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Baltic Appeal
The Baltic Appeal ( et, Balti apell, lv, Baltijas harta or ''Baltiešu memorands'', lt, 45 pabaltijiečių memorandumas) was a public letter to the general secretary of the United Nations, Soviet Union, East and West Germany, and signatories of the Atlantic Charter by 45 Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian citizens. Sent on 23 August 1979, the 40th anniversary of the Molotov–Ribbentrop pact, the appeal demanded public disclosure of the pact and its secret protocols, annulment of the pact '' ab initio'', and restoration of the independence of the Baltic states, then occupied by the Soviet Union. The appeal was published in the foreign press and constituted the basis for the European Parliament's resolution of 13 January 1983 in support of its demands. In Soviet-controlled territory, it was widespread through samizdat. Signatories: * Romas Andrijauskas * Stase Andrijauskiene * Alfonsas Andriukaitis * Vytautas Bastys * Vytautas Bogušis * Vladas Bobinas * Romas Vitke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. It is the world's largest and most familiar international organization. The UN is headquarters of the United Nations, headquartered on extraterritoriality, international territory in New York City, and has other main offices in United Nations Office at Geneva, Geneva, United Nations Office at Nairobi, Nairobi, United Nations Office at Vienna, Vienna, and Peace Palace, The Hague (home to the International Court of Justice). The UN was established after World War II with Dumbarton Oaks Conference, the aim of preventing future world wars, succeeding the League of Nations, which was characterized as ineffective. On 25 April 1945, 50 governments met in San Francisco for United Nations Conference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vytautas Bastys
Vytautas (c. 135027 October 1430), also known as Vytautas the Great ( Lithuanian: ', be, Вітаўт, ''Vitaŭt'', pl, Witold Kiejstutowicz, ''Witold Aleksander'' or ''Witold Wielki'' Ruthenian: ''Vitovt'', Latin: ''Alexander Vitoldus'', Old German: ''Wythaws or Wythawt'') from the late 14th century onwards, was a ruler of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He was also the Prince of Grodno (1370–1382), Prince of Lutsk (1387–1389), and the postulated king of the Hussites. In modern Lithuania, Vytautas is revered as a national hero and was an important figure in the national rebirth in the 19th century. ''Vytautas'' is a popular male given name in Lithuania. In commemoration of the 500-year anniversary of his death, Vytautas Magnus University was named after him. Monuments in his honour were built in many towns in the independent Lithuania during the interwar period from 1918 to 1939. It is known that Vytautas himself knew and spoke in the Lithuanian language with Jogaila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdis Larius
Valdis is a Latvian language masculine given name. It is derived from two possible sources; from the Latvian word ''valdīt'' ("rule") or as a shortened form of Valdemārs, the Latvian form of Waldemar. Valdis may refer to the following: * Valdis Birkavs (born 1942), Latvian politician and Prime Minister of Latvia * Valdis Celms (born 1943), Latvian artist and neopagan leader *Valdis Dombrovskis (born 1971), Latvian politician, Prime Minister of Latvia (2009–2013) * Valdis Ģīlis (born 1954), Latvian politician * Valdis Mintals (born 1979), Estonian figure skater * Valdis Muižnieks (1935–2013), Latvian basketball player * Valdis Muktupāvels (born 1958), Latvian ethnomusicologist, composer, musician and teacher *Valdís Óskarsdóttir (born 1950), Icelandic film editor *Valdis Pelšs (born 1967), Latvian-born Russian television personality, musical artist and actor * Valdis Pultraks (1922–1972), Latvian footballer * Valdis Valters (born 1957), Latvian basketball player *Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonas Laurinskas
Leonas is a Lithuanian masculine given name and surname; often a diminutive of Leonardas, and a Lithuanianized form of "Leon". Leonas ( grc, Λεωνᾶς) was also a Greek and a Latin name. Surname * Petras Leonas (1864–1938), Lithuanian attorney and politician * Silvestras Leonas (1894–1959), Lithuanian military officer and judge Given name *Leonas, a Greek rhetorician and sophist. Mentor of the philosopher Proclus *Leonas Alesionka (born 1949), Lithuanian politician *Leonas Apšega (born 1940), Lithuanian politician *Leonas Baltrūnas (1914–1993), Lithuanian basketball player and coach *Leonas Bistras (1890–1971), Lithuanian politician, journalist, translator, philosopher and professor *Leonas Juozapaitis (1901–1980), Lithuanian footballer *Leonas Koganas (1894–1956), Lithuanian physician *Leonas Milčius (born 1942), Lithuanian politician *Leonas Petrauskas (1919–1994), Lithuanian basketball player *Leonas Prapuolenis Leonas Prapuolenis (9 June 1913 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juris Ziemelis
