Kaunas
is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading
centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the
biggest city and the centre of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand
Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation it was the
capital of the Kovno Governorate from 1843 to 1915. It became the only
temporary capital city in Europe during the Interwar period. Now it is the
capital of Kaunas County, the seat of the Kaunas city municipality and the
Kaunas district municipality
