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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…

7 years ago
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Researchers want genetic identification of 1863 uprising leader’s remains

Lithuanian researchers want to conduct genetic analyses to identify the remains of Konstantinas Kalinauskas (Konstanty Kalinowski), one of the leaders…

7 years ago
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Researchers to unveil findings on remains found on Vilnius’ Gediminas Hill

Anthropologists will unveil on Thursday the latest findings of their research of human remains found on the Gediminas Hill in…

7 years ago
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Lithuania’s iconic Gediminas Hill closed to visitors after landslide

Specialists on Saturday decided to close the Gediminas Hill in downtown Vilnius to visitors after a landslide on its eastern…

7 years ago
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Researchers ask Government to fund genetic testing of 1863 uprising leaders’ remains

Researchers expect to confirm after genetic testing that the remains of Žigmantas Sierakauskas (Zygmunt Sierakowski) and Konstantinas Kalinauskas (Konstanty Kalinowski),…

7 years ago
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Pedestrian traffic restricted at foot of Gediminas Hill in central Vilnius

After a call from the Lithuanian National Museum to take additional security measures at the foot of the Gediminas Hill,…

7 years ago
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Independence centenary – Estonia and Latvia far better prepared

There is only a little more than five months left to the centenary of Lithuanian independence which will be celebrated…

7 years ago
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Remains of 1863 uprising leader Kalinauskas apparently found on Vilnius’ Gediminas Hill

Archeologists are believed to have found the remains of the two most famous leaders of the 1863 uprising against Tsarist…

7 years ago
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Insurgent Sierakauskas important to Lithuania as symbol of freedom – historian

Zigmantas Sierakauskas, the leader of the Lithuanian 1863 uprising against the tsarist Russia, is important to Lithuania as a symbol…

7 years ago
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Remains of Lithuania’s rebel leader found on Gedimino Hill – initial data

Remains of Zigmantas Sierakauskas, the leader of the Lithuanian 1863 uprising against the tsarist Russia, have been found on the…

7 years ago
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Archeologists guess finding guerrilla bodies on Gediminas Hill slope

Lithuanian archeologists discovered remains of four persons on the top of the Gediminas Hill in downtown Vilnius, guessing they could…

8 years ago