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Nykis
The Nykis is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It is a right tributary of the Liaudė. It originates in Balsiai forest and goes to the east, meeting the Liaudė in Paberžė, Kėdainiai, Paberžė village. There are 3 ponds on the Nykis. The river passes Vikaičiai, Margininkai, Kėdainiai, Margininkai, Graužiai, Gudžiūnai, Graužiai, Miegėnai, Paberžė, Kėdainiai, Paberžė villages. The hydronym ''Nykis'' possibly derives from the Lithuanian verb ''nykti'' ('to disappear, to decay') although it was collated with lv, nica ('a downstream place'), sa, nīca ('short, low'), Old_East_Slavic_language, Old Slavic ниць ('prostrate') also. References LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS UPIŲ IR TVENKINIŲ KLASIFIKATORIUS (Republic of Lithuania- River and Pond Classifications) Ministry of Environment (Lithuania). Accessed 2011-11-17. Rivers of Lithuania Kėdainiai District Municipality {{Lithuania-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miegėnai
Miegėnai (formerly russian: Мегяны, pl, Miegiany) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 341 people. It is located 9 km from Gudžiūnai, by the Nykis river. There are library, farm cooperative, former school, former windmill and post office in Miegėnai. History Miegėnai (as ''Megene'') is included to the list of devastated Lithuanian villages by Teutonic Order in 1372. During Soviet era Miegėnai was "Nemunas" '' kolkhoz'' center. Demography Gallery Miegėnai1.JPG, A monument to the first mention of Miegėnai Miegėnai6.JPG, A cross Miegėnai5.JPG, Former windmill Miegėnai3.JPG, A roofed pole Roofed pole or roofed pillar ( lt, stogastulpis, plural: ''stogastulpiai'', from ''stogas'' – 'roof' and ''stulpas'' – 'pole, pillar') is a traditional Lithuanians, Lithuanian wooden shrine. They may have anywhere between one and three layers o ... in Miegė ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liaudė
The Liaudė is a river in central Lithuania, flowing through Kėdainiai district municipality, Radviliškis district municipality and Panevėžys district municipality. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is the right tributary of the Nevėžis river. The river originates by the Vakarai village near Pociūnėliai. It goes to the southeastern direction passing Pociūnėliai, Žibartoniai, Paberžė, Užupė. It meets the Nevėžis 2 km from Surviliškis town. The width of the river course is 5-8 m, the depth is 0.4-1.1 m. The rapidness of the flow is 0.2 meters per second at the upper course and 0.4 meters per second at the lower course. Following ponds are dammed on the Liaudė river: Pociūnėliai pond, Rūtakiemis pond, Žibartoniai 1st pond, Žibartoniai 2nd pond. The hydronym ''Liaudė'' is of obscure origin, possible explanation is from the root ''*laud-'' (as lt, liaudis 'people, crowd') or it could be of the Finno-Ugric origin (ex. et, laud 'moist'). Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paberžė, Kėdainiai
Paberžė ('a place by the birch forest', formerly russian: Поберже, pl, Podbrzezie) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 18 people. It is located by the Liaudė and Nykis confluence, 32 km from Kėdainiai. Surroundings of Paberžė are declared as Paberžė landscape sanctuary. There are wooden Catholic church of St. Mary, former Paberžė manor (now the Museum of Uprising), rebels' burial ground. History In the 18th century Paberžė belonged to nobleman Schilling. He have build a wooden church and manor in the village. After the January Uprising Paberžė was transferred to Russian officer Tikheev.Paberžė // ''Paberžės krašto smulkioji tautosaka''. Kėdainių rajono savivaldybės Švietimo skyrius, 1997 Demography Notable people *Antanas Mackevičius, priest who served in the Paberžė church and was one of the main local organizers of the Janu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vikaičiai
Vikaičiai is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 305 people. It is located 5 km from Gudžiūnai, by the Nykis The Nykis is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It is a right tributary of the Liaudė. It originates in Balsiai forest and goes to the east, meeting the Liaudė in Paberžė, Kėdainiai, Paberžė villa ... and Druskalnis rivers. There are a library and a former school building. During the Soviet era Vikaičiai was "Žemaitė" '' kolkhoz'' center. Demography References Villages in Kaunas County Kėdainiai District Municipality {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margininkai, Kėdainiai
Margininkai is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 14 people. It is located 6 km from Gudžiūnai, by the Nykis The Nykis is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It is a right tributary of the Liaudė. It originates in Balsiai forest and goes to the east, meeting the Liaudė in Paberžė, Kėdainiai, Paberžė villa ... river. Demography References Villages in Kaunas County Kėdainiai District Municipality {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graužiai, Gudžiūnai
Graužiai (formerly russian: Грауже, pl, Grauże) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 3 people. It is located by the Nykis The Nykis is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It is a right tributary of the Liaudė. It originates in Balsiai forest and goes to the east, meeting the Liaudė in Paberžė, Kėdainiai, Paberžė villa ... river. Demography References Villages in Kaunas County Kėdainiai District Municipality {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terespolis
