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Chessboards over Rossa

70 years ago on the 13th July 1944, two courageous men: officer cadet Jerzy Jensch AKA Krepdeszyn and corporal Artur Rychter AKA Zan, hung white and red flag atop Piles
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Old Believers from Gaj were celebrating the 300th anniversary of their community’s existence

Old Believers community from Gaj, in the Solcininkai region, was celebrating the 300th anniversary of its existence on the Solcininkai land. On this occasion, on Saturday of 12 July, there
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Law on minorities to be postponed again

After long and emotional debates on how to write non-Lithuanian surnames in Lithuanian documents the Parliament eventually approved two projects of the law in the first reading. The authors of
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Homage to the Home Army soldiers who died in fight against Nazis

On Sunday 13th July in Krawczuny near Vilnius took place an event commemorating 70th anniversary of Vilnius liberation from the German occupation during the operation “Ostra Brama” (lit. Gate of
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Conspiracy of Silence over the Eastern Borderline: Anniversary Rumination

Seventy years have passed since the historical events in the Vilnius Region. In the spring of 1944 Operation “Tempest” was launched in the Eastern Borderline. Its aim was to capture
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Modernism and Socialist realism in Vilnius

Our tourist wandering around the streets of Vilnius are looking for the trace of Polish beings in the Old City. And they are right. Because in the Old City is
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Journeys through the streets of Vilnius: following in the footsteps of famous Lelewel

The street named after Joachim Lelewel is one of the shortest in Vilnius – it has around 200 meters. It is situated in the center of the town. It is
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My Mum?- ”Baby Jesus”!

White, unadorned and entirely uninteresting building at the Subocz street does not rivet almost any attention to itself. It is certainly due to the eye-catching Missionary Church located nearby. The
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7th Home Army’s Brigade in the House of the Polish Culture in Vilnius

Yesterday ( July 6th), after the Rossas, the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the ”Gate of Dawn” military operation were moved to the House of the Polish Culture in
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Wandering in the streets of Vilnius: How Mickiewicz ousted Zan

Let’s wander in the streets of Vilnius. The beautiful, distinct, unknown streets named after famous Poles: historian and politician Joachim Lelewel (J. Lelevelio gatvė), writer Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (J. I.
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