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Ričardas
Ričardas is a Lithuanian masculine given name, a cognate of Richard and may refer to the following individuals: * Ričardas Bartkevičius (born 1959), Lithuanian painter and educator * Ricardas Beniušis (born 1980), Lithuanian football striker *Ričardas Berankis (born 1990), Lithuanian tennis player * Ričardas Gavelis (1950–2002), Lithuanian writer, playwright and journalist * Ričardas Kuncaitis (born 1993), Lithuanian boxer * Ričardas Mikutavičius (1935–1998), Lithuanian priest, theologist, poet and art collector * Ričardas Šileika (born 1968), Lithuanian writer, essayist and photographer *Ričardas Tamulis (1938–2008), Lithuanian Olympic boxer * Ričardas Vaitkevičius (1933–1996), Lithuanian Olympic rower *Ričardas Zdančius Ričardas Zdančius (born 17 January 1967 in Gargždai) is a former Lithuanian professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ričardas Berankis
Ričardas Berankis (; born June 21, 1990) is a Lithuanian professional tennis player. He is the first and only Lithuanian citizen (not counting Lithuanian American Vitas Gerulaitis) to enter the ATP top 50 rankings, making him the highest ranked Lithuanian tennis player of all time. Berankis has reached two finals on the ATP World Tour, at the Los Angeles Open in 2012 and Kremlin Cup in 2017. He is also a prominent member of the Lithuania Davis Cup team. Tennis career Early career Berankis started playing tennis at the age of two, when his six years older sister Lina took him to her tennis practices. Berankis' first coach was Valdas Adomaitis from Jurbarkas. When Berankis was nine years old he accepted an invitation from Remigijus Balžekas to practise with him at the Šiauliai tennis school (over 200 km from Vilnius). It turned out to be a long term partnership and friendship. In 2004, Berankis won several prestigious junior events (under 14 division) – Tennis Europe Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ričardas Bartkevičius
Ričardas Bartkevičius (born 1959 in Vilnius) is a prominent Lithuanian painter and educator. Biography Bartkevičius demonstrated artistic talent in his early childhood. His art studies began in Vilnius (the School of J. Vienožinskis). The first personal exhibition was held in 1979. In 1986 he graduated from the Painting Department of Vilnius Academy of Arts. During the years of the studies he got to know and he was acquainted with such leading figures of Lithuanian art as Sofija Veiverytė, Algimantas Švėgžda, Antanas Gudaitis, Augustinas Savickas, Jonas Čeponis. Looking for his own painting style he admired and drew under the inspiration of El Greco, Tintoretto, and Peter Breigel works. Later he was interested in German, French, Lithuanian representatives of Expressionism. In 1982, 1984 he visited Armenia and Georgia. The medieval coloring of these countries paintings, the primitive art traditions have found resonance in the further works. Since 1990 he became a member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ričardas Gavelis
Ričardas Gavelis (official November 8, 1950; actual October 8, 1950 in Vilnius, Lithuania – August 18, 2002) was a writer, playwright, and journalist. Life and career Ričardas Gavelis graduated from Druskininkai high school in 1968. In 1973 he graduated with a degree in theoretical physics from Vilnius University. From 1973 to 1977 he worked at the physics institute of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. From 1978 to 1980 Gavelis worked in the editorial departments of the magazines '' Mokslas ir gyvenimas'' and ''Pergalė''; from 1992 to 2002 he worked as a news analyst for the daily newspaper '' Respublika'' and the weekly ''Veidas.'' Gavelis was the author of ''Vilniaus pokeris'' (translated as ''Vilnius Poker'') and several other novels and collections of short stories. His work is characterized by a mix of fantasy, eroticism, philosophical ponderings on the human condition, and psychological insight. ''Vilnius Poker,'' first published in 1989 and the most famous of his nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ričardas Tamulis
Ričardas Tamulis (22 July 1938 – 22 April 2008) was an amateur Lithuanian welterweight boxer who won the European title in 1961, 1963 and 1965 and an Olympic silver medal in 1964. Tamulis took up boxing in 1953 and won the Soviet welterweight title in 1959, 1961–62, 1964 and 1966, placing third in 1963 and 1967. He retired in 1967 with a record of 243 wins in 257 bouts and later coached boxers at his native club Žalgiris Kaunas. In the 1990s he was also active in Lithuanian politics. He died aged 69 after falling from an eighth-floor balcony. References 1938 births 2008 deaths Lithuanian male boxers Olympic boxers of the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Kaunas Sportspeople from Jonava Olympic medalists in boxing Lithuanian Sportsperson of the Year winners Soviet male boxers Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Deaths from falls Welterweight boxers Burials at Petrašiūnai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ričardas Vaitkevičius
