Infobox university name VytautasMagnusUniversity native name Vytauto Did iojo universitetas latin name ... mascot affiliations European Association for International Education br European University Association EUA free label free website http www.vdu.lt www.vdu.lt VytautasMagnusUniversity VMU lang lt Vytauto Did iojo Universitetas VDU is a public university in Kaunas , Lithuania . The university was founded in 1922 during the Polish Lithuanian War interwar period as an alternate national university . ref http www.vdu.lt history VMU history.htm history of VytautasMagnusUniversity ref Initially it was known as the University of Lithuania , but in 1930 the university was renamed to VytautasMagnusUniversity , commemorating 500 years of death of Vytautas the Great , the Lithuanian ruler, well ... the Great , the University was renamed in his honor lang la VytautasMagnusUniversity . Under occupations In 1940 Vytautas the Great University helped to reestablish the University of Vilnius ... on October 31, 1950. Reestablishment of University The act of reestablishing VytautasMagnusUniversity ... VytautasMagnusUniversity homepage commons category VytautasMagnusUniversity Universities in Lithuania ... Educational institutions established in 1922 Category VytautasMagnusUniversity Category 1922 establishments in Lithuania de VytautasMagnus Universit t Kaunas es Universidad VytautasMagnus eo VytautasMagnus Universitato fr Universit VytautasMagnus hr Sveu ili te Vitolda Velikog lt Vytauto Did iojo universitetas pl Uniwersytet Witolda Wielkiego pt Universidade VytautasMagnus ru ... Public university public city Flagicon Lithuania Kaunas country Kaunas endowment students 9000 undergrad ... Establishment of University The beginnings of higher education in Lithuania go back to the 16th ... Tsar Czar Nicholas I of Russia Nicholas I closed the university. Image University of Lithuania 1922.jpg thumb 300 px Building where Higher Courses were established, that later became University of Lithuania ... more details
, Vytautas is revered as a Folk hero national hero and was an important figure in the Lithuanian National Revival national rebirth in the 19th century. Vytautas is a popular male given Lithuanian name name in Lithuania . In commemoration of 500 years of Vytautas death VytautasMagnusUniversity ...Infobox monarch name Vytautas the Great title Grand Duke of Lithuania image Vytautas the great.jpg caption ... October 27, 1430 death place Trakai place of burial Vilnius , Vilnius Cathedral Vytautas Lithuanian language Lithuanian audio Vytautas Didysis.ogg Vytautas Didysis , lang be , lang pl Witold Kiejstutowicz ... of Grand Duchy of Lithuania medieval Lithuania . Vytautas was the ruler 1392&ndash 1430 of the Grand ..., 1918 1939 . Struggle for power 1377 1384 Main Lithuanian Civil War 1381 1384 Vytautas father, K stutis .... However, Jogaila managed to escape and raised an army against K stutis, and his son Vytautas. The two ..., but he and Vytautas were arrested and transported to Kreva Castle . One week later, K stutis was found ... historians. File Wojciech Gerson Kiejstut i Witold.jpg thumb Vytautas and K stutis imprisoned by Jogaila. Painting by Wojciech Gerson In 1382, Vytautas was able to escape from Kreva. After the escape ... again. Vytautas was baptised in the Catholic rite, receiving the name of Wigand Lithuanian Vygandas . Vytautas participated in several raids against Jogaila. In January 1384, Vytautas again promised to cede ... Duke of Lithuania. However, in July of the same year, Vytautas decided to abandon the Teutonic ... and Lithuania 1386 1434 Main Lithuanian Civil War 1389 1392 Vytautas participated in the signing .... However, he was unpopular with the people and Vytautas saw an opportunity to become the Grand Duke again. In 1389 he started a war and attacked Vilnius but failed. Vytautas was forced to ask the Teutonic Knights for help for the second time in the beginning of 1390. Vytautas had to promise to keep ... lands. To further advance his influence, Vytautas married his only daughter Sophia of Lithuania ... more details
Medal for developing democracy and fighting for human rights. Honorary doctorates Vytautas Landsbergis has received honorary doctorates from the following institutions Loyola University Chicago Loyola University , Chicago , 1991 VytautasMagnusUniversity , Kaunas , Lithuania, 1992 Weber State University ...Infobox President name Vytautas Landsbergis image Vytautas Landsbergis 2009.JPG 250px order Chairman ... ref signature Signature of Vytautas Landsbergis.png Professor Vytautas Landsbergis pronunciation Vytautas ... 5yrII6tyj archivedate 2011 05 20 accessdate 2011 05 20 quote ref Biography Vytautas Landsbergis was born in Kaunas , Lithuania . His father was the famous architect Vytautas Landsbergis emkalnis ... Conservatory and the Vilnius Pedagogical University . In 1994, he wrote a thesis for his Habilitation .... His daughters J rat and Birut are also musicians . His son, Vytautas, is a well known Lithuanian ... should not prevent him from doing so. In 1993, Vytautas Landsbergis founded a new political party ... with Professor Vytautas Landsbergis outlining his proposal. It was the first time when the daily ... agents and other clandestine operation clandestine activities. Vytautas Landsbergis is one of the most ... , 1976. Awards Clarify date January 2011 Vytautas Landsbergis has been honoured with the following ... University , but he could not participate in the award ceremony, because of his required presence concerning political matters at home. Vilnius Gediminas Technical University , Lithuania, 1998 University of Law, Lithuania, 2000 Helsinki University , Finland , 2000 Cardiff University , Wales , 2000 University of Paris Sorbonne , France, 2001 Art Academy, Lithuania, 2003 See also List of Presidents ... view.do?partNumber 1&country LT&language EN&id 23746 Europarliament member s info page Prof. Vytautas Landsbergis http www.nato.int pfp lt biogr v landsbergis.html VYTAUTAS LANDSBERGIS . NATO . External links Commons category Vytautas Landsbergis http pirmojiknyga.mch.mii.lt Asmenys landsberg.en.htm ... more details
