Samuel Bak
Society

Lithuanian president to confer state award on Litvak painter Samuel Bak

President Dalia Grybauskaitė will on Tuesday confer the Cross of the Knight of the Order for Merits to Lithuania on internationally-renowned Litvak painter Samuel Bak. […]

Vilnius opens rainbow crosswalk to mark LGBT rights
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Vilnius opens rainbow crosswalk to mark LGBT rights

A symbolic rainbow-colored pedestrian crossing has been opened in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius to mark the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people. […]

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The 1655 Union of Kėdainiai: from Poland to Sweden

Because of Moscow’s aggression against the Polish and Lithuanian Commonwealth that started in 1654, when the aggressor obtained considerable achievements and successfully continued its marches the following year, Sweden also decided to cut off a slice of the spoils from the collapsing state. In the summer of 1655, Swedish Armies invaded Poland from the West and threatened to invade Lithuania from the North. […]

High-profiled ceremony for the forthcoming The Lost Shtetl Museum & Memorial Complex - @ ArkLM
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High profile ceremony for the forthcoming museum in Lithuania

On May 4, 2018 the ground-breaking ceremony for The Lost Shtetl Museum and Memorial Complex took place in the middle of Lithuania, in Šeduva. The project is designed by professor Rainer Mahlamäki and Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects, Finland. Professor Mahlamäki attended the ceremony, as well as Dr Inna Rogatchi, the author of the forthcoming film and book on Rainer Mahlamäki’s projects of memorial architecture. […]

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Remains of 1863 uprising participants to be buried in Vilnius’ Rasos Cemetery

A Lithuanian government commission has decided that the remains of participants of the 1863-1864 uprising against Tsarist Russia should be buried in Vilnius’ old Rasos Cemetery next year. […]