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Final building of King Zygmunt August male Gymnasium on Mała Pohulanka, corner of Góra Bouffałowa, photo from author's collection.

How Polish Gymnasiums in Vilnius were formed

Education froze, any kind of public life froze. For every word said in Polish in public place, there was a 25-30 rubles fine. School child that spoke their mother tongue
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Wilnoteka 2015-11-12
Fot. wilnoteka.lt/Batrosz Frątczak

The Relay Race of Independence Day at the Marshal’s Mausoleum

The National Independence Day is memorialised in a special way in Wileńszczyzna for the 21st time already. It is thanks to the relay race which heads towards the Mother and
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Wilnoteka 2015-11-11
Fot. Sławomir Przerwa

Maria Przełomiec: Warsaw has to cut Tomaszewski off from money

“Poles should take an active part in the life of their country. I would really like Poles in Lithuania to be an intellectual, cultural elite, not a besieged heritage park,”
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Znad Wilii 2015-11-11
Commemorative stamps, issued in the Republic of Central Lithuania to commemorate the anniversary of "Żeligowski's mutiny" , fot. allegro.pl

1920: the citizens of Vilnius in the victorious war – Żeligowski’s „mutiny”

“It may be the case that you will have to face the negative opinion both of the world and of Poland.” –  the Chief of State Józef Piłsudski warned General
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Wilnoteka 2015-11-11
Fot. BFL/Tomas Lukšys

Antanas Smetona: original spelling of surnames does not contradict the Lithuanian constitution

The spelling of non-Lithuanian surnames in their original version is not a threat to the status of the Lithuanian language – said Antanas Smetona, a linguist and the dean of
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Znad Wilii 2015-11-09
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The final eliminations of the 24th Recitation Competition „Kresy 2015”

Julia Guniewicz and Edgar Kreiwelis, two of the winners, are going to represent Lithuania during the 24th Laureate Meeting “Kresy 2015” in Białystok. 60 participants took part in pan-Lithuanian final
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Wilnoteka 2015-11-06
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150th anniversary of the Nemenčinė school

In 1865 the first school in Nemenčinė was established. It was located in a small room on the first floor of a post office, only 30 pupils attended it and
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Wilnoteka 2015-11-06
From left to right: Krystyna Kratkowska, the acting headmaster; Teresa Michajłowicz, a former headmaster; Paweł Nowicki, a Szymon Konarski Secondary School graduate © Marian Paluszkiewicz

The Polish school in Vilnius does not give in

We previously wrote that, two weeks ago, on 20th October, the Vilnius Regional Administrative Court adopted a ruling that is unfavourable towards the Polish Szymon Konarski Secondary School in Vilnius. The judiciary defeated
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L24.lt 2015-11-04
From the left: principal a.i., Krystyna Kratkowska, former principal of the school, Teresa Michajłowicz, graduation class student, Paweł Nowicki © Marian Paluszkiewicz

Polish school in Vilnius doesn`t give up

We have already written that two weeks ago, on the 20th October 2015, the District Administrative Court in Vilnius announced a judicial decision unfavourable for the Polish Konarski Secondary School
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L24.lt 2015-11-04
Phot. Joanna Bożerodska

Open lesson of A. Mickiewicz Junior High School at the Rasos Cemetery

Students and teachers of Mickiewiczówka led an open lesson at the Rasos Cemetery devoted to Tomasz Życki and Antoni Odrowąż Kamiński. “It is very nice of you that you wanted
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Znad Wilii 2015-11-03