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Mantas Kvedaravičius
Mantas Kvedaravičius (23 June 1976 – 30 March 2022) was a Lithuanian filmmaker, anthropologist, and archaeologist known for war reporting in hostile areas. Life and career Kvedaravičius held a Doctor of Philosophy, PhD in social anthropology from the University of Cambridge, and was an associate professor at Vilnius University. His doctoral thesis concerns "Knots of absence: death, dreams, and disappearances at the limits of law in the counter-terrorism zone of Chechnya" (Cambridge University, 2012). War-torn Chechnya, one of the republics of the Russian Federation, is also the setting of his 2011 documentary film, ''Barzakh'' ("Limbo"). His next documentary film, published in 2016, focuses on the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, which in the years 2014–15 had come under War in Donbas (2014–2022), the attacks of separatist troops. In 2019, Kvedaravičius's first feature film appeared, ''Partenonas'' (Parthenon), set in Athens, Odessa, and Istanbul. Based on several yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biržai
Biržai (, known also by several #Names, alternative names) is a town in northern Lithuania. Biržai is famous for its reconstructed Biržai Castle Manor house, manor, and the whole region is renowned for its many traditional-recipe beer breweries. Names The name of the town is of Lithuanian language, Lithuanian origin and is spelled in different forms in other languages: Birsen (German (language), German), Birże (Polish language, Polish), Birzhai (Биржай, Russian (language), Russian - pre-1917 Биржи), and בירז/Birz or Birzh (Yiddish (language), Yiddish) and simplified to Birzai in English. History The town's first written mention dates to 1455. The construction of Biržai Castle began in 1586, and the town was granted Magdeburg Rights in 1589. In 1575, as preparation for the castle's construction, a dam was built on the Agluona River, Agluona and Apaščia Rivers at their confluence, and the artificial Lake Širvėna, covering about , was created. It is the old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