The Juris were a tribe of South American Indigenous people, formerly occupying the country between the rivers Içá (lower Putumayo) and Yapura, north-western Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area .... In ancient days they were the most powerful tribe of the district, but in 1820 their numbers did not exceed 2000. Owing to inter-marrying, the Juris are believed to have been extinct for half a century. They were closely related to the Passes, and were like them a fair-skinned, finely built people with quite European features. References * Ethnic groups in Brazil {{Brazil-ethno-group-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfrēds Zaideks
Alfrēds is a masculine Latvian given name. Notable people with the name include: * Alfrēds Andersons (1879–1937), Latvian civil engineer, intellectual, pedagogue, educational worker and mayor * Alfrēds Hartmanis (1881–1927), Latvian chess player * Alfrēds Kalniņš (1879–1951), Latvian composer, organist, pedagogue, music critic and conductor * Alfrēds Kalniņš (1894–1960), Latvian racewalker * Alfrēds Krauklis (1911–1991), Latvian basketball player and coach *Alfrēds Rubiks Alfrēds Rubiks (russian: Альфред Петрович Рубикс, ''Alfred Petrovich Rubiks''; born 24 September 1935, in Daugavpils), is a Latvian communist politician and a former leader of the Communist Party of Latvia. He was a Member ... (born 1935), Latvian politician * Alfrēds Verners, Latvian footballer and ice hockey player {{DEFAULTSORT:Alfreds Latvian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivars Žukovskis
Ivars is a Latvian masculine given name, derived from Scandinavian ''Ivar''. It also occurs as a surname in some cases. Given name *Ivars Godmanis (born 1951), Latvian politician *Ivars Hirss (1931–1989), Latvian-born American painter *Ivars Kalniņš (born 1948), Latvian actor *Ivars Knēts (born 1938), Latvian materials scientist *Ivars Peterson (born 1948), Canadian mathematics writer *Ivars Timermanis (born 1982), Latvian basketball player Surname *Ann-Marie Ivars, Swedish Finnish linguist *Peter Ivars, Finnish orienteer See also *Aivars Aivars is a Latvian masculine given name. It is borne by over 13,000 men in LatviaPMLP database and in 2006 was the sixth most popular man's name in the country. Its nameday is celebrated on 29 January. Its rise to its present popularity began ... {{given name, type=both Norwegian-language surnames Latvian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romas Eišvydas
Romas may refer to: Geography * Romãs, Decermilo e Vila Longa, a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) of Sátão, Portugal People * the Romani people Given name * Romas Dalinkevičius (1950-2001), Lithuanian painter. * Romas Dressler (born 1987), German footballer * Romas Kalanta (1953–1972), Lithuanian high school student and protester * Romas Kirveliavičius (born 1988), Lithuanian-Austrian handball player * Romas Kukalis, Canadian painter * Romas Lileikis, Lithuanian poet, musician, and film director * Romas Mažeikis (born 1964), Lithuanian footballer * Romas Petrukanecas (born 1973), Lithuanian sprint canoer * Romas Zabarauskas (born 1990), Lithuanian film director, screenwriter and producer * Romas Ubartas (born 1960), Lithuanian discus thrower Surname * Jacques de Romas (1713-1776), French physicist * Haris Romas (born 1960), Greek actor, screenwriter, and lyricist Other * Tony Roma's, international restaurant chain See also * Roma (other) Roma or ROMA may r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Dambrauskas
Jonas may refer to: Geography * Jonas, Netherlands, Netherlands * Jonas, Pennsylvania, United States * Jonas Ridge, North Carolina, United States People with the name * Jonas (name), people with the given name or surname Jonas * Jonas, one of two Jeneum (figures in the Book of Mormon) * Jonah or Jonas, a prophet in the Hebrew Bible * Jonas (footballer, born 1943), full name Jonas Bento de Carvalho, Brazilian football midfielder * Jonas (footballer, born 1972), full name Carlos Emanuel Romeu Lima, Angolan football midfielder * Jonas (footballer, born 1983), full name Jonas Brignoni dos Santos, Brazilian football defender * Jonas (footballer, born 1984), full name Jonas Gonçalves Oliveira, Brazilian football forward * Jonas (footballer, born 1987), full name Jonas Jessue da Silva Júnior, Brazilian football defender * Jonas (footballer, born 1991), full name Jonas Gomes de Sousa, Brazilian football midfielder Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Jonas'' (novel), a 1955 novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Volungevičius
Jonas may refer to: Geography * Jonas, Netherlands, Netherlands * Jonas, Pennsylvania, United States * Jonas Ridge, North Carolina, United States People with the name * Jonas (name), people with the given name or surname Jonas * Jonas, one of two Jeneum (figures in the Book of Mormon) * Jonah or Jonas, a prophet in the Hebrew Bible * Jonas (footballer, born 1943), full name Jonas Bento de Carvalho, Brazilian football midfielder * Jonas (footballer, born 1972), full name Carlos Emanuel Romeu Lima, Angolan football midfielder * Jonas (footballer, born 1983), full name Jonas Brignoni dos Santos, Brazilian football defender * Jonas (footballer, born 1984), full name Jonas Gonçalves Oliveira, Brazilian football forward * Jonas (footballer, born 1987), full name Jonas Jessue da Silva Júnior, Brazilian football defender * Jonas (footballer, born 1991), full name Jonas Gomes de Sousa, Brazilian football midfielder Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Jonas'' (novel), a 1955 novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
