Saliamonas Banaitis
Saliamonas Banaitis (born July 15, 1866 in Vaitiekupiai (now Rajongemeinde Šakiai ), Wolost Sintautai , Russian Empire , † May 4, 1933 in Kaunas ) was a Lithuanian politician, printer and publisher.
Life
He grew up in the farmer's family. From 1880 he studied at the Marijampolė High School . He completed the accounting and commerce courses in Peterburg . From 1902 he lived in Lithuania, from 1904 in Kaunas . In 1905 he founded his own printing house , the first Lithuanian in the city after the ban on Lithuanian printing in what was then Russia. From 1905 to 1914 1.3 million copies of the books and 1.7 million copies of the newspaper numbers were printed. December 1905 he took part in Didysis Vilniaus Seimas . In 1917 he was selected as a member of Lietuvos Taryba at the Vilnius Conference . In 1918 he was a co-founder and board member of the bank Lietuvos prekybos ir pramonės bankas , from 1919 head of the Šakiai district . In 1919 he founded the Lietuvos žemdirbių sąjunga association . From 1920 he lived in Kaunas and was manager of Kaunas station . From 1926 he studied law at the law faculty of the Lietuvos universitetas .
His grave is in the Petrašiūnai cemetery .
In 1997 a street in Romainiai was renamed after S. Banaitis.
literature
- Vilius Užtupas. Saliamonas Banaitis: spaustuvininkas, kultūros veikėjas, Lietuvos Nepriklausomybės Akto signataras. - V .: VDA Leidykla, 2002. - 319 p .: iliustr. - ISBN 9986-571-78-2
Web links
- Petras Katinas. Likę gyvi žmonių atmintyje (Lithuanian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Banaitis, Saliamonas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian politician, printer and publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vaitiekupiai (now the Rajongemeinde Šakiai ), Wolost Sintautai , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4, 1933 |
| Place of death | Kaunas |