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in
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. * 1916, 1989:
Three Crosses Three Crosses ( lt, Trys kryžiai, pl, Góra Trzykrzyska) is a prominent monument in Vilnius, Lithuania, on the Hill of Three Crosses, originally known as the Bald Hill ( lt, Plikasis kalnas), in Kalnai Park. According to a legend, which find ...
( lt, Trys kryžiai) was designed by a
Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...
- Lithuanian architect and sculptor
Antoni Wiwulski Antoni Wiwulski ( lt, Antanas Vivulskis; 20 February 1877 – 10 January 1919) was a Polish- Lithuanian architect and sculptor. Biography He was born 20 February 1877 in Totma, in Russia, where his father Antoni, veteran of the January Uprisin ...
in 1916. It was constructed in
Kalnai Park Kalnai Park ( lt, Kalnų parkas, literally: ''Park of Hills'') is a park between the left bank of the Neris River and right bank of the Vilnia River in Vilnius, Lithuania. It lies within the Vilnius Old Town elderate near Gediminas Hill and ...
on the Hill of Three Crosses, in the place where the three wooden crosses used to stand at least since 1636. It was torn down in 1950 by order of the
Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
authorities. A new monument built by
Stanislovas Kuzma Stanislovas Kuzma (May 7, 1947 - August 14, 2012) was a Lithuanian people, Lithuanian sculptor. His works include decorative sculptures, monuments, small sculptures, sculptural portraits, tombstones, memorials, and medals. Among them are works on s ...
after the design of Henrikas Šilgalis was erected in its place in 1989. * 1922:
Bust Bust commonly refers to: * A woman's breasts * Bust (sculpture), of head and shoulders * An arrest Bust may also refer to: Places * Bust, Bas-Rhin, a city in France *Lashkargah, Afghanistan, known as Bust historically Media * ''Bust'' (magazin ...
of Stanisław Moniuszko in a park near the Church of St. Catherine ( :lt:Vilniaus Šv. Kotrynos bažnyčia) on the Vilnius Street, architect Bolesław Bałzukiewicz. It rests on a pedestal left from the bust to
Alexander Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...
. *1924: , destroyed by a flood of
Neris The river Neris () or Viliya ( be, Ві́лія, pl, Wilia ) rises in northern Belarus. It flows westward, passing through Vilnius (Lithuania's capital) and in the south-centre of that country it flows into the Nemunas (Neman), at Kaunas, as ...
in 1938 * 1984: Adam Mickiewicz Monument, Vilnius * 1991: Memorial to victims of mass deportations, Naujoji Vilnia neighborhood by the
train station A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track and a station building providing s ...
which witnessed thousands of victims of Soviet political repressions in Lithuania deported during 1940-1941. It was the last station in the Lithuanian territory on their way to
Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive region, geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a ...
and
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
. * 2005: a memorial plaque of sand-pink marble with a bas-relief of the thinker and medieval scholar
Lev Karsavin } Lev (Leo) Platonovich Karsavin (russian: link=no, Лев Платонович Карсавин; lt, link=no, Levas Karsavinas; 13 December 1882 – 17 or 20 July 1952) is a Russian religious philosopher, historian-medievalist, and poet. Biogr ...
on the facade of the house at Didžioji Street by sculptor . * 2007: a monument to ''"the Vilnius citizen doctor Zemach Shabad, prototype of the Doctor Aybolit"'', with inscriptions in English, Yiddish, Lithuanian and Russian, at the crossroads of lt, Mėsinių g. and lt, Dysnos g., sculptor :lt:Romualdas Kvintas. *2009: is a monument in Vingis Park that symbolizes the unity of all Lithuanians in the world *A sculpture bench with a guitar in Vilnius in remembrance of singer-songwriter Vytautas Kernagis. *"Mūzų šventė" ("Festivity of Muses", also known as "Three Muses"; copper, gilding) portraying Drama (Calliope), Comedy (Thalia (Muse), Thalia) and Tragedy (Melpomene) at the façade of the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, sculptor
Stanislovas Kuzma Stanislovas Kuzma (May 7, 1947 - August 14, 2012) was a Lithuanian people, Lithuanian sculptor. His works include decorative sculptures, monuments, small sculptures, sculptural portraits, tombstones, memorials, and medals. Among them are works on s ...
Monika Grinevičiūtė
"Three Muses of Lithuanian National Drama Theater in Vilnius"
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