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Aleksandras Grybinas
Aleksandras is a Lithuanian male given name derived from Alexander. People with this name include: *Alexander Jagiellon (1461–1506), Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland *Aleksandras Abišala (born 1955), former Prime Minister of Lithuania *Aleksandras Ambrazevičius (born 1953), Lithuanian politician *Aleksandras Antipovas (born 1955), long distance runner *Aleksandras Dičpetris (1906–1968), Lithuanian poet and educator *Aleksandras Lileikis (1907–2000), Lithuanian Holocaust perpetrator *Aleksandras Fromas-Gužutis (also known as Gužutis; 1822–1900), Lithuanian writer *Aleksandras Machtas (1892–1972), chess master *Aleksandras Plechavičius (1897–1942), Lithuanian military officer *Aleksandras Stulginskis (1885–1969), President of Lithuania *Aleksandras Štromas Alexander Shtromas ( lt, Aleksandras Štromas; 4 April 1931 in Kaunas, Lithuania – 12 June 1999 in Chicago) was a prominent Lithuanian political scientist, dissident, professor and author. Alexander ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Jagiellon
Alexander Jagiellon ( pl, Aleksander Jagiellończyk, lt, Aleksandras Jogailaitis; 5 August 1461 – 19 August 1506) of the House of Jagiellon was the Grand Duke of Lithuania and later also King of Poland. He was the fourth son of Casimir IV Jagiellon. He was elected grand duke of Lithuania on the death of his father (1492) and king of Poland on the death of his brother John I Albert (1501). Biography Alexander was born as the fourth son of King Casimir IV of Poland and Elisabeth, daughter of the King Albert of Hungary. At the time of his father's death in 1492, his eldest brother Vladislaus had already become king of Bohemia (1471) and Hungary and Croatia (1490), and the next oldest brother, Casimir, had died (1484) after leading an ascetic and pious life in his final years, resulting in his eventual canonization. While the third oldest brother, John I Albert was chosen by the Polish nobility ('' szlachta'') to be the next king of Poland, the Lithuanians instead elected Alexand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandras Abišala
Aleksandras Abišala (born 28 December 1955 in Inta, Russian SFSR) is a former Lithuanian politician and Prime Minister of Lithuania (1992). Abišala was born on 28 December 1955 into a family of deportees in the Komi region of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR). He became one of the leaders of the Kaunas faction of the Sąjūdis movement in 1988. Abišala was elected deputy to the Lithuanian Supreme Soviet in 1990 and was one of the signatories of the 11 March declaration of independence. Until 1992, he served as minister without portfolio, then from 21 July through 2 December 1992 as prime minister. In 2007, he established his own business consulting A business consultant (from Latin ''consultare'', "to discuss") is a professional who provides professional or expert advice or service in a particular area such as security (electronic or physical), management, accountancy, law, human resources, ma ... company called "A. Abišala and Partners".http://w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandras Ambrazevičius
Aleksandras Ambrazevičius (born 15 October 1953) is a Lithuanian politician, born in Olyokminsk, Yakut ASSR. In 1990 he was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania The Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania or Act of March 11 ( lt, Aktas dėl Lietuvos nepriklausomos valstybės atstatymo) was an independence declaration by Lithuania adopted on March 11, 1990, signed by all members of the S .... References Biography 1953 births Living people People from Olyokminsky District 20th-century Lithuanian politicians Kaunas University of Technology alumni Signatories of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania 21st-century Lithuanian politicians {{Lithuania-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandras Antipovas
Aleksandras Antipovas (born 9 March 1955 in Bogdanyu, Soviet Union) is a retired Lithuanian long-distance runner who represented the USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ... under the name Aleksandr Antipov. Achievements External links * * * 1955 births Living people Lithuanian male long-distance runners Soviet male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union European Athletics Championships medalists {{Lithuania-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandras Dičpetris
Aleksandras Dičpetris (31 October 1906 – 30 November 1968) was a Lithuanian poet and educator. He first published poetry in 1923 and continued publishing in college. He majored in German studies and Lithuanian philology and pedagogy at Vytautas Magnus University, belonged to the “tent society” and graduated in 1933. The melodic quatrain collection ''Dalia Necklace'' published in 1930 alternates between symbolist and neoromantic styles. In 1931 his poem entitled ''Lithuania Our Motherland'' drew notable attention. He became a headmaster of a college preparatory school. When the Soviet Union invaded Lithuania in 1939 his high standing in the community meant he had to leave the country in order to secure the safety of his family. He chose to move to Germany and established another school for Lithuanian expatriates in Germany where he again became the headmaster. In 1944 he chose an offer of resettlement in Scotland for him, his wife and four children. He died in Bradfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandras Lileikis
