Kovno, Russian Empire

E200019
administrative center historical city

Kovno, Russian Empire was a major city in the western part of the Russian Empire (now Kaunas, Lithuania), known as an important administrative, cultural, and commercial center in the region.

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Label Occurrences
Kovno, Russian Empire canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative center ⓘ
historical city ⓘ
administrativeRole governorate capital ⓘ
commonLanguagesSpoken Lithuanian ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
fortifications Kaunas Fortress ⓘ
governorateAbolished 1915 ⓘ
governorateEstablished 1843 ⓘ
hadSignificantCommunity Jewish population ⓘ
Lithuanian population ⓘ
Polish population ⓘ
Russian officials and military ⓘ
historicalEra Russian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Russian period
historicalNameOf Kaunas ⓘ
knownFor administrative importance ⓘ
commercial activity ⓘ
cultural life ⓘ
languageOfAdministration Russian ⓘ
locatedAtConfluenceWith Neris River ⓘ
locatedIn Kovno Governorate ⓘ
Northwestern Krai of the Russian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Northwestern Krai

western Russian Empire ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Neman River ⓘ
nameInGerman Kovno ⓘ
surface form: Kowno
nameInLithuanian Kaunas ⓘ
nameInPolish Kovno ⓘ
surface form: Kowno
nameInRussian Kovno ⓘ
surface form: Ковно
nameInYiddish קאוונא ⓘ
presentDayCountry Lithuania ⓘ
presentDayLocation Kaunas ⓘ
region Baltic states ⓘ
surface form: Baltic region

historical Lithuania ⓘ
religiousCenters Catholic churches ⓘ
Orthodox churches ⓘ
synagogues ⓘ
strategicImportance military fortress city ⓘ
successorCityName Kaunas ⓘ
surface form: Kaunas, Lithuania
successorPoliticalEntity Lithuania ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Lithuania
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
transportRole railway junction ⓘ
river port ⓘ
wasCapitalOf Kovno Governorate ⓘ
wasPartOf Russian Empire ⓘ
Russian Partition of Poland ⓘ
surface form: Russian partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Referenced by (2)

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Emma Goldman → placeOfBirth → Kovno, Russian Empire ⓘ
Goldman → placeOfBirth → Kovno, Russian Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Emma Goldman