need a bigger lead and more history also Image Order of Vytautas the Great with Golden Chain.jpg right 200px Part of Order with Golden Chain The Order of Vytautas the Great is the Lithuanian Presidential ... the 500th anniversary of the death of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas the Great . The badge .... In the centre, a smaller version of the Vytautas the Great Cross with a golden Crown above is depicted ..., there is a smaller version of the Vytautas the Great Cross with a golden Crown, on black enamel ... of Vytautas the Great with the Golden Chain Image Order of Vytautas with Golden Chain.2.jpg thumb ... thumb 220px President Valdas Adamkus decorates President Viktor Yushchenko with Order of Vytautas the Great ... form and ornaments are taken from the seal of Vytautas the Great. The bear represents Smolensk , the horseman ... of the Order of Vytautas the Great with the Golden Chain President of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus ... reflist Orders of Lithuania Category Order of Vytautas the Great Category Orders, decorations, and medals of Lithuania Vytautas the Great Category 1930 establishments in Lithuania Category Orders of knighthood awarded to heads of state, consorts and sovereign family members Vytautas the Great ... Burba . The insignia of the Order issued today are of the same design. Classes The Order of Vytautas the Great has five classes 1. Grand Cross Image Order of Vytautas Commanders Grand Cross Ribbon.jpg 50px Ribbon 2. Commander s Grand Cross Image Vytautas komandoro didysis kryzius Ribbon.jpg 50px Ribbon 3. Commander s Cross Image Vytautas komandoro kryzius Ribbon.jpg 50px Ribbon 4. Officer s Cross Image Vytautas karininko kryzius Ribbon.jpg 50px Ribbon 5. Knight s Cross Image Vytautas riterio kryzius Ribbon.jpg 50px Ribbon Special class of this insignia the Order of Vytautas the Great with the Golden Chain. Image Order of Vytautas GC Ribbon.gif 50px Ribbon Grand Cross Image 1st Class Order of Vytautas the Great.jpg right 150px Grand Cross and Star The insignia of the Grand Cross consists ... more details
Image Aleksoto tiltas 2006 07 16.jpg thumb 200px Vytautas the Great Bridge Vytautas the Great Bridge , also known as Aleksotas Bridge before 1930 and from 1940 until 23 February 2008, crosses the Nemunas River to connect Aleksotas and Kaunas Old Town Old Town in Kaunas , Lithuania . Its length exceeds 256 meters, and its width is of 16 meters. The means of payment for the building of the bridge was arranged back in 1927. After several stages of competition, Copenhagen based engineers obtained the rights to build the bridge. Finally, in January 11, 1930, the bridge was completed being named after Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas the Great . Image Aleksotas Bridge in 2010.jpg thumb 200px Vytautas the Great Bridge in 2010 During World War II the bridge was blasted away. Due to the strategic relevance of the city Kaunas, the bridge was rebuilt in 1948. In 2005 the bridge underwent a major reconstruction. Crossings navbox structure Bridges place Nemunas River bridge Vytautas the Great Bridge bridge signs upstream M. K. iurlionis Bridge upstream signs downstream Lamp d iai Bridge downstream signs coord 54 53 37 N 23 53 13 E type landmark display title commons category Vytautas the Great Bridge Category Bridges in Lithuania Category Kaunas Category Road bridges Category Buildings and structures in Kaunas Category Bridges completed in 1930 Category Transport in Kaunas Lithuania struct stub Europe bridge struct stub lt Vytauto Did iojo tiltas ... more details
Image Kaunas war museum.jpg thumb right Vytautas the Great War Museum The Vytautas the Great War Museum lang lt Vytauto Did iojo karo muziejus is a museum in Kaunas , Lithuania . It was opened on 16 February 1936 and named after VytautasVytautas the Great , Grand Duke of Lithuania . The museum displays historical artefacts pertaining to Lithuania and Kaunas from prehistoric times to the present day, including a large collection of historical weapons. There are expositions dedicated to the military skills of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , Vytautas the Great Chapel, collections of weapons, firearms, ammunition, army uniforms of various states, defense of the Kaunas Fortress in 1915, and others. The airplane Lituanica , on which Steponas Darius and Stasys Gir nas flew across the Atlantic Ocean in 1933, is on display and remains a popular exhibition. In the great hall of the museum there are copies of the 17th century cannon s. Especially large the is a comprehenseve collection of the 18th century pistol s. Image Kowno MilitaryMuseum.jpg thumb Square commemorating Lithuanian national renaissance figures with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the middle Statues of Lithuanian national renaissance figures, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and eternal flame , are located in the square in front of the museum. During the time of the History of Lithuania Independent interwar Lithuania 1918 1939 First Lithuanian Republic 1918 1940 , when Kaunas was the temporary capital of Lithuania ... thumb Freedom statue in the square of the Vytautas the Great War Museum The Kaunas 35 bell carillon range from as1 to as4 in the tower of the Vytautas the Great War Museum was completed in Belgium in 1935 ... category Vytautas the Great War Museum http www.muziejai.lt Prev vers Kaunas karo muziejus.en.htm Website of the Vytautas the Great War Museum coord 54 54 00 N 23 54 43 E type landmark display title ... pl Muzeum Wojskowe im. Witolda Wielkiego fi Vytautas Suuren sotamuseo ... more details
