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Favourable Conditions for the Expansion of the Settlement
The name of Šiauliai city was first mentioned in the 16th century, on June 11, 1524, in the letter of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Žygimantas Senasis, by which Šiauliai rural district was transferred to the bishop of Vilnius, Jonas. ... Read more
19
Jan
2018
Growth of Šiauliai City and the Great Constructions
Foundations of Šiauliai city formation are clearly visible in the historical sources of the 17th century. The documents of 1649 and 1650 mention Vilniaus, Rūdės, Dvaro streets, the names of which have survived to this day. It is kno... Read more
23
Jan
2018
The Emergence of Šiauliai Crown Estate (Economy) and its Significance for the State
In 1616, Šiauliai crown estate, called economy, starts operating. It is an institution uniting and governing royal manors and their lands in the region from Šiauliai manor, established in Šiauliai. The manor house was wooden before ... Read more
23
Jan
2018
The City in the Times of Antanas Tyzenhauzas’s Administration
Not all coercive reforms bring merely bad consequences and offer no beneficial innovations that the country was lacking until then. Also, not all tyrants can only be narcissists thirsty for power with no innovative and progressive thin... Read more
23
Jan
2018
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
The Modernizing City
Even before the end of the 19th century, lighting of main streets and houses, financed from the city budget, was equipped. In the 20th century, lighting was equipped by private enterprises: Ch. Frenkelis’s tannery, tannery of brother... Read more
29
Jan
2018
The City’s Cultural Life – the Dawn of Awakening Consciousness
The city’s stronger economy and administrative apparatus was followed by the emergence of various organizations, movements and the like. As new educational and medical institutions were set up, the intelligentsia also grew, because m... Read more
29
Jan
2018
The Importance of the City for the Newly Created State
After the First World War, it did not take long for Šiauliai to stand on its feet, and the city’s inhabitants were among the most active creators of the foundations for the internal life and politics of the new state. Šiauliai self... Read more
29
Jan
2018