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  Trakai info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
After Vytautas' death the work was stopped, and as a consequence of the devastating Russian invasion in 1655, the repair of the castles stopped.
After 'Vytautas granted civic rights to Trakai in 1409, encouraging the growth of his town, a town hall was built in the square.
Vytautas' wife Ona, and Jogaila's sister Alexandra, Duchess of Masuria, both surprised the German knights with their elegance, and were considered the most beautiful women in Eastern Europe.
www.trakai.info /info_en   (4965 words)

  
 Vytautas the Great Grand Duke of Lithuania
The Knights accused Vytautas of harboring a greater sympathy with the Orthodox than with the Catholic Church, and they went so far as to send delegates to the Dukes of Germany to make charges against him on that ground.
I think it is noteworthy that while Vytautas afforded every measure of freedom and no inconsiderable assistance to the proponents of the Orthodox teaching, he made it a strict stipulation that no utterance detrimental to the Roman Pontiff would be tolerated from the Russian clergy.
Vytautas was undoubtedly a supporter of the Catholic faith in his country.
econc10.bu.edu /economic_systems/NatIdentity/FSU/Baltics/Lithuania/vytautas_.htm   (1175 words)

  
 Medieval Lithuania - Chronology 1386-1506
Although Vytautas was unable to take control of Vilnius even with the assistance of the Order, he was able to rapidly expand his influence and rule.
Vytautas managed to formulate a strong central government, and neutralise the consequences of internal struggles over a relatively short time.
Vytautas was totally defeated at the battle on August 12th, and barely escaped himself.
viduramziu.lietuvos.net /en/c1386.htm   (648 words)

  
 Airshow-Acts SU29
Vytautas started flying at the age of 17 and by the age of 22 he had become the Lithuanian aerobatics Champaign.
Vytautas explained that the aircraft would be like nothing that I had flown before.
Vytautas explained that because of the late timing of his display slot at Farnborough, I would be flying with the equally capable 'Leo' Leonas.
www.btinternet.com /~ifield.park/su29.htm   (1828 words)

  
 Medieval Weapon Art - HISTORY - Medieval Times
Vytautas would participate in the battle as one of the Allied commanders, but actually he would be the Leader of the army.
Vytautas the Great realised his men were under pressure, and ordered a tactical retreat, to bring the Crusaders to the forests.
Vytautas the Great would be known in subsequent Lithuanian history as saviour of the nation and Eastern Europe, while in the eyes of Polish historians, Jagiello is regarded in the same way.
www.mwart.com /xq/ASP.history/qx/.htm   (6015 words)

  
 Lietuvos karaimai: Karaimai ir Lietuvos valstybė   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Vytautas is a descendant of a genuine Lithuanian duke family.
In 1370, as the chronicle of Konrad Bitchin narrates, Vytautas, at the age of twenty, participated in the battle of Rudava.
Vytautas and other rulers of Lithuania expressed their confidence to the Karaims by affording the privileges to the Karaim communities.
daugenis.mch.mii.lt /karaimai/karaims.htm   (755 words)

  
 Parallel - Vytautas Balcytis
Vytautas Balcytis, a well-known Lithuanian photographer, belongs to a not very numerous group of Lithuanian artists who concentrate attentively on the different aspects of urban life.
Vytautas Balcytis have been engaged into the observation of the urban situations during the whole of his artistic career.
It is important to narrow this definition: in case of Balcytis we should rather talk of urban landscape as the main objective of his camera.
www.fmp.fi /parallel/balcyt/english.htm   (308 words)

  
 Biography of Vytautas Landsbergis
On November 25, 1988, Vytautas Landsbergis was elected Chairman of the Sąjūdis Seimas Council.
During the elections in October – November 1996, Vytautas Landsbergis again became a Member of Parliament, and on November 25, 1996 he was elected Chairman of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.
Landsbergis established the Vytautas Landsbergis Foundation, a non-profit, charitable organization dealing with the care and education of handicapped children and young performing artists.
pirmojiknyga.mch.mii.lt /Asmenys/landsberg.en.htm   (799 words)

