Tag: Kaunas

Ninth Fort of the Kaunas Fortress Facts The memorial to the victims of Nazism at the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania, was designed by sculptor A. Ambraziunas. Erected in 1984, the monument is 105 feet high. During the years of Soviet occupation, 1940–1941, the Ninth Fort was used by the NKVD to house political prisoners […]

Facts About Kaunas The city’s name is of Lithuanian origin and most likely derives from a personal name. Before Lithuania regained independence, the city was generally known in English as Kovno, the traditional Slavicized form of its name.  On 30 June 1993, the historical coat of arms of Kaunas city was re-established by a special […]