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	Lithuania - Coat of Arms
		Slightly modified in 1845, it was used as the coat of arms of the city and province of Vilnius.
		It was not by chance that in the beginning of the 16th C., a chronicler described Lithuania's coat of arms as indicating a mature ruler capable of defending his Homeland by the sword.
		On April 6, 1845, Emperor Nicholas I approved the use of the knight for the coat of arms of the province of Vilnius.
	flagspot.net /flags/lt).html (3716 words)

	Symbols of Poland: The White Eagle
		This is reflected in the federated country's coat of arms which Jagiełło quartered placing on it the coats of arms of both nations, repeating each for symmetry.
		Lithuania's coat of arms was the Pogoń which is translated into English as "the Pursuit." It portrays a rider, sword in hand, mounted on a horse.
		The quartered coat of arms continued to be used by succeeding Kings of the Jagiellonian dynasty.
	info-poland.buffalo.edu /classroom/eagle.html (1314 words)

	Coat of arms of Lithuania Biography,info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Article 15 of the Constitution of Lithuania, approved by national referendum in 1992, stipulates, "The Coat of Arms of the State shall be a white Vytis on a red field".
		As early as the 15th century, the heraldic knight became the Coat of Arms of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and of its central part - the Duchy of Vilnius.
		The former coat of arms of Belarus - last used 1991 – 1995 - was very similar to the Vytis, with one difference only - the cross on the shield was a patriarchal cross with arms of uneven length.
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Vytis (1452 words)

	Coat of Arms
		Coats of arms usually started out fairly simple in design, then subsequent generations added onto or made slight variations to the design to make it their own.
		Another search alternative is to try contacting the College of Arms for the country you believe your ancestor is from, for a fee they will search their records to see if a coat of arms was awarded to your ancestor.
		The second is the restored Samogitian coat of arms, that 17th century coat is based on the 14th century seal of Grand Duke Vytautas.
	popalis.tripod.com /CoatofArms.htm (1200 words)

	Lithuania - Presidential Flag
		The width to length ratio of the flag of the President of the Republic shall be 1:1,2.
		The flag of the President of the Republic of Lithuania as well as pictures thereof must always correspond to the standard picture of the colors of the flag of the President of the Republic, which shall be approved by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania on the recommendation of the Heraldry Commitee of Lithuania.
		Lithuania did not previously have an officially legalized Presidential flag, though there is evidence that one was used in the pre-war Republic of Lithuania.
	www.fotw.net /flags/lt-pres.html (1387 words)

	The Samogitian Coat of Arms
		From the 16th century on the Samogitian coat of arms is represented as a fl bear with a white collar, standing on his hind legs against a red background.
		The origin of the Samogitian coat of arms is possibly related to the legendary theory of the Roman origin of Lithuanians.
		The Samogitian coat of arms was widely used in the prewar period.
	samogitia.mch.mii.lt /ISTORIJA/herbas.en.htm (479 words)

	Lithuania # fahnenversand.de - Fahnen Flaggen Fahne Flagge Nationalflaggen Nationalflagge Shop Flaggenshop Versand ...
		The ratio of the width and length of the flag is 1 to 2.
		During the Zalgiris battle, the flag of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was red, with white coat of arms, the Vytis, embroidered on it.
		On November 18 at the tenth session of its eleventh convention, the Supreme Council of the Lithuanian SSR was forced to change a chapter of the Constitution, and to grant the yellow-red-green flag the status of State flag.
	www.fahnenversand.de /fotw/flags/lt.html (3051 words)

	photo1a
		Janina coat of armsat of arms of Plock kapitula #1 according to Niesieki.
		Composition: Janina Coat of arms and Vexifier Coat of Arms #29,
		Janina in the center of divided coat, with Poland and Lithuania coat of arms.
	www.geocities.com /a_gulinski/photo1a.htm (687 words)

	Lithuania - Uncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Lithuania is located near Stoneya, Landia and sometimes Churkey and Brazauskia The people of Lithuania are currently enjoying the benefits of the European Union -- in other words, being able to relocate to Great Britain, Ireland, Spain and other EU countries like Uzbekistan.
		Lithuania is innocent (except for its female population.
		Lithuania borders the following countries: Latvia to the North, Atlantis to the West, Russia Proper (P-Russia) to the South-West, Poland to the South, China to the East, China to the South-East and China to the North-East and El Cajon to the Mid-South.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Lithuania (3691 words)