he also served as a visiting professor at the The New School in New York City and at VytautasMagnusUniversity in Kaunas. He founded and edited the Lithuanian American journal Metmenys , was a board ...Vytautas Kavolis October 8, 1930 in Kaunas June 25, 1996 in Vilnius was a Lithuania n born American sociologist , literary critic , and culture historian. Image Vytautas Kavolis 02.jpg thumb right 150 px Vytautas Kavolis Biography With his parents, Kavolis left Lithuania in the wake of the Soviet Occupation ... and then in the United States . He attended the University of Wisconsin Madison and the University of Chicago , receiving his master s degree and doctorate from Harvard University . He then taught at Tufts University and Dickinson College he was Charles A. Dana Professor of Comparative Civilizations ... honoris causa by Klaip da University in 1995. He authored more than a dozen books and numerous ... Vilnius 2001 ref as guidance for Lithuania s future cquote As my old friend, professor Vytautas ... Analysis . Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press 1968, was translated into Swedish and Spanish in 1970 ... Social Dynamics in Artistic Efflorescences . Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press 1972. Editor, Designs of Selfhood , Rutherford, NJ Farleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984. Co editor, with E.V. Walter ... 9 chapter Chapter Xviii Vytautas Kavolis As Social And Cultural Critic By Leonidas Donskis chapterurl ... globalized era . div Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kavolis, Vytautas ALTERNATIVE ... DEFAULTSORT Kavolis, Vytautas Category 1930 births Category 1996 deaths Category Lithuanian emigrants to the United States Category University of Wisconsin Madison alumni Category University of Chicago alumni Category Harvard University alumni Category American people of Lithuanian descent Category Lithuanian sociologists Category Tufts University faculty Category Recipients of the Lithuanian National Prize fr Vytautas Kavolis lt Vytautas Kavolis ru , ... more details
Vytautas Merkys b. May 5, 1929 in ivai, near Kupi kis is a Lithuanian historian and a professor at Vilnius University . Biography Merkys graduated from Vilnius University s department of history and philology in 1951. In 1952 he began working at the Lithuanian Institute of History Lithuanian SSR Institute of History , but for ideological reasons he was soon fired, along with Me islovas Ju as . He returned to the Institute in 1953 as a fellow . He initiated his candidacy for a doctorate of philosophy degree in 1957 with the thesis Revoliucinis Vilniaus miesto darbinink jud jimas 1895 1904 m. The Revolutionary Movement of Vilnius City Workers from 1895 to 1904 , and in 1969 he was awarded a doctorate the Soviet equivalent of habilitation for his dissertation Lietuvos pramon s augimas ir proletariato formavimasis XIX am iuje The Growth of Lithuanian Industry and the Formation of the Proletariat in the 19th Century . In 1986 he left the Institute and was designated head of the Department of Economic History at the Lithuanian SSR Academy of Sciences. He returned to the Institute of History in 1987 and became its director. Between 1992 and 2000 he was a senior fellow there. Merkys has been a professor at Vilnius University since 1991, and was a professor at VytautasMagnusUniversity ... has been a member of the Lithuanian Catholic Academy of Sciences . Vytautas Merkys received the Lithuanian ... 1904 Important works Vytautas Merkys principal works focus on Lithuanian 19th century and early ... Short biography . Vytautas Merkys. The Lithuanian Word. Retrieved on 2007 9 15. lt icon ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Merkys, Vytautas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1929 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Merkys, Vytautas Category ... Category Lithuanian academics Category Vilnius University alumni Category Vilnius University faculty Lithuania historian stub lt Vytautas Merkys 1929 ... more details
Unsourced image removed Image Macernis.jpg right 100px Vytautas Ma ernis June 5, 1921 October 7, 1944 was a Lithuania n existentialist poet. Biography He was born in the village of arnel now in Plung district municipality , where he wrote most of his poems. His grandmother, who died in 1934, appears in most of his poems as a warm and pleasant memory. In his childhood Ma ernis was very withdrawn and thoughtful. Vytautas Ma ernis studied English language and literature in Kaunas and philosophy at the University of Vilnius . The poet had died on October 7, 1944 in emai i Kalvarija , hit by a stray bullet. Works Ma ernis dedicated his short life for searching the purpose of human s life. His first poem was published in 1936, the last one in October 1944. He has written sonnet s, visions, triolet s, songs and short aphorism aphoristic poems. A sensitive person, Ma ernis was affected by such calamities as World War II and the subsequent Soviet and Nazi Occupation of Baltic states occupations . His poems were now full of gloom and dark colours. The only cycle he could finish was Vizijos Visions , 1939 1942 . He had also created 81 sonnets of the cycle Metai Years out of the 96 planned, 14 Songs of Myself , as well as the prologue of the poem mogaus apnuoginta irdis Person s Denuded Heart . External links http www.efn.org valdas macernis.html Poetry of Vytautas Ma ernis Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Macernis, Vytautas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1921 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH October 7, 1944 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Macernis, Vytautas Category 1921 births Category 1944 deaths Category Lithuanian poets Category Existentialists Category Firearm accident victims Category Vilnius University alumni Lithuania bio stub es Vytautas Ma ernis ltg V tauts Ma er s lt Vytautas Ma ernis bat smg Vytautas Ma ernis ... more details
