Вилькомир / Vilkomir (now Ukmergė, Lithuania) |
This is a postal stationery sent in 1909 from Вилькомир / Vilkomir (now Ukmergė, Lithuania). It was formally called Vilkmergė which is also the name of the river near by. According to the legend, Vilkmergė is a girl raised by the wolves. "Vilkas" meaning wolf in Lithuanian and "Merga" meaning maiden, which makes up Vilk-mergė.
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