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Šventybrastis
Šventybrastis ('sacred Ford (crossing), ford', formerly russian: Свентобросць, pl, Świętobrość) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 144 people. The village is located on the left bank of the Nevėžis river, by the Brasta rivulet. The village has a wooden church of the Transfiguration of Jesus (built in 1744), a monument for Lithuanian Wars of Independence, independence, four Sacred grove, sacred oak trees (a nature monument), a cemetery, and a library. The Šventybrastis Landscape Sanctuary is located nearby, while the Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest is some kilometres away from the village. History From ancient times through the Christian Medieval period, Šventybrastis had a Lithuanian mythology, pagan shrine where eternal fire burnt. While most of the pagan holy groves were cut down during the era of Christian conversion, the Sacred Oaks at Šv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šventybrastis Landscape Sanctuary
Šventybrastis ('sacred Ford (crossing), ford', formerly russian: Свентобросць, pl, Świętobrość) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 144 people. The village is located on the left bank of the Nevėžis river, by the Brasta rivulet. The village has a wooden church of the Transfiguration of Jesus (built in 1744), a monument for Lithuanian Wars of Independence, independence, four Sacred grove, sacred oak trees (a nature monument), a cemetery, and a library. The Šventybrastis Landscape Sanctuary is located nearby, while the Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest is some kilometres away from the village. History From ancient times through the Christian Medieval period, Šventybrastis had a Lithuanian mythology, pagan shrine where eternal fire burnt. While most of the pagan holy groves were cut down during the era of Christian conversion, the Sacred Oaks at Šv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilainiai Eldership
Vilainiai Eldership ( lt, Vilainių seniūnija) is a Lithuanian eldership, located in the central-northern part of Kėdainiai District Municipality. Eldership was created in 2001, when Aristava Eldership and part of Kėdainiai City Eldership was merged. Geography The territory of Vilainiai Eldership is located mostly in the Nevėžis Plain and the Nevėžis river valley. Relief is mostly flat, cultivated as agriculture lands. Eastern side is covered by forests. * Rivers: Nevėžis, Malčius, Obelis, Žalesys, Suleva, Alkupis. * Lakes and ponds: Bubliai Reservoir, Juodkiškiai Reservoir. * Forests: Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest. * Protected areas: Lančiūnava Forest Botanical Sanctuary, Šventybrastis Landscape Sanctuary, Lančiūnava Forest Biosphere Polygon. * Nature monuments: Šventybrastis Oak Trees Places of interest *Catholic churches in Apytalaukis, Lančiūnava and Šventybrastis *Manors of Lančiūnava, Apytalaukis, Stasinė *Manor sites in Aristavėlė ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest
The Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest ( lt, Lančiūnavos–Šventybrasčio miškai) is a forest in Kėdainiai District Municipality, central Lithuania, located north east to Kėdainiai, around Lančiūnava and Šventybrastis villages. It covers an area of . It consists of smaller forests: the Lančiūnava Forest, the Lepšynė Forest, the Pavermenys Forest, the Šventybrastis Forest, the Apytalaukis Forest, the Stebuliai Forest. The forest belongs to the Nevėžis basin. The main rivers, draining the forest, are the Malčius, the Alkupis, the Suleva, the Šumera. Rivers' courses are mostly channelized. The relief is flat, marshy in places. As of 2005, 43 % of the area was covered by birch, 7 % by spruce, 17 % by aspen, 12 % by ash, 4 % by oak, 9 % by black alder, 8 % by white alder tree groups. The fauna of the forest consists of wild boar, roe deer, moose, red fox, raccoon dog, gray wolf, pine marten, badger, hare, squirrel, beaver, also there are cranes, grey-he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antanas Mackevičius
Antanas Mackevičius ( pl, Antoni Mackiewicz; 26 June 1828 – 28 December 1863) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest who was one of the leaders and initiators of the Uprising of 1863 in Lithuania. Mackevičius was born to a family of petty nobles. He studied in Kyiv and Varniai. He became involved in the uprising conspiracy. After the outbreak of the January Uprising in Warsaw on January 22, he announced the manifesto of the National Government on March 8 and formed a unit in Paberžė, which consisted mainly of the local Lithuanian peasants that enthusiastically joined his units. Mackevičius, dressed in the priest's Cassock coat himself, being bi-lingual, commanded his troops in the Lithuanian and Polish language. He joined Zygmunt Sierakowski's unit, after whose defeat he continued to fight on his own. He was one of the longest-fighitng commanders of a partisan unit in Lithuania. On 17 December 1863, he was captured by the Russians and executed a few days later in Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countries Of The World
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 206 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 UN member states, 2 UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 11 other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (16 states, of which there are 6 UN member states, 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and 9 de facto states), and states having a special political status (2 states, both in free association with New Zealand). Compiling a list such as this can be a complicated and controversial process, as there is no definition that is binding on all the members of the community of nations concerni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarybų Lietuvos Enciklopedija
''Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija'' or TLE (translation: ''Encyclopedia of Soviet Lithuania'') was an encyclopedia of the Lithuanian SSR, covering topics such as archaeology, history, nature, science, cultural heritage, cities, districts, biographies of famous people and politics, but only as they relate to Lithuania. It was published in four volumes between 1985 and 1988 in Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urba .... It was derived from the 12-volume '' Lietuviškoji tarybinė enciklopedija'' but TLE did not cover general areas such as technology, biology, pharmacology, chemistry, medicine, mathematics and others. Volumes * Volume 1: A–Grūdas, 1985 * Volume 2: Grūdas–Marvelis, 1986 * Volume 3: Masaitis–Simno, 1987 * Volume 4: Simno–Žvorūnė, 1988 Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selsovet
Selsoviet ( be, сельсавет, r=sieĺsaviet, tr. ''sieĺsaviet''; rus, сельсовет, p=ˈsʲelʲsɐˈvʲɛt, r=selsovet; uk, сільрада, silrada) is a shortened name for a rural council and for the area governed by such a council (soviet). The full names for the term are, in be, се́льскi саве́т, russian: се́льский сове́т, uk, сільська́ ра́да. Selsoviets were the lowest level of administrative division in rural areas in the Soviet Union. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, they were preserved as a third tier of administrative-territorial division throughout Ukraine, Belarus, and some of the federal subjects of Russia. A selsoviet is a rural administrative division of a district that includes one or several smaller rural localities and is in a subordination to its respective raion administration. The name refers to the local rural self-administration, the rural soviet (council), a part of the Soviet system of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surviliškis
Surviliškis is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania, 18 km from Kėdainiai, on the right bank of the Nevėžis river. In 2011 it had a population of 351. There are wooden Catholic church of Jesus (built in 1791), wooden chapel in cemetery (built in 1800), wooden cross of local crossmaking master Vincas Svirskis, wayside chapel of St. Mary, school, library, medicine station. The regional road 25px Kėdainiai-Krekenava-Panevėžys runs through the town. History The toponym ''Surviliškis'' comes from personal name ''Survila'' or ''Survilas''. Surviliškis Manor was first mentioned in 1500. The first church was built in 1505 and till the 19th century Surviliškis was a property of the Samogitian bishop. Since 1587 Surviliškis is known as a town. Surviliškis Manor was parcelled in 1929. During Soviet era it was a ''selsovet Selsoviet ( be, сельсавет, r=sieĺsaviet, tr. ''sieĺsaviet''; rus, сельсовет, p=ˈsʲelʲsɐˈvʲɛt, r=selso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apytalaukis
Apytalaukis (formerly russian: Опитолоки, pl, Opitołoki) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had 91 residents. It is located from Kėdainiai, on the left bank of the Nevėžis river, by the Alkupis mouth. There is a Catholic church of St. Peter and St. Paul (built in 1635) with a graveyard, a manor palace (built in 1850) with a park. There is a collective gardening area ( Vasariškiai) nearr Apytalaukis. History Apytalaukis has been known since 1371 when it was mentioned by Hermann von Wartberge. The Apytalaukis Manor has been known since the 15th century. A school was established in the manor in 1811. The manor was a property of the Tyszkiewicz Tyszkiewicz is the name of the Tyszkiewicz family, a Polish–Lithuanian magnate noble family of Ruthenian origin. The Lithuanian equivalent is Tiškevičius; it is frequently transliterated from Russian and Belarusian as Tyshkev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volost
Volost ( rus, во́лость, p=ˈvoləsʲtʲ; ) was a traditional administrative subdivision in Eastern Europe. In earlier East Slavic history, '' volost'' was a name for the territory ruled by the knyaz, a principality; either as an absolute ruler or with varying degree of autonomy from the ''Velikiy Knyaz'' ( Grand Prince). Starting from the end of the 14th century, ''volost'' was a unit of administrative division in Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Poland, Muscovy, lands of modern Latvia and Ukraine. Since about the 16th century it was a part of provincial districts that were called " uezd" in Muscovy and the later Russian Empire. Each uezd had several volosts that were subordinated to the uezd city. After the abolition of Russian serfdom in 1861, ''volost'' became a unit of peasant's local self-rule. A number of mirs are united into a volost, which has an assembly consisting of elected delegates from the mirs. These elect an elder ('' starshina'') and, hitherto, a court of jus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zawisza Family
Zawisza or Záviš is a Slavic name and may refer to: People * Zawisza Czarny (1379–1428), known as Zawisza the Black, a famous Polish medieval knight and diplomat * Zawisza Czerwony (died 1433), known as Zawisza the Red, a less famous but notable contemporary of Zawisza Czarny * Artur Zawisza (born 1969), a Polish politician * Marcelina Zawisza (born 1989), a Polish politician * Oskar Zawisza (1878–1933), a Polish Catholic priest, composer and educational activist * Záviš of Zápy (1350–1411), a Czech theologian and composer * Záviš, a well known name of Czech singer Milan Smrčka (born 1956) * Záviš Kalandra (1902–1950), a Czech historian who was executed by Communists * Zavis of Falkenstein (1250–1290), a Czech nobleman * Zawisza (Szare Szeregi), the youngest Scouts, known for their resistance work during the Warsaw Uprising Other * Zawisza Bydgoszcz, a sports club from Bydgoszcz, Poland * Zawisza Pajęczno, a soccer club in Pajęczno, Poland * Zawis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
