Prezidento rūmai Kaune

LTKnygoje pasakojama apie vieną išskirtinį Kauno pastatą ir jame gyvenusius bei dirbusius žmones. Buvusi gan kukli rezidencija šiandien gali pasigirti anaiptol nekuklia istorija. Tvirtos mūro sienos ir tarp jų vykęs gyvenimas leidžia papasakoti beveik dviejų pastarųjų šimtmečių miesto ir valstybės gyvenimą. Kauno gubernijos gubernatorius ir kanceliarija, vokiečių okupacinė karinė valdžia per Pirmąjį pasaulinį karą, Lietuvos valstybės Prezidentai ir kanceliarija, marionetinis prezidentas pirmosios sovietų okupacijos metais, Reichskomisariatas ir vokiečių nacionalsocialistų darbininkų partija per Antrąjį pasaulinį karą, pionieriai ir mokytojai sovietų okupacijos metais, galiausiai muziejaus darbuotojai bei lankytojai - štai kokiu plačiu rezidentų spektru iki šiol stebina istorinis pastatas Kaune, Vilniaus g. 33, šiandien vadinamas Istorine Lietuvos Respublikos Prezidentūra. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Lietuvos istorija; Architektūra; Kaunas; Prezidentai; Pastatai; The Lithuanian history; Archaeology; Kaunas; Presidents; Buildings.

ENThis book narrates about an exceptional building in Kaunas and the people who lived and worked there. Despite having been built as a fairly modest residential building, this edifice can sport a lavish history. The firm brick walls and the life within them are telling the story of the city and the nation of the last two centuries! The Museum of the Historical Presidential Palace in Kaunas receiving visitors since 2005 represents the two decades of the Independent Lithuania from 1919 to 1940 when the building served as the Presidential Palace; however, other periods are also increasingly attracting visitors and history researchers. Thus the present book is striving to tell whatever the walls of this historic building might wish to narrate. On the borderline of Kaunas Old Town and New Town, the Historicism-styled building currently bearing the address Vilniaus 33 has a proud history closely related with the founding of Kaunas Governorate and the spread of the city after the approval of the city development plan of 1847. The building was constructed in the 2nd half of the 20th century, and it was shaped and furnished in several stages. Its history starts when Lithuanian lands formed a part of the Russian Empire and Kaunas became the centre of a Governorate. The reforms of Tsar Nicholas II led to the closure of the Dominican monastery, and two land lots were formed in this area. As the lots were transferred to Kaunas Magistrate, a residential building was designed in one of them. Merchant Solomon Feinberg purchased this building and asked the Magistrate for the second one as well with a commitment to set up the city garden there. Several years passed, and this lot on Peterburgskaya Street started serving as the seat of the Governor of Kaunas Governorate and his Chancellor’s Office.During the 72-year period (1843-1915), Kaunas Governorate was run by 23 different Governors - civil and military functionaries. Typically, they were Russian imperial statesmen with extensive experience of administrative work. On average, the Governors were working for about 3 years, but there were cases when their verdicts would provoke intense dissatisfaction of the society, and the Governors would have to quit their position at a short notice, a rare exception is Pyotr Veryovkin, a Governor favourable to Lithuanians - who would set the record of holding this position for 8 years. [...]. [Extract, p. 354]

• Menotyra / Arts
• Istorija / History

• Antanas Smetona ir Justas Paleckis istorijos dramoje: prezidento vairuotojo užrašai / Alfonsas Eidintas. Vilnius : Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos centras : 2022. 631 p.
• "Šeimininkių pilys": kulinarinis švietimas žemės ūkio ir amatų-namų ruošos mokyklose Lietuvoje 1918-1940 metais / Justina Minelgaitė-Plentienė. Acta humanitarica universitatis Saulensis. 2024, t. 31, p. 45-63.