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Zenonas Gerulaitis
Zenonas is a Lithuanian masculine given name. Individuals with the name Zenonas include: *Zenonas Ivinskis (1908–1971), Lithuanian historian *Zenonas Juknevičius (born 1949), Lithuanian politician *Zenonas Petrauskas (1950–2009), Lithuanian lawyer and politician *Zenonas Puzinauskas Zenonas Puzinauskas (March 4, 1920 – July 16, 1995) was a Lithuanian basketball player. He won two gold medals with the Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1937 and EuroBasket 1939. [...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] |
Zenonas Ivinskis
Zenonas Ivinskis (25 May 1908 in Kaušėnai village, near Plungė – 24 December 1971 in Bonn, West Germany) was a noted Lithuanian historian. Education Ivinskis studied at Telšiai and Plungė gymnasiums. In 1925 he entered the University of Lithuania to study philosophy, but later changed the subject to history. In 1929, Ivinskis received a grant to continue his studies in Germany. There, under the direction of prof. Albert Brackmann, he received a Ph.D. for his thesis ''Geschichte des Bauerstandes in Litauen'' ( en, History of the Conditions of Lithuanian Farmers) in 1932. In 1933 in Gdańsk he was habilitated for his work ''Lietuvių ir prūsų prekybiniai santykiai pirmojoje XVI a. pusėje'' ( en, Lithuanian and Prussian trade in the first half of the 16th century). After returning to Lithuania he was drafted into the army. During his free time, he gave lectures at the Vytautas Magnus University and in 1940 became an extraordinary professor. In that year he was invited to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zenonas Juknevičius
Zenonas Juknevičius (born 10 June 1949 in Pasvalys District Municipality) is a Lithuanian politician. In 1990 he was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania The Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania or Act of March 11 ( lt, Aktas dėl Lietuvos nepriklausomos valstybės atstatymo) was an independence declaration by Lithuania adopted on March 11, 1990, signed by all members of the S .... External links Biography 1949 births Living people Ministers of Justice of Lithuania People from Pasvalys District Municipality 20th-century Lithuanian politicians Signatories of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania {{Lithuania-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zenonas Petrauskas
Zenonas Petrauskas (22 June 1950 – 18 January 2009) was a Lithuanian lawyer and deputy foreign minister of Lithuania (2004–2006). He worked as an associate professor of international law. He was born in Čekiškė (Kaunas district municipality). Biography After graduation from a secondary school in Ariogala, Petrauskas continued his studies at the Law Faculty of Vilnius University and graduated in 1975. In 1982 he obtained his doctorate from the Institute of Philosophy, Sociology and Law of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. Petrauskas worked with several European universities: the Institute for Ostrecht of the University of Cologne in Germany (1991), the Institute for Political Sciences of the University of Umea in Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zenonas Puzinauskas
Zenonas Puzinauskas (March 4, 1920 – July 16, 1995) was a Lithuanian basketball player. He won two gold medals with the Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1937 and EuroBasket 1939. in «», July 22, 1995. Biography Zenonas finished Kaunas Jėzuitai Gymnasium and graduated from . From 1935, he started to play basketball for Kaunas "Grandies" club. He played for the Lithuania national basketball team twice ([...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