	Coat of Arms of Lithuania (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Vytis The Coat of arms of the Republic of Lithuania is the Vytis (the Knight) or Pogoń;.
		Pogoń; Litewska Coat of Arms]] At first, the charging knight showed the figure of the ruler of the country, but with time it came to be understood and interpreted as that of a riding knight who was chasing an intruder out of his native country.
		With minor stylistic changes, the Vytis coat of arms remained the state symbol of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania until 1795, when Lithuania was annexed by Russian Empire.
	coat-of-arms-of-lithuania.kiwiki.homeip.net.cob-web.org:8888 (871 words)

	Belarusan heraldry: Coat of arms of Belarusan towns and cities
		Coats of arms were usually granted together with the Magdeburg code of law.
		The coat of arms was then displayed at the town hall or town council building and it was used for the official town seal.
		Only a few towns and cities were able to retain their old coats of arms, with the addition of new heraldic attributes (in the coats of arms of Mahiliou and Viciebsk, for example, a double-headed eagle was introduced - the crest of the Russian Empire).
	www.belarusguide.com /as/history/heral_h.html (376 words)

	Heraldry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Lithuania’s history reveals they are direct descendants of the Scythians and that they came to the Baltic from the east, as their God told them to travel west until they again reached the sea.
		Finland’s flag and coat of arms originally had a dark red field; however, they abandoned the red shield to avoid any association with the Bolsheviks (who later adopted the color of blood upon which their despotic dynasty is founded).
		The symbols on the national coat of arms of Latvia (Latvija) are lions, griffins, the sun and stars, and oak branches.
	www.israelect.com /reference/WillieMartin/Heraldic.htm (16233 words)

	Polish White Eagle
		In Poland, the eagle appeared as a coat of arms for the first time on seals of several Dukes of the Piast dynasty (they were portrayed both standing and on horseback) in the years 1222-1236.
		In 1795, in the consequence of the partition of Poland by Russia, Prussia and Austria, and in the consequence of the breakdown of the State, the White Eagle lost its significance as the coat of arms an was replaced by the emblems of the foreign monarchies.
		In 1995, the 700th anniversary of the White Eagle's coronation as the Coat of Arms of the Polish State was celebrated.
	members.fortunecity.com /john_deere/eagle.html (1111 words)

	Osmanlı Tarihi Kültürü Medeniyeti Edebiyatı Sanatı
		Coat of Arms of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, combining Coat of Arms of Poland (eagle) and Coat of Arms of Lithuania (rider)
		While the Commonwealth's first century was a golden age for both Poland and Lithuania, the second century was marked by military defeats, a return to serfdom for the peasants, and growing anarchy in political life.
		Hussars: heavy cavalry armed with lances; their charges were extremely effective until advances in firearms in the late 17th century substantially increased infantry firepower.
	www.osmanlimedeniyeti.com /wiki/Polish-Lithuanian_Commonwealth_.html (4551 words)

	Coat of arms “Pogonia”, description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The coat of arms Pogonia was used by clan of Vambutas.
		The coat of arms is the distinctive family badge or crest, which indicates the state, city, estate, and family.
		It is supposed that in next centuries the family of Vambutas loose the politics power in the life of state of Lithuania, and the members of family found themselves in the variors, later in noblemen status.
	www11.brinkster.com /bituke/blazon.html (512 words)

	Lithuania Minor
		Since 1660 Lithuania Minor has its own flag, which is made up of three equal horizontal bands: green on the top, white in the middle, and red in the bottom.
		The fl and white picture of the coat of arms of Lithuania Minor was taken from newspaper "Mazoji Lietuva" (Lithaunia Minor).
		The region of Lithuania Minor was a dependence of the Teutonic Order, the Duchy of Prussia (Herzogtum Preussen, 1525-1701) and the Kingdom of Prussia (Koenigreich Preussen, 1701-1918).
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/lt_maz.html (875 words)

	Lithuania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Flag adopted 20 March 1989, Coat of Arms adopted 20 September 1991.
		The display of the flags of other states near and inside the governmental institutions of the Republic of Lithuania shall be prohibited with the exception of cases specified in Article 5 of this Law.
		The citizens of Lithuania may display the Lithuanian State Flag near their place of residence during the personal celebrations, and the citizens of foreign states residing in Lithuania may display the flags of their states.
	www.netlinkit.dk /FOTW/flags/lt.html (2765 words)

	Lithuania axes president in phone tap row \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		Lithuania's president yesterday became the first head of state in modern European history to be sacked by his parliament, after a crisis provoked by his links to a Russian businessman with alleged ties to the mafia.
		Lithuania's secret services went public last year with what they said were telephone taps in which Mr Borisov allegedly said he would leave Mr Paksas a "political corpse" unless he were granted an official post in his government.
		Emile Pain, a professor at the Russian academy of science, said: "Lithuania is the least Russophobic of the Baltic republics, but the idea that all the crime in Lithuania comes from Russia is widespread.
	www.guardian.co.uk /russia/article/0,2763,1187186,00.html (779 words)