Ričardas Vaitkevičius (6 May 1933 – 3 January 1996) was a Lithuanian rower who specialized in the eights. In this event he won three silver medal at the European and world championships of 1962–1964 and finished fifth at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... While competing Vaitkevičius also acted as a Soviet rowing coach at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics, and he continued coaching and referring rowing competitions until 1993. His elder brother Eugenijus (1931–2011) and wife Irena Bačiulytė were also a competitive rowers and rowing coaches. References 1933 births 1996 deaths Lithuanian male rowers Olympic rowers for the Soviet Union Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for the Soviet Union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick (nickname), Dick", "Dickon", "Dickie (name), Dickie", "Rich (given name), Rich", "Rick (given name), Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", "Ricky (given name), Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ričardas Kuncaitis
Ričardas Kuncaitis (born 28 June 1993) is a Lithuanian boxer. He represented Lithuania at 2010 Summer Youth Olympics The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics ( ta, 2010 கோடைக்கால இளையோர் ஒலிம்பிக் விளையாட்டுக்கள் ms, Sukan Olimpik Belia Musim Panas 2010), officially known as the I Summer ... and won a gold medal. In 2011 for the first time Kuncaitis represented Lithuania in World Championships and lost in first round. In 2013 Kuncaitis participated in Summer Universiade, but lost in first round. Delfi Achievements References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ričardas Mikutavičius
Ričardas Mikutavičius (February 26, 1935 in Kaunas – July 1, 1998) was a Lithuanian priest, Doctor of Theology, poet, and one of the most famous collectors of art in Lithuania. Biography He attended the 15th Kaunas elementary school and the 4th boy's gymnasium. In 1953 he entered Kaunas Priest Seminary and he became a priest in 1958. He had been a member of the Union of Lithuanian writers since 1992. He was awarded the 3rd class Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas in 1993. He was killed on June 30, 1998 during a robbery of his painting collection. His body was tossed into the Nemunas River and he was later buried in Petrašiūnai cemetery. Three defendants subsequently confessed to the murder and pointed to a fourth defendant as the mastermind of the crime. On November 29, 2001 the monument for his honour was built. Eighteen paintings from his collections are still missing. Seventeen paintings that were found were shown to the public during a special exhibition dedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ričardas Šileika
Ričardas Šileika (born 3 April 1968 in Atkočiai, Ukmergė Ukmergė (; previously ''Vilkmergė''; pl, Wiłkomierz) is a city in Vilnius County, Lithuania, located northwest of Vilnius, with a population of about 20,000. Etymology and variant names The city took its original name ''Vilkmergė'' from th ...) is a Lithuanian writer, essayist and photographer. Bibliography Poetry *''Kalvaratas'' (1992) *''Audivi'' (1997) *''Metraščiai'' (1998) Essays *''Ričardo Šileikos vardo provincija nr. 345'' (2003). External links Rasytojai.lt: About the author Lithuanian writers Lithuanian male poets Lithuanian essayists Living people 1968 births {{Lithuania-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ričardas Zdančius
Ričardas Zdančius (born 17 January 1967 in Gargždai) is a former Lithuanian professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugb ..., member of the Lithuania national team. He won a total of 24 international caps, scoring 4 goals for the Lithuania national football team. Honours * Baltic Cup ** 1996 External links Short biography 1967 births Living people Lithuanian footballers Lithuania international footballers Lithuanian expatriate footballers FC Flora players Expatriate footballers in Estonia Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Estonia FC Zugdidi players People from Gargždai Association football defenders Meistriliiga players {{Lithuania-footy-bio-stub ... [...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] |
Lithuanian Language
Lithuanian ( ) is an Eastern Baltic language belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is the official language of Lithuania and one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.8 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 200,000 speakers elsewhere. Lithuanian is closely related to the neighbouring Latvian language. It is written in a Latin script. It is said to be the most conservative of the existing Indo-European languages, retaining features of the Proto-Indo-European language that had disappeared through development from other descendant languages. History Among Indo-European languages, Lithuanian is conservative in some aspects of its grammar and phonology, retaining archaic features otherwise found only in ancient languages such as Sanskrit (particularly its early form, Vedic Sanskrit) or Ancient Greek. For this reason, it is an important source for the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
