Varpas Society (varpas means bell) was a cultural society active in Šiauliai, then part of the Russian Empire and later Lithuania, from 1908 to 1923. Almost every Saturday it would host an event. Its amateur theater staged some 100 different plays up to 1915 when the city was occupied by the Germans during World War I.[1] Its choir and a string orchestra organized various concerts while educational lectures were delivered by prominent figures in Lithuanian culture. The society maintained a small library, but it was destroyed during the war. The society was abolished by the Ober Ost officials but was reestablished in 1917. Faced with post-war difficulties and frequently changing leadership, it was not very active and was officially dissolved in 1923.
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VarpasSociety (varpas means bell) was a cultural society active in Šiauliai, then part of the Russian Empire and later Lithuania, from 1908 to 1923....
to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Varpas, became the Lithuanian national anthem. Editorial staff of Varpas later started two more specialized publications:...
participant in Lithuanian cultural life. He was an active member of the VarpasSociety. During this time, Bielskis supported the Constitutional Democratic...
Lithuanian language (it was replaced with letter V, notably by authors of the Varpas newspaper). The usage of letter V instead of W especially increased since...
more relevant to Lithuanian peasants and featured performances by the VarpasSociety of which Zubov was a member. In 1908, Zubov established a diary which...
founded the secret society Lietuva ("Lithuania"). The following year the society began publishing the clandestine newspaper Varpas ("The Bell"), which...
with other Lithuanian activists, particularly those working to publish Varpas, and began contributing more actively to the Lithuanian press. After graduating...
widely covered in the Lithuanian press, particularly by Jonas Vileišis in Varpas and Naujienos. This coverage helped to spread the idea that Vilnius was...
or chairman of various Lithuanian societies, including Žvaigždė and Jėga that organized Lithuanian schools and Varpas that organized amateur theater performances...
Petersburg, then capital of the Russian Empire, for jobs and education. In 1900, Varpas estimated that there were about 10,000 Lithuanians in the city. According...
The Voluntary Sports Societies (VSS) of the USSR (Russian: Добровольные спортивные общества (ДСО) СССР, Dobrobolvolnye Sportivye Obshestva SSSR (DSO SSSR))...
abolished in Lithuanian (it was replaced with V, notably by authors of the Varpas newspaper). The usage of V instead of W especially increased since the early...
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Catholic Žvaigždė [lt] for forty years (1903–1943). He assisted in editing Varpas (1891–1892) and Tėvynės sargas and Žinyčia (1901–1902). Milukas was born...
1892, he attended a meeting of Varpas contributors and publishers. From 1893, he contributed poems and short news to Varpas and Ūkininkas. In 1892–1897,...
publications. He also contributed articles to Lithuanian periodicals Ūkininkas and Varpas. Due to such pro-Lithuanian activities, Alseika was expelled from the gymnasium...
plays that could be performed during such evenings, Lithuanian monthly Varpas announced a contest for Lithuanian plays. Brothers Vilkutaitis using pen...
place for Lithuanian intellectuals who published the Lithuanian newspaper Varpas and established the Lithuanian Democratic Party in 1902. Putvinskis also...
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