	Litauen
		The flag of Lithuania was officially hoisted for the first time on 19th of April in 1918, and re-introduced on the 11th of March in 1990.
		The coat of arms of Lithuania in the today's form was created in the year 1925 by Juzas Zikiris.
		In the times where Lithuania belonged to the Soviet Union was in use a soviet model, which equals the coat of arms of the Soviet Union.
	www.flaggenlexikon.de /flitauen.htm (1828 words)

	LBKS coat of arms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The golden sign of the first Lithuanian Knight, Mindaugas, was chosen to be the coat of arms of the LRUN.
		It is probable that it belonged to the Russian estate of the property of the knight Mindaugas; it calls to mind the sign of theKiev vicegerents.
		By the traditions of those times every ruler who sought a king's crown not only had to be christened, along with his kin, but he also had to build a cathedral in his patrimony.
	www.bajorusajunga.lt /en/LBKSarms.html (268 words)

	L (12) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		lithuania - airforce flags and aircraft marking
		lithuania - military and naval rank flags
		logistics branch of service flag (armed forces, israel)
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/k-l-12.htm (462 words)

	Your Ancient Family Coat of Arms & Crest - Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The earliest coats of arms were fairly simple -- bars or wavy lines, a lion rampant or an eagle displayed, or an arrangement of fleurs-de-lis.
		Regardless of their origins, coats of arms became military status symbols, and their popularity increased along with the popularity of the tournament, which was developed in the mid-eleventh century in France.
		By 1400 A.D., bearing a coat of arms had become a prerequisite to participation in a tournament, and due to the importance of social standing in such pageants, a coat of arms also became a mark of noble status.
	www.traceit.com /coatofarms.htm (716 words)

	National insignia - Wikimedia Commons
		Coat of Arms of the Central African Republic
		Coat of Arms of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
		Coat of Arms of the Republic of the Congo
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/National_insignia (236 words)

	Coat of arms of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The coat of arms of Poland consists of a white eagle on a red shield.
		Some historians consider the origins of the insignia to be the coat of arms insignia of either the Roman or Holy Roman Empire.
		Coat of arms of the Second Republic of Poland (1919-1927)
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Poland (509 words)

	Pravapis.org - Belarusian language - Vera Rich - "Poems on Liberty" Translator's Notes
		Foremost among these are the traditional flag – three horizontal stripes of white, red and white, and the coat of arms of the Pahonia (the Pursuing Knight), white, on a red ground.
		It should be remembered, however, that for centuries the lands that are now Lithuania and Belarus formed a single state the Grand Duchy of Lithuanian-Rus and, indeed, an early form of Belarusian was the official language of that state.
		More recently, under the rule of the Russian Tsars, Belarus and Lithuania formed the 'North-West Territory' of that Empire and it was in Vilnia that the Belarusian literary and cultural revival of the early 20th century began.
	www.pravapis.org /art_rich_translators_notes.asp (1924 words)

	Coat of arms of the Lithuanian SSR - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Coat of arms of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
		The coat of arms of the Lithuanian SSR was adopted in 1940 by the government of the Lithuanian SSR.
		Coat of arms of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Lithuanian_SSR (113 words)

	Coat of arms of Lithuania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It abandoned romantic interwar traditions and went back to the times of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
		Several Polish and Lithuanian szlachta families adopted the earlier versions of the Vytis.
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	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Lithuania (1539 words)

	Coat of Arms
		In the period between World War I and World War II there were border posts in Geruciai and Ruoniai, which were situated close to Zeimelis on the Lithuanian and Latvian border.
		Since Zeimelis had no coat of arms, professor Albertas Gurskas, taking into account the history of the town and its geographical location, suggested using the symbols of the border, i.e.
		The design of the coat of arts of Zeimelis, made by artist Albertas Gurskas, was approved by the Heraldry Commission of Lithuania on December 5, 1996 (the minutes No 164).
	www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org /Zeimelis/CoatArms.htm (400 words)

	Armenia, coat of arms
		World Civic Heraldry Guide: coats of arms and flags of cities, regions, states
		The arms were granted on August 23rd 1990 by the Armenian Supreme Counsel.
		A tricolour ribbon - This is the flag of the Republic of Armenia.
	www.civicheraldry.com /page/1278 (219 words)

	National Heraldry
		Coats of Arms of the 64 Counties of the Kingdom of Hungary
		Irish National and Regional Coats of Arms - by Eddie Geoghegan.
		Finland - Presidential Ensign and Coat of Arms.
	www.digiserve.com /heraldry/nationac.htm (315 words)

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