Samogitia
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Samogitia, often known by its Lithuanian name Žemaitija is one of the five cultural regions of Lithuania and formerly one of the two core administrative divisions of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania along
Palanga by Augustas Didzgalvis
Pluņģes pils panoramio
Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Šiauliai, Lithuania in 2018
The Hill of Crosses panoramio
Samogitians
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Samogitians are the inhabitants of Samogitia, an ethnographic region of Lithuania. Many speak the Samogitian language, which in Lithuania is mostly considered a dialect of the Lithuanian language toge
Samogitia
…after its inhabitants fled the region as a result of being expelled or persecuted by the Soviet authorities. During the 15th and 16th centuries, the Samogitians of the Klaipėda region called themselves "Lietuvininkai", whereas at the end of the 19th century when the area, known in German as the Memelland, was…
Samogitians in the first half of the 19th century
Samogitia in the 17th century