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Litwinowicz
Litwinowicz is a Polish and a Belarusian surname derived from the word ''Litwin'' ("Lithuanian" or anyone from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania). It is also spelled Litvinovič and Litvinovich, from be, Лiтвiновiч. Surnames of similar etymology: Slavic: Litvin, Litvinchuk, Litvinov, Litwin, Litvak, Litovchenko; German: Litauer, Littauer. Litwinowicz, Litvinovich, or Litvinovič may refer to: * Aleksander Litwinowicz Aleksander Litwinowicz (1879 — 1948) was a Polish general who was a member of Polish Independence Organizations before World War I and a member of the Polish Legions during the war. Litwinowicz was promoted to general in 1924. From 1936 to 1939 ... (1879-1948), Polish general * Irena Litvinovič (born 1958), Polish-Lithuanian theatre director * Ivan Litvinovich (born 2001), Belarusian trampoline gymnast * Spirydion Litwinowicz ( Spiridon Litvinovich), Greek Catholic Metropolitan of Lviv (1866-1869) {{Lithuanian-surname Polish-language surnames Sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksander Litwinowicz
Aleksander Litwinowicz (1879 — 1948) was a Polish general who was a member of Polish Independence Organizations before World War I and a member of the Polish Legions during the war. Litwinowicz was promoted to general in 1924. From 1936 to 1939 he was the Second Deputy Minister of War and Chief of Army Administration. Honours and awards * Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari * Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta * Cross of Independence * Order of the Cross of the Eagle The Order of the Cross of the Eagle ( et, Kotkaristi teenetemärk; french: Ordre de la Croix de l'Aigle) was instituted in 1928 by the Estonian Defence League to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Estonian independence. It was adopted as a sta ..., Class II (Estonia, 1935) 1879 births 1948 deaths Military personnel from Saint Petersburg Polish generals Polish legionnaires (World War I) Recipients of the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari Recipients of the Military Order of the Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litvinovich
Litwinowicz is a Polish and a Belarusian surname derived from the word ''Litwin'' ("Lithuanian" or anyone from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania). It is also spelled Litvinovič and Litvinovich, from be, Лiтвiновiч. Surnames of similar etymology: Slavic: Litvin, Litvinchuk, Litvinov, Litwin, Litvak, Litovchenko; German: Litauer, Littauer. Litwinowicz, Litvinovich, or Litvinovič may refer to: * Aleksander Litwinowicz (1879-1948), Polish general * Irena Litvinovič Irena Litvinovič ( pl, 'Irena Litwinowicz-Bojarowicz') (born 23 August 1958, Vilnius, Lithuania) is Polish-Lithuanian educator, theatre director, politician and cultural activist for the community of Poles in Lithuania. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litvinovič
Litwinowicz is a Polish and a Belarusian surname derived from the word ''Litwin'' ("Lithuanian" or anyone from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania). It is also spelled Litvinovič and Litvinovich, from be, Лiтвiновiч. Surnames of similar etymology: Slavic: Litvin, Litvinchuk, Litvinov, Litwin, Litvak, Litovchenko; German: Litauer, Littauer. Litwinowicz, Litvinovich, or Litvinovič may refer to: * Aleksander Litwinowicz (1879-1948), Polish general * Irena Litvinovič Irena Litvinovič ( pl, 'Irena Litwinowicz-Bojarowicz') (born 23 August 1958, Vilnius, Lithuania) is Polish-Lithuanian educator, theatre director, politician and cultural activist for the community of Poles in Lithuania. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irena Litvinovič
Irena Litvinovič ( pl, 'Irena Litwinowicz-Bojarowicz') (born 23 August 1958, Vilnius, Lithuania) is Polish-Lithuanian educator, theatre director, politician and cultural activist for the community of Poles in Lithuania. ("Happy Woman"), a detailed biography in '''', March 2005 In 1991 she graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Culture with specialty of theatre director. Since 1992 she is artistic director and (theatre) director of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litvinov
Litvinov or Litvinoff (russian: Литви́нов) is a Russian surname derived from the term ''Litvin'', meaning Lithuanian person (Litva/Литвa). The female form of this surname is Litvinova (russian: Литви́нова). Notable persons with that name include: Litvinov * Alexander Litvinov (1853–1932), Russian general in the Imperial Russian Army and the Red Army * Venya D'rkin (stage name – real name Alexander Litvinov, 1970–1999), bard musician, artist, and storyteller * David Litvinoff (AKA David Litvinov, 1928–1975), consultant for the British film industry who traded on his knowledge of the low life of the East End of London * Dmitry Litvinov (1854–1929), Russian botanist * Emanuel Litvinoff (1915–2011), British writer and editor * Eugene Litvinov (1950–2020), American engineer * Ivy Low Litvinov (1889–1977), English-Russian writer and translator * Juri Litvinov (born 1978), Kazakhstani figure skater * Maxim Litvinov (1876–1951), Soviet diplomat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish-language Surnames
