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Eleonora Kaminskaitė
Eleonora "Leonora" Kaminskaitė ( Ruokienė, 29 January 1951 – 9 February 1986) was a Lithuanian rower who was most successful in the double sculls. In this event she won a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics and a silver at the 1978 World Rowing Championships. She graduated from the Lithuanian Sports University Lithuanian Sports University or LSU is a university in Kaunas, Lithuania, specializing in sports, physical activities, and physiology. It is headquartered in Žaliakalnis neighbourhood, in close proximity to the Kaunas Sports Hall and the S. Dar ... in 1972. References 1951 births 1986 deaths People from Prienai District Municipality Sportspeople from Kaunas County Lithuanian female rowers Soviet female rowers Olympic rowers for the Soviet Union Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in rowing World Rowing Championships medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stakliškės
Stakliškės is a village in Lithuania, located east of Prienai, in Prienai district of Kaunas County on the Prienai-Trakai road. Stakliškės is a center of Stakliškės elderate. The famous type of Midus, Lithuanian mead, an alcoholic beverage distilled from grain, honey and water is produced in Stakliškės. According to the 2011 census, the village had 747 residents. History The place has been known since the end of the 14th century (in 1375 it was mentioned in the Teutonic Knights Chronicles as Staghelisken, in 1385 as Stakelisken). Since 1513 it was a town, and in 1586 the first church was built. After reforms of the Great Sejm, on 16 January 1792 the monarch Stanisław August Poniatowski granted the town Magdeburg rights. At the time the city was awarded a coat of arms. The current coat of arms was granted by presidential decree on 18 December 1997. External links * History at official eldership page References Villages in Kaunas County {{KaunasCounty-geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
