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Lithuanian Historical Society
The Lithuanian Historical Society ( lt, Lietuvos istorijos draugija) was a society of Lithuanian historians established in 1929 in Kaunas. It was the first society dedicated to history in Lithuania and was a sign of historians becoming more professional. It sought to improve historical research and historical publications, but was not very active. It published only two volumes of its journal ''Praeitis'' (The Past). It ceased activities after the Soviet occupation in June 1940. The society was reestablished during the ''Glasnost'' reforms and was active in 1988–2001. Interwar society History The founding meeting of the society took place on 18 May 1929 in the apartment of Augustinas Janulaitis who was the driving force of the society and its long-term chairman. Janulaitis was a member of the Lithuanian Scientific Society and attempted to establish its history section in 1920, but these efforts failed. The Lithuanian Historical Society identified four key areas of activities: organ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania shares land borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Russia to the southwest. It has a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west on the Baltic Sea. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.8 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities are Kaunas and Klaipėda. Lithuanians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts and speak Lithuanian language, Lithuanian, one of only a few living Baltic languages. For millennia the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Balts, Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united by Mindaugas, Monarchy of Lithuania, becoming king and founding the Kingdom of Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolfas Šapoka
Adolfas Šapoka (13 February 1906 – 9 March 1961) was a prominent Lithuanian medieval historian. He attended lectures at both Prague University and Stockholm University before becoming a prominent lecturer himself at the Vytautas Magnus and Vilnius universities. Šapoka contributed to the development of the '' Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija'' as well as medieval historiography in interwar Lithuania. In 1944 he and his family moved to Germany and in 1946 moved again to Canada, where he died. Šapoka's most widely known contribution is ''"Lietuvos istorija"'', a study of Lithuania's history from the Baltic Tribes period up to his present-day. Biography Early life Adolfas Šapoka was born on 13 February 1906 in the village of to Juozapas Šapoka and Konstancija Mikulėnaitė. He attended school in Utena. In 1925 he finished the Panevėžys gymnasium and entered Vytautas Magnus University. He studied with historians , Ignas Jonynas, , and . In 1929 he graduated from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lev Karsavin
} Lev (Leo) Platonovich Karsavin (russian: link=no, Лев Платонович Карсавин; lt, link=no, Levas Karsavinas; 13 December 1882 – 17 or 20 July 1952) is a Russian religious philosopher, historian-medievalist, and poet. Biography Early years Lev Platonovich Karsavin was born into the family of Platon Konstantinovich Karsavin, a ballet actor at the Mariinsky Theatre, and his wife Anna Iosifovna, née Khomyakova, the daughter of the cousin of Aleksey Khomyakov, a famous Slavophile. He was the brother of the ballerina Tamara Karsavina. He was a student of Ivan Grevs, graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of Saint Petersburg State University. From 1909 he taught at the Petrograd Institute of History and Philology (professor since 1912, inspector since 1914) and at the Bestuzhev Courses. He was the Privatdozent of the Saint Petersburg Imperial University (from 1912), then professor (from 1916). His Master's thesis is a monograph entitled ''Es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petras Tarasenka
Petras Tarasenka (born Pyotr Tarasov; December 1892 – 17 May 1962) was a Lithuanian military officer and a prominent archeologist and writer. He is known for popularizing archeology in Lithuania and was a respected scientific figure both during its independence and Soviet occupation. Biography Early life The date of birth of Petras Tarasenka in sources varies from 7 to 20 December, although Tarasenka himself would celebrate 19 December as his birthday. He was born into a family of Orthodox Old Believers, as the eldest son of peasants in , a small village in the present-day Anykščiai District Municipality. It is unknown why or when the surname changed from Tarasov to Tarasenka, although older records show that he had already possessed the surname Tarasenka as early as finishing school. His close family still retained the old surname. Tarasenka's father engaged in business within the Alanta vodka monopoly which earned the family money and could afford the children's educatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaclovas Biržiška
Vaclovas Biržiška (2 December 1884 – 3 January 1956) was a Lithuanian attorney, bibliographer, and educator. He was a member of a notable Lithuanian family; his great-grandfather Mykolas Biržiška was a representative in the Sejm when the Constitution of 3 May was accepted in 1791; his grandfather Leonardas Biržiška was an active participant in the November Uprising; and his brothers, Mykolas Biržiška and Viktoras Biržiška, were also leaders of the Lithuanian community. His father, the physician Antanas Biržiška, declined a professorship at the University of Moscow to practice medicine in the rural areas of Lithuania. Biržiška was born in a Viekšniai village in Samogitia. He studied science and mathematics at the University of St. Petersburg, transferred into the school of law, graduating in 1909, and then practiced law in Vilnius until the outbreak of World War I. After serving as an officer in the Russian army, he worked in Moscow for the office of Lithuanian a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignas Jonynas
Ignas Jonynas (January 24, 1884 – July 14, 1954) was a Lithuanian diplomat, historian, and university professor. As a diplomat he is known for negotiations with the Second Polish Republic and League of Nations regarding Vilnius Region. As a historian he specialized in the history of Lithuania in the 13–16th centuries and lectured at the University of Lithuania and Vilnius University from 1924 until his death. He published little, but had a formative influence on the subsequent generations of historians. Biography From 1904, Jonynas studied history at the University of Moscow under Matvei Kuzmich Liubavskii, an expert on the Lithuanian Metrica—medieval archives of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Liubavskii's critical approach to historical sources greatly influenced Jonynas. Jonynas participated in the Russian Revolution of 1905 and thus had to transfer to the University of Grenoble to study French language and literature. He also attended lectures on history at the Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaipėda University