Infobox religious building building name Vytautas the Great Church of the Assumption of The Holy Virgin Mary br Vytauto Did iojo Mergel s Marijos mimo dang ba ny ia image Church of Vytautas the Great in Kaunas.jpg caption Church of Vytautas the Great location Kaunas , Lithuania geo 54 89 50 N, 23 88 65 E religious affiliation Roman Catholic district Old Town, Kaunas Old Town consecration year 1400 status leadership website architect architecture type Church building Church architecture style Gothic Architecture Late Gothic and Brick Gothic facade direction West year completed 1400 construction cost capacity length width width nave height max dome quantity dome height outer dome height inner dome dia outer dome dia inner minaret quantity minaret height spire quantity spire height materials clay bricks Image Vytautas church.jpg thumb Church in the city panorama Vytautas the Great Church of the Assumption of The Holy Virgin Mary lang lt Vytauto Did iojo ba ny ia is a Roman Catholic church in the Centras Kaunas Old Town of Kaunas , Lithuania , and is one of the oldest churches in the city. History The church was built in the right bank of the Neman River around 1400s in architecture 1400 for Franciscan monks and foreign merchants. It was ordered and funded by Vytautas the Great as a commendation to the Blessed Virgin Mary for saving his life after a major defeat in the Battle of the Vorskla River . Being quite close to the river the church has many times suffered from spring floods. In 1812 it was burned by French troops. The Franciscan monastery was closed by Russian administration after the November Uprising . In 1845 the Catholic Church was closed and later it was rebuilt and reopened as an and Orthodox church. Since 1903 it served as military barracks . In 1915 Germans organised a warehouse here. The building, returned to the Catholic Church in 1919 underwent major renovation works in 1931 1938 and again in 1978 1982. Architecture The church was constructed in Gothic ... more details
Infobox monarch name Vytautas the Great title Grand Duke of Lithuania image Vytautas the great.jpg caption ... Duke of Lithuania File Edict of Vytautas the Great. Issued 1410 02 16 .jpg thumb left Privilege ... Main Polish Lithuanian Teutonic War File Vytautas dydysis.jpg thumb right Vytautas the Great as shown ... with Poland. Relationship with Poland File Kaunas Vytautas.jpg thumb right Vytautas the Great monument ... matters. File Church of Vytautas the Great in Kaunas.jpg thumb left Church of Vytautas the Great ... Duke of Lithuania Reversum.jpg thumb Litas commemorative coin dedicated to Vytautas the Great Reforms ..., daughter of Ivan Olshanski . See also Commons category Vytautas the Great Gediminids House of K stutis family tree of Vytautas Order of Vytautas the Great Notes reflist References lt icon Inga ... Vytautas The Great ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION King of Lithuania DATE OF BIRTH 1350 PLACE OF BIRTH Senieji Trakai DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1430 PLACE OF DEATH Trakai DEFAULTSORT Vytautas The Great ... 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 ... the Great from the 15th century onwards c. 1350 October 27, 1430 was one of the most famous rulers of Grand Duchy of Lithuania medieval Lithuania . Vytautas was the ruler 1392&ndash 1430 of the Grand ... , 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 Vytautas Magnus University ..., 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 ... more details
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 .... 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 ..., 1997 Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit , 1998 Great Cross Order, Poland, 1999 clarify date February 2011 Great Cross of Order of Honour Greece Medal of Honour , Greece , 1999 UNESCO Medal for developing democracy and fighting for human rights. Honorary doctorates Vytautas Landsbergis ... University , Chicago , 1991 Vytautas Magnus University , Kaunas , Lithuania, 1992 Weber State University ... 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 Vytautas Landsbergis biography Leaders of Lithuania since 1919 Signatories of the Act of March 11 ... Fall of Communism Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Landsbergis, Vytautas ALTERNATIVE ... OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Landsbergis, Vytautas Category 1932 births Category Living people ... on European Conscience and Communism signatories ca Vytautas Landsbergis cs Vytautas Landsbergis de ... more details
