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Stase <I>Paulauskaite</I> Vaineikiene

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Stase Paulauskaite Vaineikiene Famous memorial

Birth
Slaveitai, Kretinga District Municipality, Klaipėda, Lithuania
Death
12 Jan 1946 (aged 61)
Vilnius, Vilnius City Municipality, Vilnius, Lithuania
Burial
Vilnius, Vilnius City Municipality, Vilnius, Lithuania Add to Map
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Author, Supreme Court Judge, Social Reformer, Educator, Patriot. She was remembered for her published memoirs of the times she was in Siberia as a young bride and being a Lithuanian patriot. This was in an era when Lithuanians were not allowed to go to school and read in their own language in an attempt to eradicate the Lithuanian culture. During the Lithuanian press ban, she was a book smuggler and distributor, a teacher (daractor), writer, poet, and cultural figure. In secrecy and going against the Russian Empire's ordinances, she taught rural children to read and write in their native Lithuanian language. Her family was Lithuanian who spoke Polish but they did learn their native language. She was well-educated in Lomza, a girl's boarding in Poland, studying literature, art, music, and learned to play the piano. As a sixteen-year-old bride, she married an older man, Dr. Liudas Vaineikio in 1900. The couple made their home in a Baltic seaside resort city of Palanga, Lithuania. Her husband was already a well-known Lithuanian patriot and fighting the press ban. For these actions, in 1902, she and her husband were put in exile in Siberia for two years being released only after the press ban was abandoned. Within a short time, the couple was supporting the rebels in the Russian Revolution. Running from the horrors of the World War I, they fled to Russia and then to Central Asia to the city of Bukhara in Uzbekistan. They returned home in 1921. In 1922, she helped Palanga start a high school and became a teacher at the school. She helped with the much-needed improvements of the sanitation system of the city. Her patriotic articles about her motherland were published in the magazine "Culture", and she collaborated with those who were publishing the "Lithuanian Dictionary of Languages". She was a participant in the January 1923 uprising in her family's hometown in Klaipėda and for this, she received the Silver Medal of the Klaipėda Sequestration. In 1931, she wrote "Palanga Remembrance", which documented in detail her and husband's life in Palanga at the turn of the century. Then in 1935 to 1936, she wrote about her adventures in a Trilogy, called "Books from Lithuania Cross Roads", which was about the acts leading to exile to Siberia, life's hardships while in exile and the uprising that she started during the exile. In 1938 to 1939, she wrote another book of memoirs "Refugee Notes", which was about life in Central Asia. She wrote a novel "Shell of 1905" which was about revolutionary developments in the Lowlands, but this manuscript disappeared. After the writer's death, her son, Jurgis, re-released her novel "The Count of People" in 1958 and “Vaisvila” in 1959 and 1993. Although her husband was a physician, her books and boarding summer visitors were the main income as his patients rarely paid him. In 1938, she became a widow. After the Soviets came to occupy their country in 1940, she helped established a weaving mill for her community as a means of support and was elected for a brief time to the Lithuanian People's Parliament. Later, she was elected to the Supreme Court of the Lithuanian SSR and relocated to the city of Kaunas. Upon the World War II, the Supreme Court was transferred to Vilnius, so she settled in Vilnius where she died. Her biography was published in "Famous Women from Lithuania: 19th Century and 20th Century." She was a fragile woman, the mother of three children, and was a whirlwind of historical events. Her social and cultural activities left a striking footprint not only in the history of Lithuania but in the world as a whole. Her home became the most important meeting place of society and cultural figures of that time. In 1973, the house was demolished, but the community decided to have a park with a monument of her husband, Dr. Vaineikis, at the site. In 1989, a bronze bust was created by sculptor J. Jagėlis and dedicated on what would have been her husband's 120th birthday. Also, at the site there is a memorial marker with Stase Vaineikiene's name and dates along with her husband's.
Author, Supreme Court Judge, Social Reformer, Educator, Patriot. She was remembered for her published memoirs of the times she was in Siberia as a young bride and being a Lithuanian patriot. This was in an era when Lithuanians were not allowed to go to school and read in their own language in an attempt to eradicate the Lithuanian culture. During the Lithuanian press ban, she was a book smuggler and distributor, a teacher (daractor), writer, poet, and cultural figure. In secrecy and going against the Russian Empire's ordinances, she taught rural children to read and write in their native Lithuanian language. Her family was Lithuanian who spoke Polish but they did learn their native language. She was well-educated in Lomza, a girl's boarding in Poland, studying literature, art, music, and learned to play the piano. As a sixteen-year-old bride, she married an older man, Dr. Liudas Vaineikio in 1900. The couple made their home in a Baltic seaside resort city of Palanga, Lithuania. Her husband was already a well-known Lithuanian patriot and fighting the press ban. For these actions, in 1902, she and her husband were put in exile in Siberia for two years being released only after the press ban was abandoned. Within a short time, the couple was supporting the rebels in the Russian Revolution. Running from the horrors of the World War I, they fled to Russia and then to Central Asia to the city of Bukhara in Uzbekistan. They returned home in 1921. In 1922, she helped Palanga start a high school and became a teacher at the school. She helped with the much-needed improvements of the sanitation system of the city. Her patriotic articles about her motherland were published in the magazine "Culture", and she collaborated with those who were publishing the "Lithuanian Dictionary of Languages". She was a participant in the January 1923 uprising in her family's hometown in Klaipėda and for this, she received the Silver Medal of the Klaipėda Sequestration. In 1931, she wrote "Palanga Remembrance", which documented in detail her and husband's life in Palanga at the turn of the century. Then in 1935 to 1936, she wrote about her adventures in a Trilogy, called "Books from Lithuania Cross Roads", which was about the acts leading to exile to Siberia, life's hardships while in exile and the uprising that she started during the exile. In 1938 to 1939, she wrote another book of memoirs "Refugee Notes", which was about life in Central Asia. She wrote a novel "Shell of 1905" which was about revolutionary developments in the Lowlands, but this manuscript disappeared. After the writer's death, her son, Jurgis, re-released her novel "The Count of People" in 1958 and “Vaisvila” in 1959 and 1993. Although her husband was a physician, her books and boarding summer visitors were the main income as his patients rarely paid him. In 1938, she became a widow. After the Soviets came to occupy their country in 1940, she helped established a weaving mill for her community as a means of support and was elected for a brief time to the Lithuanian People's Parliament. Later, she was elected to the Supreme Court of the Lithuanian SSR and relocated to the city of Kaunas. Upon the World War II, the Supreme Court was transferred to Vilnius, so she settled in Vilnius where she died. Her biography was published in "Famous Women from Lithuania: 19th Century and 20th Century." She was a fragile woman, the mother of three children, and was a whirlwind of historical events. Her social and cultural activities left a striking footprint not only in the history of Lithuania but in the world as a whole. Her home became the most important meeting place of society and cultural figures of that time. In 1973, the house was demolished, but the community decided to have a park with a monument of her husband, Dr. Vaineikis, at the site. In 1989, a bronze bust was created by sculptor J. Jagėlis and dedicated on what would have been her husband's 120th birthday. Also, at the site there is a memorial marker with Stase Vaineikiene's name and dates along with her husband's.

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  • Originally Created by: Linda Davis
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171927001/stase-vaineikiene: accessed ), memorial page for Stase Paulauskaite Vaineikiene (31 Mar 1884–12 Jan 1946), Find a Grave Memorial ID 171927001, citing Rasos Cemetery, Vilnius, Vilnius City Municipality, Vilnius, Lithuania; Maintained by Find a Grave.