Belarus Saint Petersburg, Russia Ulan-Ude, Russia Yaroslavl, Russia Significant depictions in popular culture Vilnius is mentioned in the movie The Hunt for Red October (1990) as being the boyhood home of the sub commander Marko Ramius, and as being where his grandfather taught him to fish; he is also referenced once in the movie as "The Vilnius Schoolmaster". Ramius is played by Sean Connery. Author Thomas Harris's character Hannibal Lecter is revealed to be from Vilnius and its aristocracy in the movie Hannibal Rising. Lecter is portrayed more popularly and often by Sir Anthony Hopkins, although Brian Cox played Lecter in the movie Manhunter. The memoir A Partisan from Vilna (2010) details the life and struggles of Rachel Margolis. Her family's sole survivor, she escaped from the Vilna Ghetto with other members of the resistance movement, the FPO (United Partisan Organization), and joined the Soviet partisans in the Lithuanian forests to sabotage the Nazis. Vilnius is classified as a city-state in the turn-based strategy games Civilization V and "Civilization VI". Vilnius is a province and a capital city in the grand strategy game Europa Universalis IV. Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania in the turn-based strategy game Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms and a rebels' town in the Medieval II: Total War game. Historical drama War & Peace was filmed in Vilnius by the BBC. A well rated five-part historical drama television miniseries about Chernobyl nuclear disaster was mostly filmed in two Soviet-era elderships of Vilnius: Justiniškės and Fabijoniškės. HBO's miniseries Catherine the Great, featuring Helen Mirren, was filmed in multiple locations of Vilnius. Part of the Season 4 of the television series Stranger Things was filmed in multiple locations of Vilnius, including the now empty Lukiškės Prison in 2020. Notable people See also Coat of arms of Vilnius List of monuments in Vilnius List of Vilnius Elderships in other languages Neighborhoods of Vilnius References Bibliography References from vle.lt stands for the Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija. External links The Jerusalem of Lithuania: The Story of the Jewish Community of Vilna an online exhibition by Yad Vashem A. Srebrakowski, The nationality panorama of Vilnius, Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej, Vol 55, No 3 (2020) Capitals in Europe Cities in Lithuania Cities in Vilnius County Capitals of Lithuanian counties Historic Jewish communities Holocaust locations in Lithuania Magdeburg rights Municipalities administrative centres of Lithuania Vilna Governorate Vilnius Voivodeship Wilno Voivodeship (1926–1939) Articles