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Siauliai (shēou`lyī), Ger. Schaulen, Rus. Shavli, city (1993 pop. 147,800), N Lithuania. It is a rail hub and has railroad repair shops. Siauliai is also a major tanning, shoe-manufacturing, and flax-processing center. First known in the 13th cent., Siauliai belonged from 1589 until 1772 to the Polish crown. It passed to Russia in 1795 and to newly independent Lithuania in 1920. Siauliai was the site of a Lithuanian victory over the Livonian Knights in 1236; the German free corps was defeated there in 1919. The city was severely damaged in both World Wars. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In the northern part of Lithuania, not far from Siauliai, the counry's third largest city after the capital Vilnius, and Kaunas, the ancient capital, seemingly out of nowhere, in flat farming land, there is a mound, far too small for a mountain. That was followed by a modernization of the former Soviet long-range aviation airfield at Zokniai near Siauliai (Lithuania), where four NATO military airplanes are now based, patrolling Baltic airspace. He teaches English at the University of Siauliai in Lithuania and maintains a home in Cleveland, Ohio. |
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