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Jonas Liorentas
Jonas Liorentas (1 August 1901 in Žvirgždaičiai – 8 July 1991 in Chicago) was a Lithuanian war pilot and officer of the Lithuanian Army. In 1919 he volunteered into Lithuanian forces to the active combat with the Russian Soviet Army. In 1926 he entered Lithuanian Air Force. After 1943 During German occupation, he became commander of the Lithuanian Liberty Army in Kaunas district. After defeat of German forces by the Soviet forces, he escaped to Switzerland. In 1953 he left to the United States and was active in Lithuanian national organizations. Decorations * Knight's Cross of the Order of the Cross of Vytis, 1919 * Knight's Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great, 1931 * Knight of the Order of the White Lion The Order of the White Lion () is the highest order of the Czech Republic. It continues a Czechoslovak order of the same name created in 1922 as an award for foreigners (Czechoslovakia having no civilian decoration for its citizens in the 192 ..., 1934 Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žvirgždaičiai
Žvirgždaičiai is a small town in Marijampolė County, in southwestern Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, 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, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P .... According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 242 people. References Towns in Lithuania Towns in Marijampolė County Šakiai District Municipality {{MarijampolėCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encyclopedia Lituanica
''Encyclopedia Lituanica'' (likely named after ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' or ''Encyclopedia Americana'') is a six-volume (about 3600-page) English language encyclopedia about Lithuania and Lithuania-related topics. It was published between 1970 and 1978 in Boston, Massachusetts by Lithuanian Americans who fled Soviet occupation at the end of World War II. To this day, it remains the only such comprehensive work on Lithuania in the English language. The encyclopedia was compiled and published by the same individuals who had published '' Lietuvių enciklopedija'', a 35-volume general encyclopedia in the Lithuanian language, in 1953-1966. Later, two volumes of additions and supplements were added and the 37th and last volume was published in 1985. The undertaking was made extremely complicated by the fact that most sources and resources were behind the Iron Curtain in the Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knights Of The Order Of Vytautas The Great
A knight is a person granted an honorary title of a knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church, or the country, especially in a military capacity. The concept of a knighthood may have been inspired by the ancient Greek ''hippeis'' (ἱππεῖς) and Roman ''equites''. In the Early Middle Ages in Western Christian Europe, knighthoods were conferred upon mounted warriors. During the High Middle Ages, a knighthood was considered a class of petty nobility. By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect Royal court, courtly Christian warrior. Often, a knight was a vassal who served as an elite fighter or a bodyguard for a lord, with payment in the form of land holdings. The lords trusted the knights, who were skilled in Horses in warfare, battle on horseback. In the Middle Ages, a knighthood was closely linked with horsemanship (and especially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
