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Antakalnis Cemetery

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were reburied at the cemetery, after their bodies were excavated some two years prior from French-dug trenches which were used by the victorious Russians as mass graves due to the frozen state of the ground; French and Lithuanian diplomats participated in the interment ceremony. The remains of 18
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are buried here. Other graves include those of Polish soldiers who perished in 1919–1920; a memorial of Lithuanian as well as German and Russian soldiers fallen in
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more soldiers from the army who were dumped into a different area were reburied in November 2010.
221: 200: 290: 233: 227: 341:"Sovietų karių paminklas Vilniaus Antakalnio kapinėse: pusės stelų nebėra, išvežamos "galvos"" 215: 206: 20: 372: 278: 245: 210: 164: 65: 128: 411: 309: 453: 80:), sometimes referred as Antakalnis Military Cemetery, is an active cemetery in the 407: 386: 257: 182: 117: 161:(1932–2010), politician, first president of independent Lithuania, elected in 1993 109: 403: 132: 81: 435: 422: 89: 345: 113: 248:(1939–2005), Lithuanian boxer, the first Olympic champion from Lithuania 85: 254:(1958–2013), theater and film actor, television presenter, humorist 44: 36: 25: 275:(1935–2017), Lithuanian politician, Prime Minister of Lithuania 154:
The famous people buried in the Antakalnis Cemetery include:
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In 2003, more than 3,000 French and other soldiers of the
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12 of the 14 victims of the Soviet attacks during the
387:"Napoleon's defeated soldiers buried in Lithuania" 293:(1972–2017), Lithuanian journalist and politician 236:(1956–2020), Lithuanian composer, theatre manager 185:(1943–2008), Lithuanian poet, writer, playwright 49:Memorial of Red Army soldiers (removed in 2022) 299:(1861–1938), Polish philosopher and historian 218:(1951–2008), Lithuanian singer and songwriter 8: 410: 369:"Napoleon's Soldiers Finally Get a Burial" 339:Grigaliūnaitė, Violeta (8 December 2022). 191:(1939–2014), Lithuanian writer, playwright 480:1809 establishments in the Russian Empire 242:(1930–2011), poet, writer and playwright 331: 209:(1918–1995), Lithuanian painter of the 150:Category:Burials at Antakalnis Cemetery 7: 230:(1947–2002), Lithuanian poet, writer 475:Cemeteries established in the 1800s 287:(1938–1996), Lithuanian folklorist 14: 173:(1930–2010), Lithuanian architect 320:List of cemeteries in Lithuania 203:(1874–1946), Lithuanian painter 30:Memorial to the victims of the 470:Burials at Antakalnis Cemetery 269:(1897–1978), Lithuanian writer 260:(1900–1942), German sergeant, 197:(1961–2007), Lithuanian writer 92:. It was established in 1809. 16:Cemetery in Vilnius, Lithuania 1: 389:. BBC News. 29 November 2010. 