  
 Personal Data of Artist Vytautas Ignas
Vytautas Ignas (Ignatavicius) was born on May 16, 1924, in Zaciza, Lithuania.
In 1946 Vytautas entered a school of fine and applied arts, Ecole des Arts et Metiers, in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, where he continued his studies of painting under Viktoras Vizgirda and Adolfas Valeska and drawing under Vytautas K. Jonynas and Vytautas Kasiulis, earning a Master's Degree in fine arts in 1948.
In 1972 Vytautas changed his life: he abandoned the noise of the big city and moved his family to a quiet, forested parcel of land in Ashford, Connecticut, where they built their present home.
www.virtualmuseum.us /lith/ignas/bio.html   (654 words)

  
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Vytautas, under the pretext of allowing his wife to make a visit home, sent her to negotiate with the King; he also managed to secure the release of many hostages who had been kept in honorable captivity in scattered fortresses; then he gave his sister in marriage to Bishop Henryk
When Vytautas fled to Prussia in 1389 with all his closest relatives, to become the crusaders' ally, he was able to send Sophia to Moscow on a Hanseatic vessel from Danzig to Novgorod, whence she went overland to Moscow.
Vytautas and Anna hurried to Cracow for the funeral ceremonies.
department.monm.edu /history/urban/books/tannenberg1.htm   (16771 words)

  
 LMIPC - Composers - Vytautas Barkauskas
He is a graduate in mathematics (1953) and music composition (1959); at present he is professor in the Department of Composition of the Lithuanian Academy of Music.
Vytautas Barkauskas is a winner of the Lithuanian State Prize.
In the 1960s Vytautas Barkauskas was one of the most active adherents of avant-garde music and new compositional techniques in Lithuania.
www.mic.lt /c_barkauskas.htm   (532 words)

  
 Jogaila (1350-1434)
Vytautas, the commander of the joint forces, showed his skill and fearlessness in battle, but Jogaila's diplomatic role must not be ignored.
Even in 1427, when Vytautas was deciding whether to cede Palanga on the Baltic coast to the Germans, Jogaila wrote, "If you, brother, give up Palanga, then Lithuania, Samogitia, and you yourself should cry."7 Palanga remained part of Lithuania, and Jogaila personally traveled to the Baltic Sea.
Vytautas, wishing to have a trustworthy person in Poland, persuaded Jogaila to marry his second wife's niece, the Lithuanian princess Sofija known as Sonka.
www.lituanus.org /1987/87_4_04.htm   (3434 words)

  
 www.Lietuva.lt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
1401 was marked by the recognition of Vytautas as the Grand Duke of Lithuania for the duration of his life.
Vytautas drew a peace treaty with the Grand Duchy of Moscow during the very start of a war with the Duchy in September.
1418 was the period, when Grand Duke Vytautas began to distribute the peasantry under his domain to the Samogitian nobility, as an effort to develop and strengthen this social class.
www.lietuva.lt /index.php?Lang=5&ItemId=29448   (2458 words)

  
 The Battle of Grunwald 1410
Vytautas did not like to wait, since the Krzyzacy, according to spies, had marched more than 25 km in heavy rain the previous day, to reach and block the enemy at Grunwald.
Vytautas the Great realised his men were under pressure, and ordered a tactical retreat, to bring the Krzyzacy to the forests.
Vytautas ordered everything belonging to the Krzyzacy to be burned, and that the handcuffs should be put on the few prisoners.
www.kresy.co.uk /grunwald.html   (6155 words)

