Lithuania Vilnius Antakalnis Cemetery Musoleum

Antakalnis Cemetery ( lt, Antakalnio kapinės, pl, Cmentarz na Antokolu, be, Антокальскія могілкі), sometimes referred as Antakalnis Military Cemetery, is an active cemetery in the

Antakalnis Antakalnis (''literally'' lt, 'the place on hills', adapted in pl, Antokol) is an eldership in the Vilnius city municipality, Lithuania. Antakalnis is one of the oldest, and largest historical suburbs of Vilnius City. It is in the eastern s ...

district of

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

. It was established in 1809.

Soldier burials

12 of the 14 victims of attacks during the January Events of 1991 by forces of the

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, as well as the Medininkai Massacre, are buried here. Other graves include those of Polish soldiers who perished in 1919–20; a memorial of Lithuanian as well as German and Russian soldiers fallen in

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; and

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...

soldiers of

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(constructed in 1951, rebuilt 1976–84). In 2003, more than 3,000 French and other soldiers of the

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Napoleon I Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

who took part in the 1812 invasion of Russia 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 more soldiers from the army who were dumped into a different area were reburied in November 2010.

Famous interments

The famous people buried in the Antakalnis Cemetery include: *

Algirdas Brazauskas Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas (, 1932 – 2010) was the first President (fourth overall) of a newly re-independent post-Soviet Lithuania from 1993 to 1998 and Prime Minister from 2001 to 2006. He also served as head of the Communist Party of Li ...

(1932–2010), politician, first president of independent Lithuania, elected in 1993 *

Teodor Bujnicki Teodor Bujnicki (13 December 1907 – 27 November 1944) was a Polish poet, and member of the literary group ''Żagary''. During World War II, Bujnicki was condemned for "collaboration with Soviet occupants" in Vilnius after Lithuania's incorporati ...

(1907–1944), Polish poet * Vytautas Edmundas Čekanauskas (1930–2010), Lithuanian architect * Ričardas Gavelis (1950–2002), Lithuanian writer, playwright, and journalist * Sigitas Geda (1943–2008), Lithuanian poet, writer, playwright *

Romualdas Granauskas Romualdas Granauskas (18 May 1939 – 28 October 2014) was a Lithuanian/Samogitian author and dramaturge. He was born in Mažeikiai, Lithuania. Biography After finishing youth labour school in Seda, he worked with the Lithuanian newspaper "M� ...

(1939–2014), Lithuanian writer, playwright *

Jurga Ivanauskaitė Jurga Ivanauskaitė (14 November 1961 – 17 February 2007) was a Lithuanian writer. She was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. While studying at the Vilnius Art Academy, she wrote her first book, ''The Year of the Lilies of the Valley'', published ...

(1961–2007), Lithuanian writer *

Juozas Kamarauskas Juozas Kamarauskas (1874–1946) was a Lithuanian Painting, painter. See also *List of Lithuanian painters References *Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia External links

1874 births 1946 deaths People from Širvintos District Municip ...

(1874–1946), Lithuanian painter * Vytautas Kasiulis (1918–1995), Lithuanian painter of the

School of Paris The School of Paris (french: École de Paris) refers to the French and émigré artists who worked in Paris in the first half of the 20th century. The School of Paris was not a single art movement or institution, but refers to the importance ...

Vytautas Kernagis Vytautas Kernagis (May 19, 1951 – March 15, 2008) was a Lithuanian singer-songwriter, bard, actor, director, and television announcer. He is considered a pioneer of Lithuanian sung poetry. Career Vytautas Kernagis was born to the family o ...

(1951–2008), Lithuanian singer and songwriter * Kostas Kubilinskas (1923–1962), Lithuanian poet *

Jurgis Kunčinas Jurgis Kunčinas (13 January 1947 in Alytus, Lithuania – 13 December 2002) was a poet, novelist, translator and essayist. He has been described as the chronicler of Soviet bohemianism, who poeticized the individual's internal autonomy as an ...

