Anybody heard of Koona, Russia?

[PatLac]

Poland, occupied by Russia, in 1875.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/52902948/3640859

Russia in 1899

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29435076

Vilna and Koona in 1905

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/217429825

Lithuanians rise in 1906

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/228335626

Rogof in Koona in 1906

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/83357765

Capital of Lithuania in 1924

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/63786500

Kuna today is a village in Vilnius District Municipality, 2 km from Ažulaukė (I don't know if it's related to Koona)

https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuna_(Vilnius)

[Glenn5]

Thanks everyone. Still no definite answer but looks like Koona as a province with Vilnius the nearest major town. He used Koona as his birthplace on all his documents. My next step will be to try and obtain his birth certificate from the Lithuanian authoritys. Regards Glenn

[PatLac]

I think it's Kaunas. According to the links I have posted above, the region ended up as the temporay capital in the intewar period.

"During the interwar period, it served as the temporary capital of Lithuania, when Vilnius was seized and controlled by Poland between 1920 and 1939." Wikipedia.