  
 From the History of Samogitia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 1413 Vytautas and Jogaila went to Samogitia for one week, and symbolically christened it in order to weaken the Order’s claims to the Samogitian land.
In summer 1417 upon the arrival of Vytautas and the Vilnius and Lvov bishops to Samogitia thousands of the Samogitians were baptized.
In the autumn of 1417 when christening was drawing to a close Vytautas returned to Samogitia and chose the capital of bishopric – Medininkai.
daugenis.mch.mii.lt /Samogitia/ISTORIJA/istorija.en.htm   (1975 words)

  
 Vytautas Lapenas Flight School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Vytautas Lapenas was born on the 11th of January, 1958.
Six years after the crash Vytautas for the second time made his debut at the championship of Lithuania and became a winner.
For this reason Vytautas Lapenas jointly with the largest Lithuanian private aviation company AVIABALTIKA, which works in the field of sale, maintenance and overhaul of aviation engineering, decided to establish the flight school.
www.aviaistra.lt /about_1.html   (274 words)

  
 The Human Figure in the Work of Vytautas Kasuba - Kostkeviciute
Vytautas Kašuba absorbed the atmosphere of the great tension of his times as he lived the drama of the individual caught up in them, and spoke out through original and innovative sculptural forms.
There is a spontaneity in them, born as if of their own accord, as if they had sprung into being in a single breath, they can be compared to intimate entries in a diary, where there is no boundary between impulse and statement.
Vytautas Kašuba links closely the origin and expression of these works to the pliability and elasticity of lead sheets.
www.lituanus.org /1998/98_3_05.htm   (1792 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Vytautas the Great
He tried to receive the title of king with the backing of Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, but the envoys who were transporting the crown were stopped by Polish magnates in 1429.
Another crown was sent, but Vytautas died several weeks before it reached Lithuania.
English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the Earl of Suffolks army at Orleans from attack by...
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Vytautas-the-Great   (4406 words)

  
 Lithuanian Physicians Affiliated with U.S. and Canada Universities
Gediminas Balukas was born in 1922 in Alytus, Lithuania.
Vytautas Račkauskas was born in 1923 in Lithuania.
She began her medical studies at the University of Vytautas the Great in Lithuania and completed her education in Austria in 1947.
www.lituanus.org /1989/89_4_02.htm   (4998 words)

  
 Untitled Document
Vytautas Andriulaitis is 45 years old and lives in Jonava, a small town just 30 km from Kaunas the second largest city in Lithuania.
Vytautas is presently playing in the Reg Gillman Memorial B (e-mail) tournament and has scored 9.5 points out of 12 games, surpassing the GM norm of 9 points with one game remaining.
Vytautas chess style is very solid, and he has established a reputation for not losing games.
www.iccf.com /articles/gotm_2001_04.shtml   (1363 words)

  
 Vytautas Sustauskas - Uncyclopedia
Vytautas fled across the city of Kaunas and the police followed...
Vytautas is also a famous fighter against diseased children.
In his spare time Vytautas is trying to be the drunk version of Michael Schumacher but cannot afford a Ferrari.
www.uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Vytautas_Sustauskas   (211 words)

  
 EAC2002: Profiles
These words were written by Vytautas Lapėnas in a letter to his friend fifteen years ago.
The second life of Vytautas revealed such potential in man that would have been impossible to imagine if the tragedy had not taken place.
Profiles of all pilots and news from the championship are also available in four issues of the championship newspaper "Upside Down Over Istra" (in PDF format; available for download).
www.night.lt /~eac/en/profiles/profile.php?ID=23   (357 words)

  
 Vytautas the Great War Museum
Stands of the Order of the Knights of the Cross and GDL illustrated by archaeological material and pictures, J. Styka's "Vytautas" Oath" and a series "The Grunwald Battle" painted together with his son among them, are devoted to the period of heathenish.
Toward the end of the 13h century, with the purpose to defend itself from the Crusaders' attacks a brick castle was built and became an important part of the town defense system.
After Vytautas the Great granted the Magdeburg rights to the town, Kaunas began to grow at a greater pace, the importance of the town as the center and the port for the trade with Western Europe increased.
muziejai.mch.mii.lt /Kaunas/karo_muziejus.en.htm   (1863 words)