Vytautas Ma iulis born August 20, 1926 in Rok nai , Lithuania , died April 11, 2009, in Vilnius , Lithuania was a highly distinguished Lithuanian people Lithuanian Baltic languages Balticist , an expert on the Old Prussian language and Indo European languages . ref http www.lrytas.lt 12395613871237824606 mir C4 97 pasaulinio garso baltistas prof v ma C5 BEiulis.htm Mir pasaulinio garso baltistas prof. V.Ma iulis World scale linguist, prof. V.Ma iulis dies . Retrieved on 2009 04 14 ref Biography He studied classical philology at the Vilnius University in 1947 1952, receiving his Ph.D. in 1956 at the Lomonosov Moscow State University with the thesis on Lithuanian language Lithuanian numerals. In 1955 he started working at the Vilnius University, holding a Chair of Lithuanian Language in 1968 1973. With Jonas Kazlauskas linguist Jonas Kazlauskas he founded the international journal for Baltic philology Baltistica in 1965 and the Chair for Baltic philology in 1973 after the murder of professor Kazlauskas. In 1970 he became the member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences , after publishing his monograph on the relationship between Baltic languages Baltic and other Indo European languages . Vytautas Ma iulis was also correspondent member of both the Mainz Academy of Sciences and Literature Germany and the Milanese Linguistics Society Italy , as well as Chairman of an International Commission on Baltic Slavonic Relations . Works Relations of Baltic and other Indoeuropean languages ..., in Russian References reflist External links http donelaitis.vdu.lt prussian maz.htm Vytautas Ma iulis Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Maziulis, Vytautas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... DEFAULTSORT Maziulis, Vytautas Category 1926 births Category 2009 deaths Category Lithuanian linguists Category Moscow State University alumni Category Vilnius University alumni Category Vilnius University faculty eo Vytautas Ma iulis lt Vytautas Ma iulis nl Vytautas Ma iulis pl Vytautas Ma iulis ru ... more details
Infobox swimmer name Vytautas Janu aitis image imagesize 100px caption fullname nicknames nationality LTU strokes club collegeteam birth date birth date and age 1981 10 13 birth place Kaunas Kaunas, Lithuania death date death place height height ft 6 in 1 weight medaltemplates MedalCompetition Europeans Championships MedalBronze 2008 European Aquatics Championships 2008 Eindhoven 200 m medley MedalCompetition SC Europeans MedalSilver European Short Course Swimming Championships 2010 2010 Eindhoven 200 m medley MedalSilver European Short Course Swimming Championships 2009 2009 Istanbul 200 m medley MedalSilver European Short Course Swimming Championships 2008 2008 Rijeka 200 m medley MedalSilver European Short Course Swimming Championships 2006 2006 Helsinki 100 m medley MedalSilver European Short Course Swimming Championships 2006 2006 Helsinki 200 m medley MedalSilver European Short Course Swimming Championships 2005 2005 Trieste 200 m medley MedalBronze European Short Course Swimming Championships 2005 2005 Trieste 100 m medley MedalBronze European Short Course Swimming Championships 2004 2004 Vienna 200 m medley Vytautas Janu aitis born October 13, 1981 in Kaunas Kaunas, Lithuania ref http results.beijing2008.cn WRM ENG BIO Athlete 4 8000934.shtml Janu aitis s result page from the 2008 Olympics website retrieved 2009 07 01 ref is an Olympic swimmer from Lithuania, who represented ... Olympics 2008 Games . ref http www.sports reference.com olympics athletes ja vytautas janusaitis ... sports.org swimming janusaitis vytautas results identity s10 c2 b4 o48 w4881.html Janu aitis result ... 07 01 ref He swam at the Swimming at the 2003 Summer Universiade 2003 World University Games . ref http ... Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Janusaitis, Vytautas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Swimmer DATE ... Janusaitis, Vytautas Category 1981 births Category Living people Category Lithuanian swimmers ... bio stub fr Vytautas Janu aitis it Vytautas Janu aitis lt Vytautas Janu aitis pl Vytautas Janu aitis ... more details
please do not add an infobox, per Wikipedia WikiProject Composers Biographical infoboxes Vytautas Mi kinis born 5 June 1954 in Vilnius is a Lithuania n music composer and professor, who has been Choir Director of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre College or university school of music conservatory since 1985. He has also served as Artistic Director of the uoliukas youth choir. He began his career in Azuoliukas at the age of seven as a vocalist, and continued as Artistic Director from the age of 25. All the achievements of the choir from 1979 have been due to Mr. Mi kinis leadership. For several years he conducted the Kaunas State Choir and Vocal Ensemble Museum Musicum. With the choirs, he has won prestigious prizes at numerous national and international competitions in Marktoberdorf, Gorizia, Varna, Maribor, Tampere, Mainhausen, Nantes. Currently Mr. Mi kinis is the Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the All Lithuanian Choir Festival. Vytautas Mi kinis has led choral performances and given lectures in Austria, Byelorussia, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Ukraine and USA. Mr. Mi kinis worked as a member of Jury at International Choir and Choral Composition Competitions in Tolosa, Spain Varna, Bulgaria Marktoberdorf and Bochum, Germany Neerpelt, Kortrijk and Aalst Belgium Maribor and Ljubljana ..., both religious and secular. In the United States he has composed works for The University of Louisville ... 06.pdf From Behind the Iron Curtain . Department of Music, University of North Carolina at Charlotte ... Persondata . NAME Miskinis, Vytautas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 5 June 1954 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Miskinis, Vytautas Category 1954 births Category ... stub de Vytautas Mi kinis it Vytautas Miskinis lt Vytautas Mi kinis ... more details