Vytautas Klova January 31, 1926 in Tirk liai , Ma eikiai district municipality Ma eikiai district December 10, 2009 in Vilnius ref http www.lrytas.lt 12604411651258653778 sulauk C4 99s 82 met C5 B3 mir C4 97 kompozitorius v klova papildyta.htm Sulauk s 82 met mir kompozitorius V.Klova ref was a Lithuania n composer and educator. His best known work is opera Pil nai opera Pil nai , based on the historical events in Pil nai . It is by far the most popular Lithuanian opera . ref http www.mic.lt lit garsai 18.htm Garsai ir blyksniai ref Biography From 1946 to 1948 Klova studied in the composition class of professor Juozas Gruodis at the Kaunas Conservatory . In 1951 he finished professor s Antanas Ra i nas composition class at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre then known as the Lithuanian Conservatory . From 1954 to 1994 Klova lectured on music theory at the same academy. In 1982 he received his professor s degree. Klova is the author of the first Lithuanian textbook of polyphony . He received the Lithuanian SSR State Prize ref Great Soviet Encyclopedia , 3rd edition, entry on , available online http slovari.yandex.ru art.xml?art bse 00035 16400.htm here ref for his works in 1957 and 1970. ref http www.mic.lt lit composer page.php3?id 103 LMILC ref Works Klova wrote 6 operas Pil nai 1955 most popular of his works and was named as classics of the Lithuanian opera Vaiva 1957 Dukt Daughter 1960 algiris Du kalavijai Grunvald Two Swords 1965 Amerikoni koji tragedija American Tragedy 1968 Ave, vita 1974 He also harmonized more than 100 Music of Lithuania Lithuanian folk songs . References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Klova, Vytautas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1926 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH December 10, 2009 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Klova, Vytautas Category 1926 births Category 2009 deaths Category Lithuanian composers ka lt Vytautas Klova ru , ... 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
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 ... 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 ... 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
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
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
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 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 his home country at the Lithuania at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2004 and Lithuania at the 2008 Summer 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 ... 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
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
Vytautas Janulionis 28 February 1958 &ndash 1 May 2010 was a Lithuania n glass artist. He was born in Klaip da . ref http www.kamane.lt lt naujienos daile dnaujiena1712 ref In 1969 1976, he studied at M. K. iurlionis secondary art school. He graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts Art Institute in Tallinn , in 1981. Since 1981, he taught at Vilnius Academy of Art , Kaunas Art Institute. Since 1988, he was a member of the Lithuanian Artists Association. ref Vytautas Janulionis . Lietuvos taikomoji ir dekoratyvin dail ref Works He created distinctive glass and plastic compositions Rain in 1985, Silent Light in 2001 , indoor public stained glass Leaves company Sema in Panevezys in 1988, the Pharmaceutical Museum in Kaunas in 1989, a circus in Tula Russia , 1991, the Kaunas Regional Archives, 1994, New Apostolic Church in Panevezys, 1999 He works are characterized by constructive, with a minimum of colors, the light play of different textures and thickness of glass, colorless glass ground effects dark glass plates embossed sculptural composition formed by heat. Since 1983, he participated in exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad, individual exhibitions held in Kaunas in 1994, 2005, in Vilnius in 2005, an international Kanadzavoje 2001 Works to Lithuanian Art Museum, National Museum of Fine Arts iurlionis. ref http www.smic.lt htm menininkas janulionis.htm ref ref Nijol ilinskien . Vytautas Janulionis . Visuotin lietuvi enciklopedija , T. VIII Imhof Junusas . V. Mokslo ir enciklopedij leidybos institutas, 2005, 528 psl. ref See also List of Lithuanian painters References reflist External links lt Vytautas Janulionis Vytautas Janulionis , Vikipedija Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Janaul, Vyt ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 28 February 1958 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1 May 2010 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Janaul, Vyt Category ... Lithuania painter stub lt Vytautas Janulionis ... more details
