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In this city, Rabbi Israel Lipkin founded the counter-Enlightenment Musar movement. This city was the center of a movement of "opponents," or "misnagdim," ("mees-nog-DEEM") who later adopted a demonym with the suffix "-vak." Napoleon called this city (0[1])the "Jerusalem of the North." (20[1]0[1])An eighteenth-century rabbi who opposed the rise of Hasidism is commonly (0[1])known as (0[1])"the genius from [this city]," or "[this city] (*) Gaon (10[1]0[1])("gah-OWN"). A ruler of a state centered on this city secured (10[1])his cousin Jogaila's (0[1])rule (0[1])in another state. (0[1])Vytautas the (0[1])Great ruled a Grand Duchy (0[1])centered (0[3])on this (0[1])city. (10[1]0[5])This Baltic city, (10[1])founded by (0[1])Gediminas, (10[1])was the capital of half of a large commonwealth (0[2])along with (10[1]0[1])Jagiellonian (10[3])("yog-yuh-LO-nee-in") Poland. (10[3])For 10 points, name this capital (0[1])of Lithuania. (10[5])■END■ (10[15]0[5])

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