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Bujwid
Bujwid is a Polish-Lithuanian nobility family name belonging to the Ślepowron coat of arms. The archaic feminine form is Bujwidowa (literally meaning "Bujwid's"). In modern time it is a unisex surname. Bujwid is a Polish form of the Lithuanian two-syllable archaic (sur)name Buivydas or Buitvydas — from buitis, būtis ''being'', ''to be'' and (iš)vysti ''to see'', literally ''to be born''. Modern form is Buividas ( Andris Buividas). The Latvian form of the surname is Buivids. The Russified forms are Buivid or Buyvid. The surname may refer to: *Odo Bujwid (1857-1942), Polish bacteriologist *Kazimiera Bujwidowa (1867-1932), Polish feminist and suffragette * Ona Danutė Buivydaitė (born 1947), Lithuanian artist and designer. *Jānis Buivids (1864-1937), a general in the Latvian Army. *Vita Buivid (born 1962), Russian artist * Ray Buivid (1915-1972), American football player See also *Buivydžiai — a town in Vilnius district municipality * Buivydas — a lake in Švenčionys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazimiera Bujwidowa
Kazimiera Bujwidowa, née Klimontowicz, (16 October 1867 – 8 October 1932) was a Polish feminist. Life Bujwidowa was born on 16 October 1867 in Warsaw, Congress Poland, the illegitimate child of Ludwika and Kazimierz Klimontowicz. Her father acknowledged her and supported her financially, but she was raised by her mother and then by her aunt, Karolina Petronella Klimontowicz, after her mother's death. She attended a private boarding school and qualified as a private tutor after graduation. Women were not allowed to attend the University of Warsaw at that time so Bujwidowa enrolled in a dressmaking course and attended courses at the underground Flying University in the late 1880s. She married the bacteriologist and social worker Odo Bujwid in 1886 and became her husband's assistant and laboratory technician. They had four daughters and two sons together. When Bujwid was appointed as a professor at Jagellonian University in 1893, they moved to Kraków in Austrian Poland and she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odo Bujwid
Odo Feliks Kazimierz Bujwid (30 November 1857 in Vilnius – 26 December 1942 in Kraków) (sometimes referred to as Odon Bujwid) was a Polish bacteriologist, recognized as the founder of bacteriology in Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ....Lisowski W., Professor Odo Feliks Bujwid (1857-1942), the father of Polish bacteriology, References 1857 births 1942 deaths Polish bacteriologists Physicians from Vilnius Polish Esperantists University of Warsaw alumni Burials at Rakowicki Cemetery {{Poland-scientist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buivydžiai
Buivydžiai ( pl, Bujwidze) is a village in Vilnius District Municipality, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, it had 272 residents. It is located some east of Nemenčinė and west of the state border with Belarus. The village is situated on the left bank of the Neris River near its confluence with tributary Buivydė. Early references to the place are dated by 1537. The name is most probably derived from the Lithuanian name Buivydas. Mirosław Gajewski, ''Nasza Gazeta'', No. 29 (456) The village eventually developed around a manor, acquired by noble Cyprian Brzostowski in the first half of 17th century. Later the manor was reconstructed by architect |
Szlachta
The ''szlachta'' (Polish: endonym, Lithuanian: šlėkta) were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth who, as a class, had the dominating position in the state, exercising extensive political rights and power. Szlachta as a class differed significantly from the feudal nobility of Western Europe. The estate was officially abolished in 1921 by the March Constitution."Szlachta. Szlachta w Polsce" ''Encyklopedia PWN'' The origins of the ''szlachta'' are obscure and the subject of several theories. Traditionally, its members owned land (allods), [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vita Buivid
Vita Buivid (born Victoria Buivid; born 1962) is a Ukrainian-born research-based contemporary artist and photographer living in Amsterdam. Buivid, started working with animation and painting, after graduation from the Dnepropetrovsk State University in 1988. She moved to Leningrad (now St. Petersburg, Russia), and later to Moscow, and to the Netherlands... Life Vita was born in Dnepropetrovsk, USSR, now Ukraine. Buivid has been engaged in contemporary art since the late 1980s, initially photography and photo-based art. In the early 1990s, she began to add to her work watercolour, oil, textiles and collage, not limited by pure print. Since 1990 she has taken part in numerous exhibitions in Russia and worldwide. In 1994, Vita received a grant from the CIRC Foundation promoting cultural exchange between Russia and the Netherlands and worked on a project regarding the influence of Dutch art on Russian culture. With support from Rutgers University, she travelled to New York to wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buivydiškės
