The Nemunas River, Birštonas Observation Tower, Lithuania (Part 2 of 2)

The Nemunas was the main river of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, but its lower reaches and mouth lay within the borders of the Teutonic Knights and subsequent Prussian states.

After the Third Partition of Poland, it formed the border between the Prussian and Russian partitions. From 1807, when the Duchy of Warsaw, and later the Congress Kingdom of Poland, was established in part of the Prussian partition, the Nemunas formed the border with the territories annexed to Russia.

From September 23–28, 1920, one of the largest battles of the Polish-Soviet War (1919–1921) took place in the Nemunas region between units of the Polish Army under the command of Józef Piłsudski and Soviet forces under the command of Mikhail Tukhachevsky, ending in a Polish victory and the Russian withdrawal.

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The Nemunas River, Birštonas Observation Tower, Lithuania (Part 1 of 2)

It is Lithuania’s largest river, with a total length of approximately 937 km, of which approximately 475 km flows through Lithuanian territory. The Nemunas originates near Minsk in Belarus and flows through Lithuania, then through the Kaliningrad Oblast, emptying into the Curonian Lagoon on the Baltic Sea.

In Lithuania, the Nemunas forms a valley ranging from 1 to 4 km wide, often meandering, and its current is calm and slow, especially in its lower reaches. The river valley is picturesque, with numerous islands and sandy shallows, and in its lower reaches, attractions such as the “Dydysis Dzukijos Akmuo” erratic boulder – an inanimate natural monument.

The Nemunas Delta, located at its mouth on the Baltic Sea, creates an extensive network of channels and canals, and on the island of Rusnė – Lithuania’s largest island – there is a large town with a population of approximately 2,500.

The most important cities in Lithuania on the Nemunas River include Druskininkai, Alytus, Kaunas, and smaller towns such as Merkini and Nemunaitis.

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Ta płyta kojarzy mi się z sp Tatą. Tak, należał do fanów Czesława Niemena.w domowym archiwum znajdują się mnóstwo unikatowych winyli sprzed 50-60 lat. #music #vinyls #niemen #inMemoriam #padre #memories #polishMusic #the100pics this world is strange
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Ta płyta kojarzy mi się z sp Tatą. Tak, należał do fanów Czesława Niemena.w domowym archiwum znajdują się mnóstwo unikatowych winyli sprzed 50-60 lat. #music #vinyls #niemen #inMemoriam #padre #memories #polishMusic #the100pics this world is strange

Historia de la música electrónica popular: 1976: La catarsis de Niemen https://historiadelamusicaelectronicapopular.blogspot.com/2024/04/1976-la-catarsis-de-niemen.html #progrock #electronicmusic #Niemen Katharsis - 1976

Historia de la música electrónica popular: 1971: El álbum rojo de Niemen https://historiadelamusicaelectronicapopular.blogspot.com/2023/10/1971-el-album-rojo-de-niemen.html #Niemen #Polska Red album (Człowiek jam niewdzięczny) - 1971 #progrock

Historia de la música electrónica popular: 1970: El enigmático Niemen https://historiadelamusicaelectronicapopular.blogspot.com/2023/10/1970-el-enigmatico-niemen.html
#Niemen #progrock #Polonian Enigmatic - 1970

Yak-9UM This is - amazingly - not a restoration of one of the thousands of the Yak-9s built in Soviet Russia during WW2, but a new-built example, using original drawings, by the Yakovlev concern in Russia. The main change from the original specification was to install a U.S. Allison V-1710 engine, rather than the Klimov VK-107A. This aircraft is seen at Sevierville, Tennessee at the Tennessee Aviation Museum and is in the colours of the famed Escadrille Normandie-Nieman, a Free French unit which fought on the Eastern Front during WW2. #warbird #Russian #Yakovlev #Yak #Yak9 #Sevierville #Tennessee #USA #avgeek #WW2 #fighter #aviation #Museum #SovietRussia #Allison #Allisonengine #warfare #Klimov #French #FreeFrench #EasternFront #Russia #EscadrilleNormandieNiemen #Normandie #Niemen