  
 Soviet Crackdown/1991 Vilnius Massacre
For those watching from abroad, Vytautas Landsbergis was the central player in the drama unfolding in Vilnius.
The colorful, quick-tempered music professor became Lithuania’s president (or chairman of the Lithuanian Supreme Council) in 1990 and, from that time on, his name was almost synonymous with the Lithuanian independence movement.
Vytautas Landsbergis was holed up inside Parliament for days on end, before and after the attack on the TV tower.
www.balticsww.com /news/features/crackdown.htm   (3813 words)

  
 Poetry of Vytautas Bloze
BENEATH THE STARS To the memory of Vytautas Butkus We stood before a great hill, it was called our life and it was so unreachable.
Vytautas Bložė, born in the town of Baisogala in central Lithuania, was the son of a pharmacist, who also owned land.
Vytautas Bložė was able to avoid deportation by living in various hiding places in Lithuania.
www.efn.org /~valdas/bloze.html   (3921 words)

  
 Vytautas Pranas Pranulis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Vytautas Pranulis, Audra Mockaitis, A Test and Validation of the Cetscale in Lithuania // Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference on Marketing and Business Strategies for Central and Eastern Europe.
Vytautas Pranulis, Transformations in Business and Economics: Editorial //Scolarly papers Transformations in Business and Economics, Kaunas: Kaunas Faculty of Humanities of Vilnius University, Vol.
Vytautas Pranulis, Gerais norais grindžiama terminø ir sampratø painiava (The Mull of Terms and Concepts Rising from the Velleity).
www.businessperspectives.org /en/journalim/editorialboard/Pranulis.htm   (2128 words)

  
 Vytautas LANDSBERGIS, Member of the Seimas 1996-2000
Born in Kaunas on 18 October 1932, into a family of architect Vytautas Landsbergis-Žemkalnis and an oculist Ona Jablonskytė-Landsbergienė.
On the basis of the Norwegian People's Peace Prize Vytautas Landsbergis established the Vytautas Landsbergis' Foundation, a non-profit charitable organisation dealing with the care and education of handicapped children and young performing artists.
Vytautas Landsbergis holds Honorary Doctor of Laws from Loyola University in Chicago (USA) (1991), Doctor of Humanities from Weber State University in Ogden (USA) (1992), Doctor of Philosophy from Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas (Lithuania) (1992).
www3.lrs.lt /seimu_istorija/w3_lrs.seimo_narys-p_asm_id=126&p_int_tv_id=788&p_kalb_id=2&p_kade_id=3.htm   (686 words)

  
 Baltic Studies Newsletter #90-13
The Baltic Studies program at Vytautas Magnus University is intended for exchange or visiting students or anyone else who may be interested.
All exchange students and visiting students who take examinations at Vytautas Magnus University will be provided with official transcripts and certificates in English to document their studies.
Vytautas Magnus University, Daukanto 28, LT-3000 Kaunas, Lithuania.
www.balticstudies-aabs.lanet.lv /bsn90/bsn90-13.html   (1376 words)

  
 VYTAUTAS JUOZAPAITIS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He became a laureate of the Competition of Young Singers of Lithuania (1992) and a finalist at the International Luciano Pavarotti Competition in the USA (1992).
Vytautas has worked with many conductors including Stefan Lano, David Agler, Eduardo Muller, Pinchas Steinberg, Mstislav Rostropovich, Justus Franz, Yurij Temirkanov, Yurij Bashmet, Saulius Sondeckis, Jonas Aleksa, Gintaras Rinkevicius, Liutauras Balciunas, Oliver Dohnanij, and others.
Vytautas Juozapaitis is well known as a vocal coach – since 1996 he is teaching at the Music Academy of Lithuania.
www.operaisland.com /kristiansand/juozapaitis.htm   (211 words)

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