Lithuanian Uruguayans

Memorial in the Republic of Lithuania Square, Montevideo, featuring the traditional Columns of Gediminas.

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

• 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

1. Uruguay-Lithuania Cultural Association Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
2. "100 years of Jewish institutional presence in Uruguay" (PDF). ORT Uruguay. Retrieved 21 May 2019. (in Spanish)
3. "Immigration to Uruguay" (PDF). INE. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013. (in Spanish)

External links

• Pi Hugarte, Renzo; Vidart, Daniel (1970). El legado de los inmigrantes (PDF). Montevideo: Nuestra Tierra. (in Spanish)