Tarpukario Telšių ženklas - Žemaičių muziejus "Alka"

LTTarpukariu Telšiai, kaip regiono centras ir Žemaitijos sostinė, sparčiai augo. 1931 m. Telšiai tapo lygiaverčiu miestu greta Klaipėdos, Šiaulių ir Panevėžio. Augančiame mieste iškilo daug modernizmo stiliaus statinių. Telšių miesto augimą lėmė ne tik prekybos ir pramonės plėtotė, nutiestas geležinkelis per Telšius, sujungęs miestą su Klaipėda ir Šiauliais, bet ir pačių telšiškių pilietinės iniciatyvos. Vienas ryškiausių tokių pavyzdžių yra Žemaičių muziejaus „Alka“ įsteigimas. [Iš straipsnio, p. 66]

ENDuring the interwar period, Telšiai being the centre of the region and the capital of Samogitia was rapidly developing and in 1931 it became the city ranked among other top cities. The growth of Telšiai was determined not only by the development of trade and industry, the railway building but also by the civic initiatives of Telšiai citizens themselves. One of the initiatives was the establishment of Samogitian Museum “Alka”. In 1931, a group of the patriots of Samogitia region joined the union of old times lovers “Alka”, which on 16th February 1932 established the museum. As the number of exhibits was increasing, the premises rented by the museum became too small and the society decided to construct the building specially adapted for the museum on the hill “Žaliojo”. In 1938–1940, the museum of modern style which was designed for free by the architect Steponas Stulginskis was built. Samogitian Museum “Alka” is not a single museum in Telšiai. During the interwar period, in a rapidly developing town, new modernist (constructivism) style buildings as well as the buildings of historic (neo-gothic) style, which prevailed in the town at the end of the 19th century–the beginning of the 20th century, were built. One of the first buildings of constructivist style in Telšiai was the four-storey Priest Seminary Palace designed and built near the Cathedral in 1928 by Povilas Taračkovas. In 1934 February, on Gediminas street a modern hospital of the Jews of constructivist style built according to the design of Jonas Sidabras was opened. The hospital was headed by a doctor Noelis Minuchinas.The 4th of October in 1936 is especially significant for Telšiai, when three modernist style buildings intended for public needs were sanctified. Under the initiative of the bishop Justinas Staugaitis in 1935–1936 in the centre of the city, near the Bažnyčios Square, the constructivist style hall of curia (now Žemaitės Drama Theatre) was built. The architect – Steponas Stulginskis. Another famous building of constructivist style and designed by the same architect is the building of Bishop Valančius State Gymnasium as well as the building of trade school with modern workshops of constructivist style, which was designed by the architect Vsevolodas Kopylovas. In 1936, the primary school of constructivist style of Telšiai municipality (now Atžalyno progymnasium) was built. The school was designed by the architect Steponas Stulginskis. For Health Insurance Fund, which was founded in 1932 in Telšiai, in 1939–1940 the building of constructivist style designed by the architect Vsevolodas Kopylovas was built on Kalno street. In 1940, in Telšiai a new modernly-equipped county hospital of constructivist style was opened for patients, the hospital was headed by the surgeon Leonardas Plechavičius. The architect – Steponas Stulginskis. There are private modernist style buildings in the city.A special building in Telšiai, and which is the only one in Lithuania of cubist style, St. Nicholas Orthodox church was built in 1937–1938 on Malūno hill. The church was designed by the architect Vsevolodas Kopylovas. Harmonizing the historic style which prevails in the old town, in 1929 – 1930 the bishops palace of historic (neo-baroque) style and which was designed by the architects Povilas Taračkovas and Vladimiras Dubeneckis was built. One more building of historicism style is Telšiai railway station, which is one of the largest in Kretinga–Telšiai–Kužiai route. In the architecture of this building the modernized neo-classicism (historicism) style prevails, which was popular in Lithuania in the 2nd – 3rd decades of the 20th century. Thanks to talented architects who worked in Telšiai during the interwar period, the buildings of baroque, historicism, constructivism and even cubist styles perfectly matched each other in the town. The architect Steponas Stulginskis wrote: “The internal foundation of creation is based on a wide philosophical horizon of the author. While creating the ‘framework’ for life, the architect has to know the aim and meaning.” The rich heritage of interwar period in Telšiai is represented and stored by Samogitian Museum “Alka”, which is one of the most prominent signs in the town, representing Lithuania of the times ruled by the President A. Smetona. [From the publication]