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The yeshiva in Slobodka (Vilijampolė) was one of Europe's most prestigious institutes of higher Jewish learning.

Kaunas
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Kaunas

Lithuania

Country
Lithuania
Population
292.3K
Coordinates
54.90, 23.90
667th most populous city in the world

Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania, the fourth-largest city in the Baltic States, and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Trakai Palatinate since 1413.

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