More footnotes date January 2010 BLP sources date January 2010 Vytautas Barkauskas born 1931 is a Lithuania n composer and is a Professor of Composition of the Lithuanian Academy of Music, ref Most of the initial parts of this article from the Lithuanian Music and Information Publishing Centre listed as the first of the sources below ref where he has taught since 1961. ref Sikorski source listed below also provides supplementary information ref Career Barkauskas has degrees in mathematics 1953 and music composition 1959 from the University of Vilnius. He was one of the most active avant garde composers in Lithuania in the 1960s, influenced by Krzysztof Penderecki , Witold Lutos awski and Gy rgy Ligeti . However he has now moved towards more intuitively arranged sounds, striving to create naturally beautiful music, writing more chamber music. I do not restrict myself to any single, defined compositional system, but am constantly searching for a natural stylistic synthesis. I strive to make my music expressive, emotional and of a concerto type , Barkauskas says. His works have been performed at international festivals, competitions and concerts in various European, American and Asian countries, and have been interpreted by Gidon Kremer , Lothar Faber , Yuri Bashmet , David Geringas , Joachim Greiner , Juozas Domarkas , Raimundas Katilius , Ruth Palmer and others. Vytautas Barkauskas is a winner of the Lithuanian State Prize. In 2000 his Journey of the Princess. Fairy Tale , Op. 114 was awarded the prize at the composers competition dedicated to the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis. His symphonic piece entitled At the End is the Beginning , Op ... . NAME Barkauskas, Vytautas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1931 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Barkauskas, Vytautas Category 1931 births Category Lithuanian ... National Prize de Vytautas Barkauskas Komponist lt Vytautas Barkauskas 1931 fi Vytautas Barkauskas ... more details
Vytautas alakevi ius born on April 14, 1930 in Kaunas , Lithuania died on November 12, 1996 in Vilnius , Lithuania was a Lithuanian film director and writer. Biography Vytautas alakevi ius studied mathematics and engineering at Kaunas University for two years. From 1951 to 1956 he studied film directing under Mikheil Chiaureli and Grigori Aleksandrov at VGIK in Moscow . He shot to fame with his 1956 film Adam wants to be a man starring Donatas Banionis and his teacher, Juozas Miltinis . His best known film, Nobody Wanted to Die , starring Lithuanian and Latvian actors, brought him international recognition. From 1974 to 1980, alakevi ius was a staff director at Mosfilm , albeit his Moscow period was less productive, so he returned to Lithuania. alakevi ius devoted himself to establishing independent Lithuanian film industry, and still worked with international cast of Lithuanian, Russian and Latvian actors. He also thought directing and writing and worked for television. Recognition Vytautas alakevi ius was Artistic Director of the Lithuanian Film Studio . He was designated People s Artist of the Lithuanian Republic 1981 and People s Artist of Russia 1980 . He was co chairman of the Lithuanian State Committee for Cinematography, member of Lithuanian Writers Union, and member of the Soviet Writers Union. Filmography 1956 Skenduolis graduation work, short 1959 Adam wants to be a man Adomas nori b ti mogumi 1963 Chronicles of one day Vienos dienos kronika 1965 Nobody Wanted to Die Niekas nenor jo mirti 1968 Feelings LT Jausmai , Lithuanian Film Studios 1970 Everything about Columbus Visa teisyb apie Kolumb 1972 This sweet word freedom 1978 Centaurs ... . NAME Zalakevicius, Vytautas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Soviet film director DATE ..., Vytautas Category Lithuanian film directors Category 1930 births Category 1996 deaths Category ... alumni Category Soviet screenwriters de Vytautas alakevi ius lt Vytautas alakevi ius ru ... more details
Vytautas Sakalauskas 24 April 1933 29 May 2001 was a Soviet Union Soviet Lithuanian people Lithuanian politician who was the last Chairman of the Council of Ministers Prime Minister of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic before Lithuanian independence in 1990. After graduation from Kaunas University of Technology Kaunas Polytechnic Institute in 1957, Sakalauskas worked in engineering and transportation departments of various communist institutions until 1969. ref name zinkus He joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1960. From 1969 to 1983, he was a member of the Vilnius branch of the Lithuanian Communist Party , becoming branch s first secretary in 1974. ref name zinkus Sakalauskas was elected to the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union in 1974 and the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR in 1976. From 1985 to 1990, he was the Chairman of the Council of Ministers equivalent to Prime Minister . Sakalauskas was not re elected to the Supreme Soviet in the Lithuanian parliamentary election, 1990 parliamentary elections in 1990 ref name senn2 and largely retired from Lithuanian politics. He headed Soviet trade mission in Maputo , Mozambique . ref name pokor In preparation for the January Events Lithuania events of January 1991 , KGB brought Sakalauskas to Moscow in an attempt to recruit him for the planned coup by the National Salvation Committee. Sakalauskas was offered to head the planned pro Moscow government, but he refused and returned to Mozambique. ref name senn After the collapse of the Soviet Union , he returned to Lithuania and worked in private sector. ref ... Sakalauskas, Vytautas year 1985 1988 publisher Vyriausioji enciklopedij redakcija volume III location ... see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Sakalauskas, Vytautas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH ..., Vytautas Category Lithuanian politicians Category Lithuanian communists Category 1933 births Category 2001 deaths lithuania politician stub de Vytautas Sakalauskas lt Vytautas Sakalauskas 1933 pl Vytautas ... more details
