eldership (Lithuanian: Merkinės seniūnija) is a Lithuanian eldership, located in the western part of Varėna District Municipality. "2021 census"...
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Mardasavas (Merkinė) is a village in Varėna district municipality, in Alytus County, in southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village...
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Papiškės (Merkinė) is a village in Varėna district municipality, in Alytus County, in southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village...
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Jadwiga Wypyska (née Łuszkowska; about 1616 in Lviv – after 20 May 1648 in Merkinė) was a Polish noblewoman, known as the mistress of Polish king Ladislaus...
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Alytus County. Alytus Druskininkai Varėna Lazdijai Simnas Veisiejai Daugai Merkinė was one of the favorite holiday residences of King of Poland and Grand...
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died in 2006. His father was Jewish whose parents were emigrants from Merkinė in Lithuania, and his mother was a Catholic of Irish and Italian descent...
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commander. He organized disorganized resistance members into a 140-men Merkinė company (later reorganized into a battalion). The early stages of resistance...
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Governor of Pinsk, Vawkavysk, Hlyniany, Tuchola, Wilkisk, Wilkowsk, Metel and Merkinė. During the Lithuanian Civil War (1697–1702), Wiśniowiecki led the opposition...
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Commonwealth with its own parliament, army, and laws. Located around the Merkinė Manor (also Pavlovo Manor) in present-day Šalčininkai District Municipality...
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Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius, who wrote a short story about legendary duke of Merkinė named Šarūnas. The days of this name is February 19 and August 16. As Lithuanian...
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their status and are now just towns or villages, for example Kernavė and Merkinė. Most of the cities in Lithuania were established before the 18th century...
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Belarus. The territory was between the later cities of Marijampolė and Merkinė (Lithuania), Slonim and Kobryn (Belarus), and Białystok and Lyck in Prussia...
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administrative center of the park is in Marcinkonys and the other important town is Merkinė. The ethnographic village of Zervynos can be found within the park. List...
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Arms of Líšnice, Czech Republic Arms of Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany Arms of Merkinė, Lithuania Unicorns as supporters: Scottish unicorn, flag and shield carved...
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Austria (1) Cecilia Renata of Austria (2) Marie Louise Gonzaga 20 May 1648 Merkinė Aged 52 Elective succession Also titular King of Sweden and elected Tsar...
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In a letter dated 20 November, courtier Stanisław Dowojno, starosta of Merkinė, informed Sigismund Augustus that due to the difficult journey Barbara...
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district municipality, Alytus County, Lithuania Mardasavas (Merkinė), a village in Merkinė eldership, Varėna district municipality, Alytus County, Lithuania...
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Sudovia and Dainava; south west from the upper Nemunas, between Marijampolė, Merkinė (Lithuania), Slonim, Kobryn (Belarus), Białystok, and Ełk (Poland). Today...
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Lithuania) to parents of Jewish ancestry, Mordkhel Godowsky (1848–1872), from Merkinė, and Khana-Sheyna Godowsky (née Levin, 1848–1918), from Gelvonai. His parents...
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Veisiejai Towns Butrimonys Kapčiamiestis Krokialaukis Krosna Leipalingis Merkinė Nemunaitis Rudamina Seirijai Šeštokai Šventežeris Valkininkai Viečiūnai...
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Veisiejai Towns Butrimonys Kapčiamiestis Krokialaukis Krosna Leipalingis Merkinė Nemunaitis Rudamina Seirijai Šeštokai Šventežeris Valkininkai Viečiūnai...
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through Lithuania before joining the Nemunas from the right bank near Merkinė. The Merkys is mostly fed by underground streams and therefore is cooler...
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Veisiejai Towns Butrimonys Kapčiamiestis Krokialaukis Krosna Leipalingis Merkinė Nemunaitis Rudamina Seirijai Šeštokai Šventežeris Valkininkai Viečiūnai...
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Veisiejai Towns Butrimonys Kapčiamiestis Krokialaukis Krosna Leipalingis Merkinė Nemunaitis Rudamina Seirijai Šeštokai Šventežeris Valkininkai Viečiūnai...
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Gregory became Court Marshal in 1494. As a vicegerent of Anykščiai and Merkinė, he participated in the Battle of Vedrosha in 1500 and was taken prisoner...
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Austria (1) Cecilia Renata of Austria (2) Marie Louise Gonzaga 20 May 1648 Merkinė Aged 52 Elective succession Also titular King of Sweden and elected Tsar...
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Camaldolese estates and lay on the main trade route linking Grodno and Merkinė with Königsberg.[citation needed] In 1710 King Augustus II the Strong granted...
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most Jews were exterminated. Mažeikiai מאַזשײק Mazheik City survived. Merkinė מערעטש Meretsh Town survived. Nemenčinė נעמענטשין Nementshin City survived...
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