Lithuania, it emitted significant quantities of sulfuric acid and was the subject of ecological protests in the 1980s. Independent Lithuania Following years of stagnation, old enterprises have come back to life, and new ones have been established, contributing to its status as an economic stronghold. Demographics Transportation Kėdainiai is accessed by Via Baltica highway from Kaunas and Panevėžys, and by rail from Vilnius, Klaipėda and Šiauliai. It is also served by Kaunas International Airport, the second largest airport in Lithuania, located in Karmėlava site. Cultural activities The Kėdainiai Regional Museum, established in 1922, now operates four branches: a Multicultural Centre, the Mausoleum of the Dukes Radziwill, the House of Juozas Paukštelis, and the Museum of Wooden Sculptures of V.Ulevičius. Since the city is known as the cucumber capital of Lithuania, it sponsors an annual cucumber festival. In 2013, the band Bastille shot a music video for their single "Things We Lost in the Fire" in the location. A small Polish minority of 329 (0,61%) people live in Kėdainiai district municipality, but only 30 people participate in Stowarzyszenie Polaków Kiejdan (The Kėdainiai Polish Association), the elder people; their cultural activities involve public celebrations of Polish Day of Independence and Day of the Constitution of Third of May, as well as organizing a festival of Polish culture. Since 1994 a School of Polish Language exists. Education Jonušas Radvila College (Kėdainių Jonušo Radvilos studijų centras) Kėdainiai Atžalynas gymnasium Kėdainiai Šviesioji gymnasium Sport Basketball club BC Nevėžis, which participate in Lithuanian basketball league. Football club FK Nevėžis, named after the nearby river plays in second-tier league I Lyga. Other football teams include FK Lifosa and FK Nevėžis-2, the reserve team of Nevėžis. Mayors of Kėdainiai Notable citizens Jonušas Radvila (1612–1655) - Lithuanian nobleman, magnate Antanas Mackevičius, a priest and a leader of the 1863 uprising Czesław Miłosz, Polish writer, Nobel Prize winner. Born in Šeteniai village Mikalojus Daukša, Lithuanian writer, translator Martin (Moshe) Kagan, a leader of the anti-Nazi resistance group HaShomer HaTzair Ezekiel Katzenellenbogen, rabbi and prolific author Avrohom Eliyahu Kaplan (1890-1924), prominent Orthodox rabbi. Moshe Leib Lilienblum, Jewish scholar and author Viktoras Muntianas, Lithuanian politician, former Speaker of the Seimas Juozas Paukštelis, author Juozas Urbšys, Lithuanian diplomat. Born in Šeteniai village Shlomo Zalman Zoref, re-established the Ashkenazi community in the Old City of Jerusalem in 1811 Bernard G Richards (b. March 9, 1877 Dov-Gershon Rabinovich in Keidan, Lithuania - d. 25 June