Klaipėda University ( lt, Klaipėdos universitetas or KU) is a university in the Lithuanian port city of Klaipėda. Overview Klaipėda University was formally founded on January 1, 1991, by a decree of the Seimas (the Lithuanian parliament). The new university incorporated existing institutions of higher education in the city. At its inception, it comprised 3,000 students and three faculties (Humanities and Natural Sciences, Marine Engineering, and Pedagogy). It has since grown to seven faculties and eight institutes: the faculties of Natural Science and Mathematics, Humanities, Marine Engineering, Art, Pedagogy, Social Sciences, and Health Sciences; Maritime Institute, Seascape Institute, Institute of Continuing Studies, Coastal Research and Planning Institute, Institute of Baltic Sea Region History and Archaeology, Institute of Regional Policy and Planning, Mechatronics Institute, and Musicology Institute. Having 4000 students and 600 persons in educational staff (in 2017) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Grunwald
The Battle of Grunwald, Battle of Žalgiris or First Battle of Tannenberg was fought on 15 July 1410 during the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War. The alliance of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, led respectively by King Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila), who did not participate in the battle himself, and Grand Duke Vytautas, decisively defeated the German Teutonic Order, led by Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen. Most of the Teutonic Order's leadership were killed or taken prisoner. Although defeated, the Teutonic Order withstood the subsequent siege of the Malbork Castle and suffered minimal territorial losses at the Peace of Thorn (1411), with other territorial disputes continuing until the Treaty of Melno in 1422. The order, however, never recovered their former power, and the financial burden of war reparations caused internal conflicts and an economic downturn in the lands controlled by them. The battle shifted the balance of pow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingė Lukšaitė
Ingė Lukšaitė (born 1940) is a Lithuanian cultural historian and university professor. She specializes in the history of the Reformation in Lithuania. She worked at the Lithuanian Institute of History for over four decades. Biography Lukšaitė was born on 2 February 1940 in Kaunas to the family of banker and cultural historian Meilė Lukšienė. She studied at the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Art before enrolling at Vilnius University to study history. She graduated in 1962 and worked as a teacher in Trakų Vokė until 1964 when she became an aspirant (doctoral student) at the Lithuanian Institute of History. She worked at the Lithuanian Institute of History from 1967 to her retirement in 2009. She also lectured at the Vilnius Academy of Arts (1985–1990), Vytautas Magnus University (1995–2002), and Vytautas Magnus University (2001–2007). From October 2003 to early 2008, she was deputy chair of the and coordinated the establishment of the Lithuanian rese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zigmantas Kiaupa
Zigmantas Kiaupa (29 June 1942 in Pakiaunis village near Ignalina) is a Lithuanian historian, archivist, and professor. His specialty is political history of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state that existed from the 13th century to 1795, when the territory was partitioned among the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Habsburg Empire of Austria. The state was founded by Li ..., history of cities and city dwellers, and study of historical sources. Important works *''Instrukcijos feodalinių valdų administracijai Lietuvoje XVII–XIX a'', 1985. *''Šiauliai XV–XVIII a.: Lietuvos mažujų miestų raidos problemos'' (Ph.D thesis), 1993. *''Lietuvos istorija iki 1795 m.'' (together with J. Kiaupienė and A. Kuncevičius),1995, (reissued in 1998); translated into English as ''The History of Lithuania before 1795'', 2000. *''The History of Lithuania'', 2000. *''Lietuvos valstybės istorija'', 2004. External links *Short bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vabalninkas
Vabalninkas () ( pl, Wobolniki) is a city in the Biržai district municipality, Lithuania. It is located south of Biržai. History Vabalninkas village was mentioned in 1554, Vabalninkas estate in 1555. In 1593, Vabalninkas was assigned to Anne of Austria, wife of Sigismund III Vasa. In 1617 first wooden church was built. Jeronimas Valavičius Grand Treasurer of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania established a parish of Catholics, and a parish school. Since 1618 Vabalninkas is called a town, in 1619 Vabalninkas got a privilege to organise markets. In 1625 Vabalninkas was devastated by the Swedish army and plague. In 1644 Vabalninkas inhabitants got a privilege to make and sell craft beer. After the Soviet occupation Lithuanian partisans of Vytis military district were active, namely the ''Pilėnų tėvūnija'' (''Pilėnai detachment''). Notable residents * Stefanija Ladigienė (1901–1967), ateitininkai activist, teacher, publicist, exile. * Vladas Būtėnas (1923–1993 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms Of Lithuania
The coat of arms of Lithuania consists of a mounted armoured knight holding a sword and shield, known as (). Since the early 15th century, it has been Lithuania's official coat of arms and is one of the oldest European coats of arms. It is also known by other names in various languages, such as , in the Lithuanian language or as , , ( romanized: ) in the Polish, and Belarusian languages. is translatable as Chase, Pursuer, Knight or Horseman, similar to the Slavic vityaz ( Old East Slavic for brave, valiant warrior). Historically – (mounted epic hero of old) or in heraldry – (mounted sovereign). The once powerful and vast Lithuanian state, first as Duchy, then Kingdom, and finally Grand Duchy was created by the initially pagan Lithuanians, in reaction to pressures from the Teutonic Order and Swordbrothers which conquered modern-day Estonia and Latvia, forcibly converting them to Christianity. The Lithuanians are the only Balts that created a state before the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