Aleksandras Lileikis (10 June 1907 – 26 September 2000) was the chief of the Lithuanian Security Police in Vilnius during the Nazi occupation of Lithuania and a perpetrator of the Holocaust in Lithuania. He signed documents handing at least 75 Jews in his control over to Ypatingasis būrys, a Lithuanian collaborationist death squad, and is suspected of responsibility in the murder of thousands of Lithuanian Jews. After the 1944 Soviet occupation of Lithuania, he fled to Germany as a displaced person. Refused permission to immigrate to the United States because of his Nazi past, he worked for the Central Intelligence Agency in the early 1950s. In 1955, his second application for permission to immigrate was granted and he settled in Norwood, Massachusetts, becoming a naturalized citizen in 1976. Eli Rosenbaum, an investigator for the Office of Special Investigations, uncovered evidence of Lileikis' war crimes; proceedings for his denaturalization were opened in 1994 and concl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandras Fromas-Gužutis
Aleksandras Fromas known by his pen name Gužutis (1822–1900) was a Lithuanian writer, one of the first authors of Lithuanian plays and dramas. Born to a family of an office worker, Fromas received some education at the Kražiai College. He worked in various government offices until he purchased a farm in 1853 where he lived and worked until his death. Encouraged by his neighbor Mečislovas Davainis-Silvestraitis, Fromas began publishing his texts in the Lithuanian press in 1884. While he wrote three novels, some short stories, and poems, he is mostly known as the author of the first Lithuanian plays. Thirteen plays are known; four of them were published during his lifetime. Most of the plays deal with heroic and romanticized episodes from the old Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Other plays transformed traditional Lithuanian myths, including Eglė the Queen of Serpents and Jūratė and Kastytis, into literary dramas and dealt with realities of the 19th-century Lithuania, including the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandras Machtas
Aleksandras Ziselis Machtas (also Alexander-Zisel Macht, Sasha Maht; 6 October 1892 – 14 January 1973) was a Lithuanian chess master. Machtas, a member of the Lithuanian Sports Club Makabi, won 7 chess championships in the first independent republic of Lithuania: in 1923–24, 1926–28, and again in 1931–32. That is more than any other Lithuanian chess player in the history of independent Lithuania. He took 7th place in the first Baltic Championship held in Klaipėda in 1931. The event was won by Isakas Vistaneckis. Machtas twice played for Lithuania in Chess Olympiads: in 1930, at first board in the 3rd Chess Olympiad in Hamburg (+4 –9 =4) and in 1935, at second board in the 6th Chess Olympiad in Warsaw (+2 –7 =5). He became the first ever chess player to represent Lithuania as first board (top seeded) in a world chess Olympiad and to play in a formal match against a reigning world chess champion Machtas served as the general manager of the largest Jewish bank in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandras Plechavičius
Aleksandras Plechavičius (1 June 1897 – 6 May 1942) was a Lithuanian military officer in the Imperial Russian Army and then the Lithuanian Army. In the service of Lithuania, he rose to the rank of colonel in the interwar period. He was a younger brother to the more famous Povilas Plechavičius. Early life Aleksandras Plechavičius was born on 1 June 1897, in farmstead in the Židikai District to the Lithuanian farmer Ignas Plechavičius. His mother was the Lithuanian noblewoman Konstancija Bukontaitė. Aleksandras had ten siblings. He studied at the Mitau Gymnasium. Active military service Aleksandras Plechavičius was mobilised to the Imperial Russian Army in 1914. Together with his elder brother Povilas, he completed the . While fighting against the Germans and the Ottomans, he was injured twice. In 1917, he was promoted to the commander of his cavalry squadron. He returned from the front with his brother Povilas to Lithuania in July 1918. In November 1918, he enlisted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandras Stulginskis
Aleksandras Stulginskis (26 February 1885 – 22 September 1969) was the second President of Lithuania (1920–1926). Stulginskis was also acting President of Lithuania for a few hours later in 1926, following a military coup that was led by his predecessor, President Antanas Smetona, and which had brought down Stulginskis's successor, Kazys Grinius. The coup returned Smetona to office after Stulginskis's brief formal assumption of the Presidency. He began his theological studies in Kaunas and continued in Innsbruck, Austria. However, he decided not to become a priest and moved to the Institute of Agricultural Sciences in University of Halle. He graduated in 1913 and returned to Lithuania. There he started to work as a farmer. He published many articles on agronomy in Lithuanian press. In 1918 he started to publish journals ''Ūkininkas'' ("Farmer") and ''Ūkininko kalendorius'' ("Farmer's Calendar"). During World War I he moved to Vilnius. He was one of the founders of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandras Štromas
Alexander Shtromas ( lt, Aleksandras Štromas; 4 April 1931 in Kaunas, Lithuania – 12 June 1999 in Chicago) was a prominent Lithuanian political scientist, dissident, professor and author. Alexander Štromas was a cousin of Irena Veisaitė, Holocaust survivor and later Lithuanian scholar of German literature. Irena's mother and Alexander's father were siblings. Biography Shtromas was born in Kaunas, Lithuania. During the Nazi occupation of Lithuania he was imprisoned in the ghetto. After he was saved from the ghetto, Shtromas was harbored by Antanas Sniečkus. He studied at Vilnius University, and later finished at Moscow State University. In 1964 Shtromas defended his doctoral thesis in law. Soon afterward Shtromas became a critic of the Soviet regime and was forced to emigrate. In 1973 he settled in the United Kingdom. There, he was appointed to a position in the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford by Adam Curle. He later worked at Salford University, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