315:Bernardine Cemetery (Vilnius) 171:Vytautas Edmundas Čekanauskas 224:(1923–1962), Lithuanian poet 262:Righteous Among the Nations 122:Russian invasion of Ukraine 496: 147: 135:who took part in the 1812 18: 77: 41:Graves of Polish soldiers 167:(1907–1944), Polish poet 19:Not to be confused with 240:Justinas Marcinkevičius 102:January Events of 1991 69: 61: 50: 42: 34: 465:Cemeteries in Vilnius 273:Laurynas Stankevičius 252:Vytautas Šapranauskas 48: 40: 29: 189:Romualdas Granauskas 78:Антокальскія могілкі 70:Cmentarz na Antokolu 460:Military cemeteries 432: /  404:Antakalnis Cemetery 297:Marian Zdziechowski 159:Algirdas Brazauskas 106:Medininkai Massacre 54:Antakalnis Cemetery 222:Kostas Kubilinskas 201:Juozas Kamarauskas 195:Jurga Ivanauskaitė 137:invasion of Russia 62:Antakalnio kapinės 51: 43: 35: 436:54.698°N 25.321°E 216:Vytautas Kernagis 207:Vytautas Kasiulis 144:Famous interments 487: 447: 446: 444: 443: 442: 437: 433: 430: 429: 428: 425: 414: 391: 390: 383: 377: 376: 373:The Moscow Times 365: 359: 358: 356: 354: 336: 285:Norbertas Vėlius 279:Antanas Venclova 267:Ieva Simonaitytė 177:Ričardas Gavelis 79: 495: 494: 490: 489: 488: 486: 485: 484: 450: 449: 440: 438: 434: 431: 426: 423: 421: 419: 418: 400: 395: 394: 385: 384: 380: 367: 366: 362: 352: 350: 349:(in Lithuanian) 338: 337: 333: 328: 306: 291:Rokas Žilinskas 246:Danas Pozniakas 234:Faustas Latėnas 228:Jurgis Kunčinas 211:School of Paris 165:Teodor Bujnicki 152: 146: 104:as well as the 98: 96:Soldier burials 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 493: 491: 483: 482: 477: 472: 467: 462: 452: 451: 441:54.698; 25.321 416: 415: 399: 398:External links 396: 393: 392: 378: 375:. 2 June 2003. 360: 330: 329: 327: 324: 323: 322: 317: 312: 310:Rasos Cemetery 305: 302: 301: 300: 294: 288: 282: 276: 270: 264: 255: 249: 243: 237: 231: 225: 219: 213: 204: 198: 192: 186: 180: 174: 168: 162: 145: 142: 97: 94: 32:January Events 21:Saulė Cemetery 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 492: 481: 478: 476: 473: 471: 468: 466: 463: 461: 458: 457: 455: 448: 445: 413: 409: 405: 402: 401: 397: 388: 382: 379: 374: 370: 364: 361: 348: 347: 342: 335: 332: 325: 321: 318: 316: 313: 311: 308: 307: 303: 298: 295: 292: 289: 286: 283: 280: 277: 274: 271: 268: 265: 263: 259: 256: 253: 250: 247: 244: 241: 238: 235: 232: 229: 226: 223: 220: 217: 214: 212: 208: 205: 202: 199: 196: 193: 190: 187: 184: 181: 178: 175: 172: 169: 166: 163: 160: 157: 156: 155: 151: 143: 141: 138: 134: 130: 125: 123: 119: 115: 111: 107: 103: 95: 93: 91: 87: 83: 75: 71: 67: 63: 59: 55: 47: 39: 33: 28: 22: 417: 408:Find a Grave 381: 363: 351:. Retrieved 344: 334: 258:Anton Schmid 183:Sigitas Geda 153: 129:Grande Armée 126: 118:World War II 116:soldiers of 99: 84:district of 53: 52: 439: / 110:World War I 454:Categories 427:25°19′16″E 424:54°41′53″N 326:References 148:See also: 133:Napoleon I 82:Antakalnis 74:Belarusian 58:Lithuanian 90:Lithuania 353:19 March 346:15min.lt 304:See also 114:Red Army 86:Vilnius 112:; and 66:Polish 355:2023 406:at 131:of 456:: 371:. 343:. 124:. 88:, 76:: 72:, 68:: 64:, 60:: 357:. 56:( 23:.

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Saulė Cemetery

January Events


Lithuanian
Polish
Belarusian
Antakalnis
Vilnius
Lithuania
January Events of 1991
Medininkai Massacre
World War I
Red Army
World War II
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Grande Armée
Napoleon I
invasion of Russia
Category:Burials at Antakalnis Cemetery
Algirdas Brazauskas
Teodor Bujnicki
Vytautas Edmundas Čekanauskas
Ričardas Gavelis
Sigitas Geda
Romualdas Granauskas
Jurga Ivanauskaitė
Juozas Kamarauskas
Vytautas Kasiulis

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