
Vilnius - Wikipedia
Vilnius (/ ˈvɪlniəs / ⓘ VIL-nee-əs, Lithuanian: [ˈvʲɪlʲnʲʊs] ⓘ) is the capital of and largest city in Lithuania and the most-populous city in the Baltic states. The city's estimated January 2025 …
Vilna | Holocaust Encyclopedia
On June 22, 1941, Germany attacked Soviet forces in eastern Europe. The German army occupied Vilna on June 24, 1941, the third day after the invasion. In July 1941, the German …
Vilna - Jewish History
The Old Vilna cemetery before the Nazis invaded and the Soviets leveled it into a soccer field. Vilna is now a vast Jewish graveyard to the remembrance of what once was a remarkably …
Vilna Ghetto - Wikipedia
The Vilna Ghetto [a] was a World War II Jewish ghetto established and operated by Nazi Germany in the city of Vilnius in the modern country of Lithuania, at the time part of the Nazi …
History of Vilnius - Wikipedia
During the Russian Empire's rule, Vilnius became the capital of Vilna Governorate and saw various cultural revivals. The 19th and early 20th centuries were marked by national revivals …
Vilnius | History, Map, & Points of Interest | Britannica
2025年3月19日 · Vilnius, city, capital and largest city of Lithuania, at the confluence of the Neris (Russian: Viliya) and Vilnia rivers. Vilnius: old town section Old town section of Vilnius, …
Vilna - Encyclopedia.com
Vilna was a world center for Yiddish culture, and a Yiddish daily and evening press, numerous weekly and other political, literary, educational, and scientific journals were published there. …
A first-time guide to Vilnius - Lonely Planet
2024年8月6日 · At 700 years young, Vilnius has become the focal point of traditional Lithuanian culture and cuisine, contemporary theater and dance, national and international auteur …
Vilna – Wikipedia
Vilna (liett. Vilnius) on Liettuan pääkaupunki, ja noin 580 000 asukkaallaan [3] maan suurin kaupunki sekä samannimisen läänin keskus. Kaupunki sijaitsee Liettuan kaakkoisosassa Neris …
History of Vilnius | True Lithuania
After the conquests of Grand Duke Vytautas, Vilnius came to be the capital of what was at the time the Europe‘s largest country, stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea.