Cultural Evening "Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland Alexander Jagiellon"

On February 26, at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, the model of the monument to Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland Alexander Jagiellon was presented. The model was created by renowned Ukrainian artists Oles Sydoruk and Borys Krylov. During the cultural evening, the Rector of Vilnius University, historian Prof. Dr. Rimvydas Petrauskas, delivered a lecture titled "Alexander Jagiellon: The Foreboding of a New Era." The music of this era was performed by Rūta Vox and Vilimas Norkūnas. 

 

Greetings and words of appreciation were expressed by: 

 

President of the Republic of Lithuania, Dr. Gitanas Nausėda, 

Deputy Minister of Culture, Dr. Ingrida Veliutė, 

Sculptor and author of the Alexander Jagiellon monument model, Oles Sydoruk, 

Mayor of Kaunas, Visvaldas Matijošaitis, 

Mayor of Pasvalys District Municipality, Gintautas Gegužinskas, 

General Director of the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania Museum, Dr. Vydas Dolinskas, 

Patron, founder of the "PK Fund", and donor of the Alexander Jagiellon monument model, Dr. Pranas Kiznis.