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Lithuania is a flatland, drained by the Nemen River. In addition to the capital, other important cities are Kaunas, Klaipeda (Memel), and Siauliai. About 80% of the population is Lithuanian; there are Russian, Polish, Belarussian, Latvian, and Jewish minorities. The major religion is Roman Catholicism and there are small communities of Lutherans and Russian Orthodox. The Lithuanians speak a Baltic language (see Balts), which is the official language; Polish and Russian are also widely spoken. The republic's educational and cultural institutions include universities at Vilnius and Kaunas and the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.
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