Terespolis (formerly russian: Тересполь, pl, Terespol) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 30 people. It is located 3 km from Gudžiūnai, by the Mairiškiai-Gudžiūnai road. There is a former manor (build at the end of the 19th century) and a park (area 6 ha) with ponds, alleys and an orchard. At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century Terespol was an estate of nobleman Chrapowycki. In the 1926 Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. ** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of V ... the estate was parceled and new villages were established in its place. Demography Images Terespolis 3.JPG, Monument to Soviet soldiers Terespolis 2.JPG, Terespolis park Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), 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. Lithuania shares land borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Russia to the southwest. It has a maritime border with Sweden to the west on the Baltic Sea. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.8 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities are Kaunas and Klaipėda. Lithuanians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts and speak Lithuanian, one of only a few living Baltic languages. For millennia the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united by Mindaugas, becoming king and founding the Kingdom of Lithuania on 6 July 1253. In the 14th century, the Grand Duchy of Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kėdainiai District Municipality
Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. First mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle of Hermann de Wartberge, its population is 23,667. Its old town dates to the 17th century. The city is the administrative centre of the Kėdainiai District Municipality. The geographical centre of the Lithuanian Republic is in the nearby village of Ruoščiai, located in the eldership of Dotnuva. Names The city has been known by other names: ''Kiejdany'' in Polish, ''Keidan'' (קיידאן) in Yiddish, and ''Kedahnen'' in German. Kėdainiai other alternate forms include Kidan, Kaidan, Keidany, Keydan, Kiedamjzeÿ ("j" /e/), Kuidany, and Kidainiai. History The area was the site of several battles during "The Deluge", the 17th century war between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden. In 1655 a short-lived treaty with Sweden, the Union of Kėdainiai, was signed by two members of Radziwił� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaunas County
Kaunas County ( lt, Kauno apskritis) is one of ten counties of Lithuania. It is in the centre of the country, and its capital is Kaunas. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished. Symbols The county's coat of arms can be blazoned as follows: ''Gules, an aurochs The aurochs (''Bos primigenius'') ( or ) is an extinct cattle species, considered to be the wild ancestor of modern domestic cattle. With a shoulder height of up to in bulls and in cows, it was one of the largest herbivores in the Holocen ... head caboshed argent ensigned by a cross Or between his horns enclosed by a bordure purpure charged with ten evenly distributed crosses of Lorraine Or.'' The flag's heraldic blazon is identical, since the flag is a banner of the arms. Municipalities The county is subdivided into municipalities: References External linksSocial and demographic characteristics of Kaunas County [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old East Slavic Language
Old East Slavic (traditionally also Old Russian; be, старажытнаруская мова; russian: древнерусский язык; uk, давньоруська мова) was a language used during the 9th–15th centuries by East Slavs in Kievan Rus' and its successor states, from which the Belarusian, Russian, Rusyn, and Ukrainian languages later evolved. Terminology The name of the language is known as ''Old East Slavic'', in reference to the modern family of East Slavic languages. Its original speakers were the Slavic tribes inhabiting territories of today's Belarus, the western edge of Russia, and western and central Ukraine. However, the term ''Old East Slavic'' is not universally applied. The language is traditionally also known as ''Old Russian'', (; russian: древнерусский язык, translit=drevnerusskij jazyk), however the term has been described as a misnomer, because the initial stages of the language which it denotes predate the dialec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Environment (Lithuania)
The Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublikos aplinkos ministerija) oversees the environment and natural resources in Lithuania. Its mission is: *To implement the principle of sustainable development; *To set preconditions for rational utilization, protection and restoration of natural resources; *To ensure provision of information about the state of environment and its forecasts to the public; *To create conditions for the development of construction business and the provision of residents with housing; *To ensure a proper environmental quality, taking into account the norms and standards of the European Union. The Environment Protection Department, accountable to the Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas, was established to oversee environment protection and exploitation of natural resources after Lithuania declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1990. In 1996, the Department was reorganized into Ministry of Environmental Protect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
