Naujoji Vilnia
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Naujoji Vilnia is an
History
New Vileika emerged as a separate town in the second half of the 19th century when the
In 1878, industrialists Wyszwianski and Szereszewski hailing from Berlin came to Naujoji Vilnia and established a German-Russian nail factory with 90 workers. In 1882, the factory was bought by the wealthiest man in Lübeck of the time Emil Possehl. Additionally, 60 specialists from Styria were invited to work at the plant. Raw materials, from which scythes were produced were from Emil Possehl's steel factory in Sweden. In 1886, 1 million scythes were produced a year. In 1900 scythes produced in Naujoji Vilnia were demonstrated at The 1900 World's Fair in Paris. In 1905 there were 450 laborers working in the factory. Before World War I, already more than 3 million scythes were produced at the factory annually. The scythes and nail factory in Naujoji Vilnia was the largest in the World at the time.[2][3]
In 1911, The Church of St. Casimir was built.
During mass deportations to Siberia in June 1941, some 30,000 deportees passed through the Naujoji Vilnia railway station. After World War II, former shops were nationalized by the Soviet authorities and converted into large factories for machine tools, agricultural equipment and other factories. In 1957 it was incorporated into Vilnius city.
In May 1991, pro-
Demographics
During the last two decades between the 2001 and 2021 censuses, the percentage of Lithuanians grew from 29,5% to 47,9% (17,493 persons), while the percentage of Poles shrank from 34,2% to 26,4% (9,646 inhabitants), Russians — from 19,8% to 13,3% (4,858 persons), Belarusians from 9% to 5,8% (2,105 inhabitants), Ukrainians — from 1,5% to 1,1% (390). There were also 2,008 inhabitants of other ethnicity.
Notable people
- Tadeusz Konwicki, Polish writer
Twin towns
Footnotes
- ^ "Vilniaus apskritis (Vilnius county), 2011 Census". Lietuvos statistikos departamentas.
- ^ Didžiausias pasaulyje dalgių fabrikas – tik viena Naujosios Vilnios įdomybė
- ^ Dalgių fabrikas
References
- Simas Sužiedėlis, ed. (1970–1978). "Naujoji Vilnia". LCCN 74-114275.