MedalTop MedalSport Men s Rowing at the Summer Olympics Rowing MedalBronze 1968 Summer Olympics 1968 Mexico City Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics Men s eights eights MedalBottom Vytautas Briedis born August 27, 1940 is a Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Lithuanian Rowing sport rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics . In 1964 he was a crew member of the Soviet boat which finished fifth in the Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics Men s eights eights event . Fours years later he won the bronze medal with the Soviet boat in the eights competition. External links http www.sports reference.com olympics athletes br vytautas briedis 1.html profile Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Briedis, Vytautas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Rower DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1940 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Briedis, Vytautas Category 1940 births Category Living people Category Lithuanian rowers Category Soviet rowers Category Olympic rowers of the Soviet Union Category Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Category Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Category Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Category Olympic medalists in rowing lithuania bio stub USSR rowing Olympic medalist stub ... 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 Vilnius, 1970 Pr s kalbos paminklai Monuments of the Prussian Language Vilnius, t. I 1966, t. II 1981 ..., 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 ... faculty eo Vytautas Ma iulis lt Vytautas Ma iulis nl Vytautas Ma iulis pl Vytautas Ma iulis ru ... more details
Infobox Officeholder name Vytautas ustauskas image office Member of the Seimas president term start 2000 term end 2004 predecessor successor birth date birth date and age 1945 3 19 df y birth place Kra iai , Soviet Union br small now Lithuania small death date death place party Union of the Fighters for Lithuania otherparty Lithuania Freedom Union 1992 2011 alma mater signature Vytautas ustauskas born March 19, 1945 is a controversial Lithuania n politician, leader of the Union of the Fighters for Lithuania Kovotoj u Lietuv s junga political party. ustauskas first gained popularity by defending the rights of the poorest Lithuanians. When the high society organised the first Vienna ball in the Vilnius City Hall , he organised a party for the poor people in the square just outside the building. The Vienna ball did not take place the following year, which many people regarded as a victory for ustauskas, as the idea became unpopular among members of high society. These events raised the popularity of the Lithuanian Freedom Union , as many poorer people already saw high society as a den for corrupt thieves the ideology which was propagated during communism , and was supported by several scandals in the 90s. The fact that ustauskas sold his car and invested much of his own funds into these parties for poor people also helped his popularity. However, his and Freedom Union s popularity distribution over Lithuania was very uneven it was most popular in ustauskas s hometown Kaunas ... in Kaunas which it had held previously. Vytautas ustauskas is also known to have made ...&feature fvst Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Sustauskas, Vytautas ALTERNATIVE ... DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Sustauskas, Vytautas Category 1945 births Category Living people Category Antisemitism Category Mayors of Kaunas Category Members of the Seimas de Vytautas ustauskas lt Vytautas ustauskas pl Vytautas ustauskas ... more details
Infobox football biography playername Vytautas Andriu kevi ius image caption fullname Vytautas Andriu kevi ius dateofbirth birth date and age df yes 1990 10 8 cityofbirth countryofbirth Republic of Lithuania height height m 1.88 position Defender association football Defender currentclub Lechia Gda sk clubnumber 3 youthyears1 youthclubs1 FBK Kaunas years1 2007 2008 clubs1 FBK Kaunas FBK Kaunas 2 caps1 goals1 years2 2007 2010 clubs2 FBK Kaunas caps2 17 goals2 1 years3 2010 clubs3 Lechia Gda sk caps3 18 goals3 0 nationalyears1 nationalteam1 Lithuania national under 19 football team Lithuania U 19 nationalcaps1 8 nationalgoals1 0 nationalyears2 nationalteam2 Lithuania national under 21 football team Lithuania U 21 nationalcaps2 8 nationalgoals2 0 nationalyears3 2011 nationalteam3 Lithuania national football team Lithuania nationalcaps3 1 nationalgoals3 0 club update date 2011 07 29 nationalteam update Vytautas Andriu kevi ius born 8 October 1990 is a Lithuania n football soccer footballer , who currently plays for Lechia Gda sk in the Ekstraklasa . Career Club In the summer 2010, he