BLP sources date August 2011 Orphan date August 2011 Infobox basketball biography name Vytautas ulskis image caption position Small Forward height ft 6 height in 7 weight lbs 215 league Euroleague br Baltic Basketball League BBL br LKL team BC algiris number birth date birth date and age 1988 8 8 birth place Vilnius , Lithuania nationality flag Lithuania n high school The Rock college Youngstown State draft draft year draft team career start 2011 career end former teams awards Vytautas ulskis born August 8, 1988 in Vilnius , Lithuania is a professional Lithuanian people Lithuanian basketball player, currently playing for BC algiris of Lithuania . ulskis attended The Rock of Gainesville High School in Gainesville, Florida Gainesville , Florida , where he played soccer and basketball. After graduation, ulskis went on to play for the Youngstown State Penguins Youngstown State University Penguins of NCAA . While playing for Penguins, ulskis scored more than 1,000 career points and starred in 120 consecutive games. He averaged 13.1 points per game, 5.2 rebounds per game and 2 assists per game his senior year. In August 2011, he signed a one year contract with BC algiris of Lithuania . ref http www.eurobasket.lt lt naujienos 65657 all algiryje lietuvis puol jas i NCAA ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Sulskis, Vytautas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Basketball player DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1988 PLACE OF BIRTH Vilnius , Lithuania DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Sulskis, Vytautas Category 1988 births Category Living people Category Lithuanian basketball players Category BC algiris players Category Small forwards Category People from Vilnius Category Youngstown State Penguins men s basketball players ... more details
Expand Lithuanian topic gov date October 2009 Vytautas Pali nas Vytautas Pali nas born 1930 is a Lithuania n politician. In 1990 he was among those who signed the Act of the Re Establishment of the State of Lithuania . References iw ref lt Vytautas Pali nas http www.lrs.lt datos kovo11 signatarai www lrs.signataras p asm id 217.htm Biography Signatories of the Act of March 11 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Paliunas, Vytautas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1930 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Paliunas, Vytautas Category 1930 births Category Living people Category Lithuanian politicians Lithuania politician stub lt Vytautas Pali nas ... more details
Infobox musical artist name Vytautas Babravi ius background solo singer birth name only if different alias Simas birth date birth date and age 10 March 1952 birth place origin Lithuania death date death place genre country music , folk rock occupation Vocalist , journalist years active 1967&ndash present Vytautas Babravi ius born 10 March 1952 , stage name Simas , is a Lithuania n country music country and folk rock musician. He is often described as a founder of Lithuanian country music scene. Musical career Babravi ius began his musical career while studying engineering at a university and playing at student s parties since 1967. In 1979 he founded a country music band Deficitai , ref http www.visaginocountry.lt index.php en istorija History of Lithuanian country music ref that quickly became popular for being different than officially allowed music of the time. Group was dissolved in 1983. Later Babravi ius pursued solo career under stage name Simas while working as journalist. In 1987 he founded band Runos and released a Long Play LP Vytur liai j s mano . ref lt icon http countrysaloon.lt index.php?option com content&task view&id 58&Itemid 62 Short history of Lithuanian country music by Algirdas Klova ref Simas solo songs were popular during the Singing Revolution Lithuania Singing Revolution . 1996 Simas issued first country music Compact disc CD in Lithuania called uolams, liepoms . Many times he did participate in Visagino Country music festival. In 2007 he celebrated his 40th season on the scene Awards Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Babravi ius, Vytautas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Lithuanian musician DATE OF BIRTH 10 March 1952 PLACE OF BIRTH Lithuania DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Babravicius, Vytautas Category Lithuanian musicians Category Lithuanian journalists ... journalist stub lt Vytautas Babravi ius ... more details
OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pociunas, Vytautas Category 1957 births Category 2006 deaths Category Lithuanian physicists Category Vilnius University alumni Category Lithuanian diplomats lt Vytautas Poci nas ...Vytautas Poci nas born in September 1957, died on August 23, 2006 was a physicist, officer of the Lithuanian State Security Department , and diplomat. Career He graduated from Vilnius University , Faculty of Physics. Since 1992 he has been working in State Security Department. He became the senior State counselor and chairman of the Economic Board of State Security Department. In October 2005 he became the Minister Counselor for Lithuanian Consulate General in Grodno . In 2007 the Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas offered to give the Order of Vytautas the Great Commander s Grand Cross of Order of Vytautas the Great to V. Poci nas. Death and investigation File Bresto Inturist Viesbutis 01.jpg thumb 200px Brest Hotel where Vytautas Poci nas died Poci nas died on August 23, 2006 under controversial circumstances, when he fell through the window of the hotel Inturist in Brest, Belarus Brest Belarus ref www.data.minsk.by Belarus news and Analysis Lithuanian diplomat and secret service officer dies in mysterious circumstances in Belarus. 2006 08 24 ref . The Lithuanian Prosecutor General finished the investigation and the final conclusion of the prosecutor Justas Laucius from the Department of Investigations of Organized Crimes and Corruption, who was investigating the case, was that it had been an accident. In November 2006 the widow of the deceased Liudvika Poci nien asked to resume ..., which consisted of Vytautas Ali auskas, Petras Vaitiek nas , Povilas Malakauskas, Vytautas Landsbergis ... 14 ref , while in March 2008 the then Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas and head of work group Vytautas ... Vytautas Landsbergis stated that the death of the Lithuanian diplomat is nothing else but the political ... 05 31 ref . References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pociunas, Vytautas ... more details
Vytautas Valius 24 August 1930 in Tel iai 28 September 2004 in Vilnius was a Lithuania n painter and graphic designer. ref http ldmuziejus.mch.mii.lt Naujausiosparodos Vyt Valius1 liet.htm ref Valius graduated from the Lithuanian State Art Institute now Vilnius Academy of Art . He worked in the fields of illustration of prints, paintings and books. From 1965 to 1971, he taught composition at the Vilnius Art Institute. Valius created a cycle of paintings Lithuanian folk song motives , Historical paraphrases , 20th Century . His wall paintings decorate Hunters Inn in Kaunas 1974 and Kristijonas Donelaitis reading room at Vilnius University 1979 . Valius created decorations for plays, illustrated numerous books of poetry, stories, teaching and scholarly publications. He created the decorations for drama triptych Orator , Maniac , The Prophet Jonah 1967 by Kazys Saja . Valius created mixed media print cycles of 1863 in Lithuania , Planet , Literary paraphrases , Architecture , Musical Theme , Cultural ecology . Since 1956, he was involved in many international exhibitions in Germany, Italy, Poland, France, Russia, Norway, USA, Canada . Personal exhibition were held in Vilnius 1967, 1982, 1995 1996, 1997 , Kaunas 1982, 1990 1991 , iauliai 1991 , Plung 1995 , Panev ys, Alytus, Tel iai, Ma eikiai 1996 , Toronto Canada , Chicago USA 1988 , Detmold Germany 1993 , Washington, D.C. Alex Gallery . ref http www.alexgalleries.com VytautasValius.php ref In 2000, Chodkiewicz Palace and Kaunas Picture Gallery held a retrospective exhibition. ref http www.samogit.lt kultura V Valiaus kuryba.htm ref Awards 1968 Tallinn Triennial main prize 1974 Bonus Norway 2nd International Graphic Exhibition 1982 SSR State Prize 1996 Recipients of the Lithuanian National Prize Lithuanian National Culture ... links http www.ldm.lt Naujausiosparodos Vytautas valius virtual5.en.htm Vytautas Valius , Lithuanian ... Vilnius lt Vytautas Valius ... more details
Infobox scientist name Vytautas Pranci kus Strai ys image image size 150px caption Vytautas Pranci kus Strai ys birth date birth date and age 1936 8 20 df yes birth place Utena , Lithuania death date death place residence nationality Lithuanian people Lithuanian field Astronomy and Astrophysics work institution Mol tai Astronomical Observatory alma mater Vilnius University known for Vilnius photometric system , stellar classification societies footnotes Vytautas Strai ys born August 20, 1936 ref name las cite web title CORRESPONDING MEMBERS url http lma.lt index.php?pg .000002131.000004257.000004282.000004284&lang en publisher Lithuanian Academy of Sciences accessdate 2010 02 05 ref is a Lithuanian astronomer . In 1963 1965 he and his collaborators created and developed the Vilnius photometric system a seven color intermediate band system, optimized for photometric stellar classification. In 1996 he was elected a Corresponding Member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences . ref name las Strai ys is an editor of the journal Baltic Astronomy . He is currently working at the Mol tai Astronomical Observatory . Asteroid 68730 Straizys in 2002 was named after him. Education and professional history In 1959 graduated from the Vilnius University in astrophysics. In 1959 1962 graduate student of the Institute of Physics and Mathematics of Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. In 1962 1967 scientific ... 2003 Chief researcher of the same institute, Vilnius University . In 1992 1993 academic year visiting ... reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Straizys, Vytautas ALTERNATIVE NAMES ... OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Straizys, Vytautas Category 1936 births Category Lithuanian scientists Category Lithuanian astronomers Category Soviet astronomers Category Living people Category Vilnius University alumni Category Vilnius University faculty Category People from Utena Strai ys Euro astronomer stub Lithuania scientist stub lt Vytautas Strai ys ... more details
Vytautas Edmundas ekanauskas May 13, 1930 in iauliai July 7, 2010 in Vilnius was a Lithuania n architect , professor of the Vilnius Academy of Art . In 1974 he, together with colleagues, was awarded the Lenin Prize in architecture for the design of Lazdynai , a microdistrict of Vilnius. In 2000 he was awarded the Officer s Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas . Works Lazdynai Church of St. John Bosco , Vilnius Building of the Government of Lithuania External links commonscat Vytautas Edmundas ekanauskas Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cekanauskas, Vytautas Edmundas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Lithuanian architect DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1930 PLACE OF BIRTH iauliai DATE OF DEATH July 7, 2010 PLACE OF DEATH Vilnius DEFAULTSORT Cekanauskas, Vytautas Edmundas Category 1930 births Category 2010 deaths Category Lithuanian architects Category Lenin Prize winners Category People from iauliai Category People from Vilnius lithuania bio stub lt Vytautas Edmundas ekanauskas ru , ... more details
