Antakalnis Cemetery
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Antakalnis Cemetery (Lithuanian: Antakalnio kapinės, Polish: Cmentarz antokolski), sometimes referred as Antakalnis Military Cemetery, is the cemetery in Antakalnis district of Vilnius in Lithuania. It was established in 1809.
The victims of Soviet Army forces' attacks during the January Events of 1991 and the Medininkai Massacre are buried here. Other graves include those of Polish soldiers perished in 1919-1920, a memorial of Lithuanian as well as German and Russian soldiers fallen in World War I and Red Army soldiers of World War II (constructed in 1951, rebuilt 1976-1984).
The famous people buried in the Antakalnis Cemetery include:
- Marian Zdziechowski (1861-1938) - historian
- Teodor Bujnicki (1907-1944) - poet (killed by the AK)
- Ieva Simonaitytė (1897-1978) - writer
- Antanas Venclova (1906-1979) - writer
- Jurga Ivanauskaitė (1961-2007) - writer
- Janina Miščiukaitė-Brazaitienė (1949-2008) - singer
- Vytautas Kernagis (1951-2008) - singer and songwriter
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[edit] Saulės Cemetery
The Saulės Cemetery is another cemetery in Antakalnis sometimes referred to as Antakalnis Cemetery. It is the old parish cemetery of St. Peter and St. Paul Church, established in 1830 and is the place of rest of many noble Lithuanians.
Famous people buried here include members of Oginski and Zawisza families, Danielius Alseika, Jonas Kazlauskas, Teodoras Valaitis and Józef Zawadzki (1781-1838), the editor of the first poems of Adam Mickiewicz.
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[edit] External links
- (English) Visitor's guide to Antakalnis Cemetery