joined Lechia Gda sk on three year contract deal. ref http www.pilka.sport24.pl news show 128456 ekstraklasa andriuskevicius pilkarzem lechii Andriu kevi ius pi karzem Lechii 10.07.2010, sport24.pl ref International He is a part of Lithuania national under 21 football team . References Reflist External links 90minut 17472 pl icon http www.transfermarkt.de de vytautas andriuskevicius profil spieler 120034.html Profile at Transfermarkt de icon Lechia Gda sk squad Use dmy dates date June 2011 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Andriuskevicius, Vytautas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Andriuskevicius, Vytautas Category 1990 births Category Living people ... Category Lithuanian expatriates in Poland Lithuania footy bio stub lt Vytautas Andriu kevi ius pl Vytautas Andriu kevi ius ... more details
Vytautas Bacevi ius d , 9 September 1905 New York , 15 January 1970 was a Lithuanian composer ref New Statesman 136 4851 4863 2007 ref of decidedly radical and modernistic leanings. Most of his works are in an atonal idiom of his own devising. He developed a theory of cosmic music and came to regard Schoenberg s 12 note music as out dated, regarding himself as a successor to Scriabin , Andr Jolivet and Var se . Bacevi ius studied in d with, among others, Kazimierz Sikorski and moved to Kaunas in Lithuania in 1926. In 1927 he went to Paris where he studied composition with Nikolai Tcherepnin . Returning to Lithuania in 1928 he established himself as a pianist and composer and teacher. He became the Chair of the Lithuanian Section of the ISCM . He was on tour in Argentina in 1939 when the Germans invaded Lithuania, rendering him an exile in America. He moved to the United States in 1940 and lived mainly in New York, continuing to give recitals but mainly supporting himself by teaching. Though born in Poland, he adopted the Lithuanian form of his name Bacevi ius he was the brother of the Polish composer Grazyna Bacewicz , to whom he dedicated his Second Symphony, della Guerra , in 1940. Bacevi ius regarded his orchestral works as the most important part of his output, and composed six symphonies in all as well as four piano concertos, a violin concerto and numerous works for piano solo. Works http www.mic.lt en classical persons works bacevicius?ref 2Fen 2Fclassical 2Fpersons .... Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra dir. Vytautas Luko ius and Martynas Sta kus , conductors. Toccata ..., Vytautas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Lithuanian composers DATE OF BIRTH 9 September 1905 ... Bacevicius, Vytautas Category 1905 births Category 1970 deaths Category Lithuanian composers Lithuania composer stub fr Vytautas Bacevi ius lt Vytautas Bacevi ius nl Vytautas Bacevi ius ja fi Vytautas Bacevi ius ... more details
Vytautas Vi iulis October 16, 1951 in the Skuodas district March 3, 1989 in Klaip da was a Lithuania n painter ref lt icon cite web date 2007 01 04 url http www.oginski.lt ZDM zem dailininkai c.htm archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20070425005128 http www.oginski.lt ZDM zem dailininkai c.htm archivedate 2007 04 27 title I kil s emaitijos dailininkai profesionalai, tautodailininkai, menotyrininkai s vadas . II dalis publisher emai i dail s muziejus accessdate 2009 07 13 ref and antiques restorer, ref name kl better known for his self immolation for political reasons. Protesting against the Soviet occupation of the Baltic States , he burned himself in Klaip da close to the monument of Lenin in the late evening of March 2, 1989. Severely burned, he died in a hospital at 9 pm on March 3. ref lt icon cite journal url http www.ve.lt ?rub 1065924810&data 2009 03 02&id 1235928272 title mogus, kuriam laisv s tro kimas sudegino ird date 2009 03 02 first Ivona last iemyt journal Vakar ekspresas ref Vi iulis used fuel to set himself ablaze. Remains of the flag of Lithuania was found on his body. ref name kl lt icon cite journal url http klaipeda.diena.lt dienrastis miestas v viciulis pristigo vilties 202986 title V.Vi iulis pristigo vilties date 2009 02 28 first Daiva last Janauskait journal Klaip da ref See also Romas Kalanta References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Viciulis, Vytautas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1951 10 16 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1989 03 03 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Viciulis, Vytautas Category 1951 births Category 1989 deaths Category Lithuanian anti communists Category Lithuanian painters Category Painters who committed suicide Category Self immolations in protest of the Eastern Bloc Category Suicides in the Soviet Union Category Suicides in Lithuania Category People from Klaip da County Vi iulis Lithuania bio stub cs Vytautas Vi iulis bat smg Vytautas Vi iulis ... 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
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