(1947–2002), Lithuanian poet, writer *

Faustas Latėnas Faustas Latėnas (16 May 19563 November 2020) was a Lithuanian composer, theatre manager, politician and diplomat. He composed mostly incidental music, and also scores for films and television. He was vice-minister of the Lithuanian Ministry of ...

(1956–2020), Lithuanian composer, theatre manager *

Justinas Marcinkevičius Justinas Marcinkevičius (10 March 1930 – 16 February 2011) was a prominent Lithuanian poet and playwright. Life and career Marcinkevičius was born in 1930 in Važatkiemis, Prienai District. In 1954, he graduated from the Faculty of His ...

(1930–2011), poet, writer and playwright * Danas Pozniakas (1939–2005), Lithuanian boxer, the first Olympic champion from Lithuania * Vytautas Šapranauskas (1958–2013), theater and film actor, television presenter, humorist * Anton Schmid (1900–1942), German sergeant,

Righteous Among the Nations Righteous Among the Nations ( he, חֲסִידֵי אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם, ; "righteous (plural) of the world's nations") is an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to sav ...

Ieva Simonaitytė Ieva Simonaitytė or Ewa Simoneit (23 January 1897 – 27 August 1978) was a Lithuanian writer. She represented the culture of Lithuania Minor and Klaipėda Region, territories of German East Prussia with historically large, but dwindling, Lith ...

(1897–1978), Lithuanian writer *

Laurynas Stankevičius Laurynas Mindaugas Stankevičius (10 August 1935 – 17 March 2017) was a Lithuanian economist and politician who served as the 7th Prime Minister of Lithuania from February to November 1996. He previously served as the Minister of Social Securit ...

(1935–2017), Lithuanian politician, Prime Minister of Lithuania * Antanas Venclova (1906–1979), Lithuanian and Soviet writer and politician *

Norbertas Vėlius Norbertas Vėlius (1 January 1938 in Gulbės, near Šilalė – 23 June 1996 in Vilnius, buried in the Antakalnis Cemetery) was a Lithuanian folklorist specializing in Lithuanian mythology Lithuanian mythology ( lt, Lietuvių mitologija) is ...

(1938–1996), Lithuanian folklorist *

Rokas Žilinskas Rokas Žilinskas (20 July 1972 – 6 June 2017) was a Lithuanian journalist and politician. He was elected to the Seimas in 2008 and was a member of the Lithuanian Parliament until his death. He was the first openly gay member of the parliament. ...

(1972–2017), Lithuanian journalist and politician *

Marian Zdziechowski Marian Zdziechowski (30 April 1861, Nowosiółki, Minsk Governorate – 5 October 1938, Wilno) was a Polish philosopher, Slavist, publicist and cultural historian. He was a critic of fascist and communist totalitarianism, and was considered ...

(1861–1938), Polish philosopher and historian

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 Poles and Lithuanians. Famous people buried here include members of Ogiński and Zawisza noble families, Lithuanian cultural figure Danielius Alseika (1881–1936), Lithuanian linguist

Jonas Kazlauskas Jonas Kazlauskas (born 21 November 1954) is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach and former player. He was most recently the head coach of the Guangdong Southern Tigers in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Playing career Kazlauskas ...

(1930–1970), Lithuanian cultural figure

Petras Kraujalis Petras Kraujalis (8 July 1882 – 14 August 1933) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest, editor, and publicist who was active in Vilnius Region. Biography Petras Kraujelis studied at Jelgava Gymnasium, Mitau Gymnasium, but was expelled for ...

(1882–1933), sculptor-modernist Teodoras Valaitis (1934–1974), Józef Zawadzki (1781–1838), the editor of the first poems of

Adam Mickiewicz Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (; 24 December 179826 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. A principal figure in Polish Ro ...

, Wincenta Zawadzka (1824–1894), author of the first Lithuanian cookbook, printed in Polish as "Kucharka Litewska" ("Lithuanian cook").

References

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