Polish (Polish: ''język polski'', , ''polszczyzna'' or simply ''polski'', ) is a West Slavic language of the Lechitic group written in the Latin script. It is spoken primarily in Poland and serves as the native language of the Poles. In addition to being the official language of Poland, it is also used by the Polish diaspora. There are over 50 million Polish speakers around the world. It ranks as the sixth most-spoken among languages of the European Union. Polish is subdivided into regional dialects and maintains strict T–V distinction pronouns, honorifics, and various forms of formalities when addressing individuals. The traditional 32-letter Polish alphabet has nine additions (''ą'', ''ć'', ''ę'', ''ł'', ''ń'', ''ó'', ''ś'', ''ź'', ''ż'') to the letters of the basic 26-letter Latin alphabet, while removing three (x, q, v). Those three letters are at times included in an extended 35-letter alphabet, although they are not used in native words. The traditional set com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiridon Litvinovich
Spiridon may refer to: Given name * Spiridon (patriarch) (died 1389), Patriarch of the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć 1380–1389 * Saint Spyridon or Saint Spiridon (c. 270–348), saint honoured in both the Eastern and Western Christian traditions * Spyridon Chazapis (1872–unknown), Greek swimmer * Spiridon Gopčević (1855–1928), Serbian astronomer and historian * Spiridon Popescu (1864–1933), Romanian writer * Spiridon Putin (1879–1965), Russian chef for Lenin and Stalin, grandfather of Vladimir Putin * Spiridon Stais, Greek shooter * Spiridon of Neva, according to Russian sources, the Swedish leader in the Battle of the Neva Surname * Simona Spiridon, Romanian-Austrian handballer Brand name * Spiridon, a brand name for the drug Spironolactone, a medication that is primarily used to treat fluid build-up due to heart failure, liver scarring, or kidney disease * ', German running magazine named after Spyridon Louis Places * Spiridon Peninsula, Alaska * , Ala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Litvinovich
Ivan Uladzimiravich Litvinovich ( be, Іван Уладзіміравіч Літвіновіч; born 26 June 2001) is a Belarusian trampoline gymnast. In 2021, he won the gold medal in the men's trampoline event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. This was also the first medal for Belarus at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In 2019, he won the silver medal in the men's individual event at the 2019 Trampoline World Championships held in Tokyo, Japan. In 2018, he competed in the boys' trampoline and mixed multi-discipline team events at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de 2018), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international sports, cultural, and educational event held ... in Buenos Aires, Argentina without winning a medal. In the individual event he qualified to compete in the final where he finished in 4th place with a score of 57. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litwin
Litwin is a Polish surname , meaning "Lithuanian person" or anyone from 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 .... It may refer to: * Czesław Litwin (born 1955), Polish politician * Eric Litwin (born 1966), American storyteller and musician * Leonard Litwin (1914−2017), American real estate developer See also * {{surname, Litwin Polish-language surnames Surnames of Jewish origin Surnames of Lithuanian origin Ethnonymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Lithuanians, who were at the time a polytheistic nation born from several united Baltic tribes from Aukštaitija. The Grand Duchy expanded to include large portions of the former Kievan Rus' and other neighbouring states, including what is now Lithuania, Belarus and parts of Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Russia and Moldova. At its greatest extent, in the 15th century, it was the largest state in Europe. It was a multi-ethnic and multiconfessional state, with great diversity in languages, religion, and cultural heritage. The consolidation of the Lithuanian lands began in the late 13th century. Mindaugas, the first ruler of the Grand Duchy, was crowned as Catholic King of Lithuania in 1253. The pagan state was targeted in a religious crusade by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Littauer
Littauer and Litauer are German language surnames. The word means "a Lithuanian". The surnames may refer to: * Florence Littauer (1928–2020), Christian writer and motivational speaker * Lucius Littauer (1859–1944), politician, businessman, and college football coach * Mary Aiken Littauer (1912–2005), equestrian * Vladimir Littauer Vladimir Stanislavovitch Littauer (January 10, 1892 – August 31, 1989) was an influential horseback riding master and the author of books and films on educated riding and the training of horses. As a riding instructor, Littauer was in great dema ... (1892–1989), horseback riding master {{surname, Littauer, Litauer German-language surnames Jewish surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
