[Go to Pitsburgo Lietuviai] Overview
 The first Lithuanians settled in Pittsburgh in 1871, but the community did not really begin to grow until 1884. The large influx of immigrants from Lithuania that began in the late 1860s was due to the emancipation of the serfs in 1861, an unsuccessful revolt against Czarist Russia in 1863, the famine from 1867 to 1868, and the beginning of the universal conscription into the Russian Army in 1874. On arrival, the immigrants were then drawn to the steel mills and the soft coal mines of Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas.
 Many thriving Lithuanian communities built churches in their neighborhoods, the oldest being St. Casimir in the South Side, built in 1893. Though many Lithuanian communities had developed around Pittsburgh, the South Side became a prominent neighborhood for many families; it had become a working man's community and many immigrant families had settled there.
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Community Organizations
Lithuanian Citizens Society of Western PA
Founded on July 19, 1912 is the largest Lithuanian organization in the Pittsburgh area. Its mission is to provide Lithuanian educational and cultural opportunities to the Pittsburgh community, and to provide assistance to deserving charitable, cultural, and educational institutions, the members of which are of Lithuanian descent, and to other charitable organizations in the community. 1721 Jane St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
Phone: 412-481-5500
http://www.pittsburghlithuanians.com/ Lithuanian Room Committee
University of Pittsburgh Nationality Rooms
Contact: Vince Rodgers
142 Marham Road
Munhall, PA 15120
Phone: 412-461-9957
Lithuanian Country Club
904 Coal Valley Rd.
Jefferson Hills, PA 15025
Phone: 412-655-4507
Global Lithuanian Net
The most extensive list of useful links to all kinds of Lithuanian-related information.
http://www.lithuanian.net/
Echos of Lithuania
Radio Program, every Sunday, 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Radio Station - WEDO 810AM
Contact: Dalia Yucius
Phone: 412-381-8669
Email: echoes98@hotmail.com
Knights of Lithuania
Contact: John Baltrus
118 Vine Street
Clairton, PA 15025
Phone: 412-233-2764
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