Old Theatre of Vilnius
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Old Theatre of Vilnius, built in 1913 as Pohulanka Theatre and formerly known as Russian Drama Theatre of Lithuania and other names, is a theatre in the Old Town of Vilnius. It is the only professiona
Aerial view of the theatre in 2021
July 2022
1935 performance of Mrs. Dulska's Morality, by Gabriela Zapolska
c.1915-18
Poles in Lithuania
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The Poles in Lithuania, also called Lithuanian Poles, estimated at 183,000 people in the 2021 Lithuanian census or 6.5% of Lithuania's total population, are the country's largest ethnic minority.
Old Theatre of Vilnius
…building is situated in Vilnius Old Town, which is a UNESCO world heritage site. The theatre, on the initiative of Hipolit Korwin-Milewski and funded by Polish people living in Vilnius, was designed by Wacław Michniewicz and Aleksander Parczewski as Pohulanka Theatre. It was built in 1913, at a time when Lithuania was part of the…
Polish minority marching in Vilnius (2008)
Andrzej Jastrzębiec was the first Bishop of Vilnius. He is depicted in the fresco "Baptism of Lithuania" by Włodzimierz Tetmajer
Poles in the interwar Lithuanian state, between 1923–1924