A Lithuanian Uruguayan is a Uruguayan citizen who is fully or partially of Lithuanian descent.
Lithuanians migrated to Uruguay mostly during the 1920s and 1930s; they eventually reached the 10,000-people-mark. They established their own institutions, such as the Uruguay-Lithuania Cultural Association[1] and several Lithuanian-language newspapers, notably Naujoji Banga.
There is also a small Lithuanian Jewish community in Montevideo.[2]
The 2011 Uruguayan census revealed 104 people who declared Lithuania as their country of birth.[3]
Notable people
edit- Zoma Baitler, artist
- Koba Brazionis, rugby union player
- Ladislao Brazionis, footballer
- Victorio Cieslinskas, Olympic basketball player (bronze in 1952)
- Vladas Doukšas, footballer
- Eduardo Gudynas, scientist
- José Gurvich, painter
- Freddy Nieuchowicz (born 1968), radio host and entertainer known by his stage name Orlando Petinatti
- Leonel Pilipauskas, footballer
- Lilián Abracinskas, female activist
- Nicolás Vikonis, footballer
- Sergio Gorzy, sports journalist and television presenter
References
edit- ^ Uruguay-Lithuania Cultural Association Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "100 years of Jewish institutional presence in Uruguay" (PDF). ORT Uruguay. Retrieved 21 May 2019. (in Spanish)
- ^ "Immigration to Uruguay" (PDF). INE. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013. (in Spanish)
External links
edit- Pi Hugarte, Renzo; Vidart, Daniel (1970). El legado de los inmigrantes (PDF). Montevideo: Nuestra Tierra. (in Spanish)
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