Kovno

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:city
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Kaunas
gptkbp:currentName gptkb:Kaunas
gptkbp:founded 14th century
gptkbp:historicalRegion gptkb:Kovno_Governorate
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kovno
gptkbp:language gptkb:Russian
gptkb:Yiddish
Lithuanian
Polish
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Lithuania
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Soviet_deportations
gptkb:Holocaust_in_Lithuania
gptkb:Kaunas_Biennial
gptkb:Kaunas_Fortress_defense_(WWI)
gptkb:Kaunas_International_Film_Festival
gptkb:Kaunas_Jazz_Festival
gptkb:Kaunas_Spring_(1972)
gptkb:Kaunas_massacre_(1941)
gptkb:Kaunas_pogrom_(1941)
gptkb:Kovno_Ghetto
gptkb:Kovno_Ghetto_Uprising
gptkb:Kovno_Pogrom
Interwar capital of Lithuania
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Žalgiris_Arena
gptkb:Kaunas_University_of_Technology
gptkb:Vytautas_Magnus_University
gptkb:Aleksotas_Jewish_Cemetery
gptkb:Choral_Synagogue_of_Kaunas
gptkb:Kaunas_State_Musical_Theatre
gptkbp:notableLandmark gptkb:Kaunas_Castle
gptkb:Town_Hall_Square
gptkb:Ninth_Fort
gptkb:Vytautas_the_Great_Church
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Leah_Goldberg
gptkb:Chiune_Sugihara
gptkb:Emma_Goldman
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Russian_Empire
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:Nazi_Germany_(during_WWII)
gptkb:Poland-Lithuania
gptkbp:population ~300,000
gptkbp:populationBeforeWWII ~35,000
gptkbp:river gptkb:Neman_River
gptkbp:sportsTeam gptkb:BC_Žalgiris
gptkb:FK_Kauno_Žalgiris
gptkbp:twinCity gptkb:Graz
gptkb:Lviv
gptkb:Tampere
gptkb:Wrocław
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus Tentative List (Modernist Architecture)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pale_of_Settlement
gptkb:Rabbi_Yitzchak_Elchanan_Spektor
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5