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The Origins of the Jewish Community Development in the City

Initially, the city that has always been known as standing in the localities exclusively inhabited by Lithuanians, reluctantly let in the representatives of other peoples. The city let in the first Jewish merchants, who decided to sett... Read more
23
Jan
2018

Building of Trade Routes and Urban Growth

In the late 18th century and the early 19th century, the detailed picture of Šiauliai, recorded in the city plan drawn up in 1800-1801, is already known. It is the first city plan and one of the first such cartographic works in the hi... Read more
29
Jan
2018

Development of the City’s Industry

The economic and industrial potential of the city was promoted by emerging local enterprises. Šiauliai of the early 19th century can be called an agrarian and commercial city, where the majority of the population was engaged in agricu... Read more
29
Jan
2018

External Changes of Šiauliai City

It can be stated that the damage made by occupations to the city was beneficial: it was an impetus to start the renovation of the city’s infrastructure. Šiauliai municipality started promoting the city’s inhabitants to build two-t... Read more
29
Jan
2018

The Contribution of Šiauliai Jews to the City’s Industrial and Financial Activities

After the war, the industry quickly recovered reaching the level of the pre-war period, as there were active representatives of the Jewish community in the city. In principal, their active manufacturing and trading activities formed th... Read more
31
Jan
2018

Industrial Situation in the City

In 1950, there were already 27 enterprises in Šiauliai – only by one third less than before the city’s bombarding during the Second World War. The most distinguished were representatives of leather, textile and knitwear products. ... Read more
01
Feb
2018
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