Lithuanian schools in Voronezh

Lithuanian schools in Voronezh were organized by Lithuanian war refugees in Voronezh during World War I. Lithuanian students and teachers were evacuated from Vilnius to Voronezh in August 1915 by the Lithuanian Society for the Relief of War Sufferers. The schools were closed in 1918 when most of the Lithuanians returned home.

Thanks to the efforts of Martynas Yčas, a member of the Russian State Duma, the Lithuanian Society received significant funds from the Imperial Tatiana Committee which allowed Lithuanians to establish boys' and girls' gymnasiums as well as other schools and courses culminating with the People's University (a folk high school) in September 1917. All students received full room and board, including clothing and textbooks, for free. The schools employed a number of prominent Lithuanians, including Pranas Mašiotas, linguists Jonas Jablonskis and Juozas Balčikonis, Sofija Kymantaitė-Čiurlionienė. Students organized their own societies, most prominent of which were the Catholic Ateitis and the socialist Aušrininkai.