Wiktionary about the given name and surname Magnus , meaning Great in Latin, was sometimes used as a first ... was the third century Magnus Roman usurper usurper . The name gained wider popularity in the Middle ... s Latin name Carolus Magnus and re analyzed as Old Norse magn h s house of might power . Citation needed date April 2011 Magnus may refer to TOC right People People with the sole name Magnus Kings of Norway Magnus I of Norway 1024 1047 Magnus II of Norway 1048 1069 Magnus III of Norway 1073 1103 Magnus IV of Norway c. 1115 1139 Magnus V of Norway 1156 1184 Magnus VI of Norway 1238 1280 Kings of Sweden Magnus I of Sweden c. 1106 1134 Magnus II of Sweden died 1161 Magnus III of Sweden 1240 1290 Magnus IV of Sweden 1316 1374 , also Magnus VII of Norway King of Livonia Magnus, Duke of Holstein Magnus of Livonia 1540 1583 , also Duke of Holstein Dukes Magnus, Duke of Saxony c. 1045 1106 Magnus the Pious, Duke of Brunswick L neburg before 1318 1369 Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick L neburg 1324 1373 , also known as Magnus with the Necklace Magnus I, Duke of Saxe Lauenburg 1488 1543 Other Magnus Roman usurper died 235 Magnus Maximus , Roman usurper and Western Roman Emperor died 388 Magnus consul 460 c. 390 or 405 475 Magnus bishop , Roman Catholic Bishop of Turku between 1291 and 1308 Magnus of Nisibis, Alexandrian doctor and professor of the fourth century Pompey Magnus , Roman consul and general who was given the honorific MagnusMagnus, Prince of Anhalt K then 1455 1524 Saints Magnus of Cuneo died 3rd century Magnus bishop of Milan Magnus of Milan , bishop of Milan from 518 to c. 530 Magnus of Avignon died 660 , bishop and governor of Avignon Magnus of F ssen , missionary saint of southern Germany, seventh or eighth century Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney 1075 1115? Albertus Magnus born 1193 1206, died 1280 , German theologian and philosopher People with the family name Magnus surname Magnus Elisabeth von Magnus , Austrian singer Heinrich Gustav Magnus , professor of chemistry ... more details
Image Stanionis fp.jpg thumb right Vytautas Stanionis Fotografios Photographs, a posthumous collection of Stanionis s Lithuanian work. FAIR USE of Stanionis fp.jpg see image description page at http en.wikipedia.org wiki Image Stanionis fp.jpg for rationale Vytautas Stanionis 27 February 1917 11 May 1966 was a Lithuanian photographer of Lithuania and Ukraine during the Soviet period. ref Biographical information is from V. V. Stanionis s preface About My Father to Vytautas Stanionis Fotografios Photographs. ref Born in Drisa on 27 February 1917, Stanionis was brought up in Kaunas . His mother died when he was young his father then remarried but he too died when the son was only 16. Stanionis trained and worked as an accountant. He moved to Vilnius in 1940, but three years later became ill and was hospitalized for tuberculosis in Alytus . Stanionis married soon after the war, both working ... son, Vytautas V. Stanionis, would later become a professional photographer and the editor of his father s work. Note references Bibliography Stanionis, Vytautas. Dain vent . Vilnius, 1958. Stanionis, Vytautas. Nemuno vingiuose In the bends of the Nemunas . Vilnius, 1959. Stanionis, Vytautas. Alytus. Alytus, 1960. Stanionis, Vytautas. uvintas. Vilnius, 1961. Stanionis, Vytautas. Nikitskij Botanicheskij sad Nikitsky Botanical Garden . Moscow, 1962. Stanionis, Vytautas, and V. Narkevi i t ... , Vilnius, 1990. Stanionis, Vytautas V., ed. Vytautas Stanionis Fotografios Photographs 1945 ... lt icon http www.light.lt index.php?id 109 Dvigubi portretai, 1946 2005. Vytautas Stanionis, Vyresnysis Alis Balbierius. http www.culture.lt vilnius vilnius2001 1 205psl.htm Balys Bura as and Vytautas Stanionis in Germany Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Stanionis, Vytautas ALTERNATIVE ... DATE OF DEATH 11 May 1966 PLACE OF DEATH Yalta DEFAULTSORT Stanionis, Vytautas Category 1917 ... Photography in Ukraine af Vytautas Stanionis ... more details
Vytautas Petrulis born February 3, 1890 in Kateli s, near Vabalninkas executed in 1942, near Uchta , RSFSR was a Lithuania n politician, one of the main figures in the Lithuanian Christian Democrats party, and an accountant. He is often nicknamed the father of the Litas as it was during his term as Minister of Finance that the Lithuanian litas was introduced. In the summer of 1918, Petrulis became a member of State Council of Lithuania . Later he was acting Minister of Finances Lithuania Minister of Finances in the 3rd Cabinet of Lithuania . He was Minister of Finance, Trade and Industry Lithuania Minister of Finance, Trade and Industry in the 7th, 8th, and 9th cabinets. In the 10th cabinet he was appointed as Minister of Finance. He was Prime Minister of Lithuania in the 11th Cabinet, also acting as Minister of Finances. On July 11, 1940 he was arrested by the Soviets and sent to the Kaunas Prison . In 1942, he was executed by firing squad near Uchta . External links lt icon http www3.lrs.lt home w5 viewer statiniai seimu istorija w5 show p r 4164&p d 3058&p k 1.html Bio at Lithuanian Seimas website start box succession box before Antanas Tum nas title Prime Minister of Lithuania years 4 February 1925 &ndash 25 September 1925 after Leonas Bistras end box Prime Ministers of Lithuania Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Petrulis, Vytautas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH February 3, 1890 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1942 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Petrulis, Vytautas Category 1890 births Category 1942 deaths Category People from Panev ys County Category Prime Ministers of Lithuania Category Lithuanian accountants Category People executed by firing squad Category Lithuanian people executed by the Soviet Union Lithuania politician stub de Vytautas Petrulis id Vytautas Petrulis lt Vytautas Petrulis 1890 pl Vytautas Petrulis fi Vytautas Petrulis ... more details
