Lithuanian Uruguayans Explained

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

External links

• Book: Renzo Pi Hugarte

. Pi Hugarte. Renzo. Vidart. Daniel. Renzo Pi Hugarte. Daniel Vidart. El legado de los inmigrantes. Nuestra Tierra. Montevideo. 1970.

Notes and References

1. http://www.azuolynas-uruguay.org/ACUL/ACUL.htm Uruguay-Lithuania Cultural Association
2. Web site: 100 years of Jewish institutional presence in Uruguay . 21 May 2019 . ORT Uruguay.
3. Web site: Immigration to Uruguay . INE . 6 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130816123632/http://www.ine.gub.uy/biblioteca/Inmigrantes%20Internacionales%20y%20Retornados%20en%20Uruguay.pdf . 16 August 2013 .