Vievis

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Vievis
Coat of arms of Vievis
Coat of arms
Vievis (Lithuania)
Vievis
Vievis
Location of Vievis
Coordinates: 54°46′30″N 24°48′30″E / 54.775, 24.80833
Country Flag of Lithuania Lithuania
Ethnographic region Dzūkija
County Vilnius County
Municipality Elektrėnai municipality
Elderate Vievis elderate
Capital of Vievis elderate
First mentioned 1539
Granted city rights 1950
Population (2005)
 - Total 5,246
 - Rank 58th
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Vievis (pronunciation ; Polish: Jewie) is a town in Elektrėnai municipality, Lithuania. It is 14 km east of Elektrėnai. Town surrounds Lake Vievis.

In 17th century there was a printing press located in Jewje, as the place was called back then, notable for printing books by various Protestant Calvinist scholars[1].

In the period between the World War I and World War II Vievis was among the towns with the largest Polish minority in Lithuania, with roughly 77% inhabitants declaring themselves as Poles.

The 17th century printing press became the reason why a 1970s samizdat journal "Lustra dzion" led by Vincuk Viačorka cited "Jewie" as the place of its' publishing (even though it was in fact published in Minsk)[2]. The printing press is also featured on the modern coat of arms of the city, adopted in 1999.

An 1843 Eastern Orthodox Church in Vievis
An 1843 Eastern Orthodox Church in Vievis

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  1. ^ (Polish) (Russian) (Belarusian) Mikałaj Pačkajeŭ (2003). "Epoka reformacji i kontrreformacji", Historia Litheranorum Alboruthenorum sive Zarys Historyczny Kościoła Luterańskiego na Białorusi od zarania reformacji aż do czasów obecnych. Mikałaj Pačkajeŭ. Retrieved on 2008-03-16. 
  2. ^ (Polish) Ośrodek Karta (corporate author) (2000?). „Lustra Dzion” (Zwierciadło Codzienności). Słownik dysydentów. Karta. Retrieved on 2008-03-16.