MedalTop MedalSport Men s Rowing at the Summer Olympics Rowing MedalSilver 1976 Summer Olympics 1976 Montreal Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics Men s quadruple sculls quadruple sculls MedalBottom Vytautas Butkus born December 20, 1949 is a Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Lithuanian Rowing sport rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics . In 1976 he was a crew member of the Soviet boat which won the silver medal in the quadruple sculls event. External links http www.sports reference.com olympics athletes bu vytautas butkus 1.html profile Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Butkus, Vytautas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Rower DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1949 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Butkus, Vytautas Category 1949 births Category Living people Category Lithuanian rowers Category Soviet rowers Category Olympic rowers of the Soviet Union Category Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Category Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Category Olympic medalists in rowing USSR rowing Olympic medalist stub fi Vytautas Butkus ... more details
Infobox musical artist name Vytautas Kernagis birth name Vytautas Kernagis background solo singer origin Vilnius , Lithuania Born May 19, 1951 death date death date and age 2008 3 15 1951 5 19 genre Sung poetry , pop music pop , rock music rock , folk music folk occupation Vocalist , actor , television presenter. years active 1966 2007 Vytautas Kernagis May 19, 1951 &ndash March 15, 2008 was a Lithuanian singer songwriter , Bard Soviet Union bard , actor, director film director , and television announcer. He is considered a pioneer of Lithuania n sung poetry . ref VLE 9 Page 759 ref Career Vytautas Kernagis attended M.K. iurlionis and Vilnius 23rd schools. In 1973, he graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre . He was a member of the pioneering Lithuanian big beat bands Ais iai 1966 1968 and Rup s miltai 1969 1972 . Kernagis recorded his first album of sung poetry in 1978. Kernagis also took part in the first Lithuanian rock opera Velnio nuotaka , first Lithuanian musical theatre musical Ugnies med iokl su varovais 1976 , and first Lithuanian musical for a puppet theatre okantis ir dainuojantis mergait s vievers lis . Kernagis suffered from gastric cancer and died ... of Vytautas Kernagis Akustinis 1978 LP album , 1994 compact disc CD ir audio cassette MC , 2006, Vilniaus ... Vytautas Kernagis 1979 LP album LP , Melodia C60 10889 90 Kabaretas Tarp girn 1982 small vinyl, 1984 LP album LP , Vilniaus plok teli studija Vytautas kernagis ikagoje 1985, Cassettes studija Dainos ... kult ros ir meno premijos ref References reflist External links http www.kernagis.lt Vytautas Kernagis Fund Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kernagis, Vytautas ALTERNATIVE ... OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Kernagis, Vytautas Category 1951 births Category 2008 deaths Category Deaths from ... Vilnius Europe singer stub Lithuania bio stub es Vytautas Kernagis lv V tauts erna is lt Vytautas Kernagis bat smg Vytautas Kernagis ... more details
Vytautas Kolesnikovas born on September 25, 1948 in Alytus , Lithuania is a painter, graphic artist, politician, and signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re Establishment of the State of Lithuania . ref name seimas1 lt icon cite web title 1990 1992 m. kadencijos Seimo narys Vytautas KOLESNIKOVAS publisher Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania url http www3.lrs.lt docs3 kad1 w5 lrs.seimo narys p asm id 214&p int tv id 784&p kalb id 1&p kade id 1.htm accessdate 2008 12 12 ref From 1968 to 1974 Kolesnikovas studied art in Moscow. After returning to Lithuania he worked at several regional firms in Alytus and presented his artwork at several exhibitions. ref name sig lt icon cite web url http www.lrs.lt datos kovo11 signatarai www lrs.signataras p asm id 214.htm title Lietuvos Respublikos Auk iausiosios Tarybos AKTO D l Lietuvos nepriklausomos valstyb s atstatymo signataras Vytautas KOLESNIKOVAS publisher Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania accessdate 2008 12 13 ref In 1988 he joined activities of the S j dis movement and was elected to the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR . Kolesnikovas was a member of the Commission of Science, Education, and Culture in the Supreme Council Reconstituent Seimas . ref name sig After the 1993 elections, he returned to Alytus and joined Department of Cultural Heritage. In 2008, after more than 20 years since last exhibition, Kolesnikovas organized a personal exhibition of his work in Alytus. ref lt icon cite journal url http www.ana.lt alytausnaujienos paskutinionumeriostraipsniai ?nid 2370 title Nepriklausomyb s Akto signataras u simerk s nupie t Lenino portret ir kiaul s snuk first Alma last Mosteikait journal Alytaus naujienos date 2008 09 ... . NAME Kolesnikovas, Vytautas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1948 09 25 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Kolesnikovas, Vytautas Category 1948 births Category ... Alytus Kolesnikovas lt Vytautas Kolesnikovas ... more details
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