Buivydiškės is a village in Vilnius district municipality, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, it had 1,314 residents. Buivydiškės Manor was first mentioned in 1593. The village has a technical school In the United States, a technical school is a type of two-year college that covers specialized fields such as business, finance, hospitality, tourism, construction, engineering, visual arts, information technology and community work. Associa ... for agronomy and zootechnics, established in 1961. The school helped the village to grow from 190 residents in 1959 to 1,265 in 1970. Buivydiškės became a suburb of expanding Vilnius, capital of Lithuania. In 1996, part of the settlement was transferred to Vilnius city municipality. History Buivydiškės village was first mentioned in XIII century, in 1593 the Buivydiškės manor is being mentioned. References Villages in Vilnius County Vilnius District Municipality {{Vilnius-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Švenčionys District Municipality
Švenčionys District Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania. International relations Twin towns — Sister cities Švenčionys district municipality is twinned with the following towns: * Świdnica, Poland See also *Švenčionys *Vasiuliškė Vasiuliškė is a village in Švenčionys District Municipality, in Vilnius County, in southeast Lithuania. As of the 2011 Lithuanian census, it had one resident. It is the birthplace of Kazimira Prunskienė, Lithuania's first Prime Minister of Li ... References External links Municipalities of Vilnius County Municipalities of Lithuania {{VilniusCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilnius District Municipality
Vilnius District Municipality ( lt, Vilniaus rajono savivaldybė) is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania. It surrounds the capital city of Vilnius on 3 sides, while the rest borders the Trakai District Municipality. At the 2011 Census, Poles in Lithuania, Poles amounted to 52.07% out of 95,348 inhabitants. 32.47% were Lithuanians, 8.01% Russians in Lithuania, Russians, 4.17% Belarusians in Lithuania, Belarusians, 0.65% Ukrainians in Lithuania, Ukrainians and 0.11% History of the Jews in Lithuania#Jews in modern Lithuania, Jews. In 2021, according to the census results, ethnographic composition was the following: Lithuanians – 38.52%, Poles in Lithuania, Lithuanian Poles – 46.75%, Russians in Lithuania, Lithuanian Russians – 7.35%, Belarusians in Lithuania, Lithuanian Belarusians – 3.26%, Ukrainians in Lithuania, Ukrainians – 0.63%, Other – 0.86% and 2.64% of inhabitants did not declare their ethnographic identity. The population grew to 108,948 in January 2022 becau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Buivid
Raymond Vincent Buivid (August 15, 1915 – July 5, 1972) was an American football player who played quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Bears. A versatile player, Buivid played quarterback, halfback, and defensive back for the Marquette Golden Avalanche football team. He threw 13 touchdowns his junior year (1935). In 1936, he finished third in the voting for the Heisman Trophy and was a consensus All-American as a halfback, though he completed over 50% of his passes as quarterback as well. Marquette finished 20th in the country, and played in their first ever bowl game, the first Cotton Bowl Classic. They lost 16–6 to TCU led by Sammy Baugh. Buivid signed with the Chicago Bears on October 11, 1937 after missing the first three games of the season. In the season finale against the cross-town rival Chicago Cardinals, he became the first player to throw five touchdowns in a single game, and also caught one. Despite this performance, he appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jānis Buivids
Jānis Buivids (Janis Buivydas) (8 September 1864 – 2 April 1937) was a general officer, general in the Latvian people, Latvian Army. He participated in World War I and the Russian Civil War. Biography Buivids was born in Alkiškiai, in the Kovno Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Lithuania). In 1885, he joined the Russian Imperial Army. From 1887 to 1889, he studied at the Vilnius Military Academy. Afterwards, Buivids served in the Second Kaunas Fortress Battalion. From 1896 to 1900, he studied at the Nicholas General Staff Academy, graduating with distinctions. From 1900, he lectured at the Kiev Military Academy. From 1907 to 1914, he served in the 166th Infantry Regiment. In 1910, he was promoted to the rank of colonel. In 1914, he was promoted commander of the 13th Reserve Battalion, but in December he became the commander of the 17th Infantry Regiment. For merit on the battlefield, he received the Cross of St. George (IV class) and Sword of St. George. From 191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
