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Progymnasium In Palanga
Palanga Progymnasium () was a progymnasium (middle school) that operated from 1886 to 1915 in Palanga, then part of the Russian Empire. It was a four-class Russian school for boys sponsored by graf . Several notable Lithuanians attended the school, including four signatories of the Act of Independence of Lithuania. History In 1886, graf established the progymnasium (four-class school) in place of a German-language town school. Tyszkiewicz financed the school, but it had same rights as a government school. The school belonged to the . At the time, Palanga was a small remote town with no railway connections. The school had 100 to 150 students. It taught religion, Latin, Greek, French, Russian languages, Russian literature, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, ancient and Russian history, natural sciences, drawing, cursive, singing, gymnastics. After graduation, a number of students continued to study at Kaunas Priest Seminary or other schools, most frequently in Jelgava Gymnasium or Lie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Rubles
The ruble or rouble (; symbol: ₽; ISO code: RUB) is the currency of the Russian Federation. Banknotes and coins are issued by the Central Bank of Russia, which is Russia's monetary authority independent of all other government bodies. Article 75 - Constitution of the Russian Federation (English translation) The ruble is the second-oldest currency in continuous use and the first decimal currency. The ruble was the currency of the Russian Empire, which was replaced by the Soviet ruble (code: SUR) during the Soviet period. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, by 1992, the Soviet ruble was replaced in the Russian Federation by the Russian ruble (code: RUR) at par. The Russian ruble then further continued to be used in 11 post-Soviet states, forming a "ruble zone" until 1993. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurgis Å aulys
Jurgis Å aulys (; 5 May 1879–18 October 1948) was a Lithuanian economist, diplomat, and politician, and one of the twenty signatories to the 1918 Act of Independence of Lithuania. Å aulys attended Palanga Progymnasium and Vilnius St. Joseph Seminary. He was dismissed from the seminary for participating in the KnygneÅ¡iai movement, which disseminated materials published in the Lithuanian language, a practice outlawed at the time. After moving to Vilnius in 1900, he continued his political activities; he became one of the '' Twelve Apostles of Vilnius'' of the independence movement, and was one of the founders of the Lithuanian Democratic Party. He left for Switzerland to study economics at the University of Bern, receiving his doctorate in 1912, but still contributed to these activities while abroad. Returning to Vilnius in 1912, he edited the '' Lietuvos žinios'' (Lithuanian News). After World War I broke out he served various charitable organizations. He was a membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liudas Noreika
Liudas Noreika (19 August 1884 – 30 May 1928) was a Lithuanian attorney, activist, and politician. He served as the Minister of Justice under three prime ministers in March 1919 – June 1920. Noreika studied to become a Catholic priest, but lack of calling made him switch to studies of law at Saint Petersburg University. During World War I, he worked with the Lithuanian Society for the Relief of War Sufferers to provide aid to Lithuanian war refugees and was politically active in the Party of National Progress. He was one of the organizers of the Petrograd Seimas in June 1917. After his return to Lithuania, he was coopted into the Council of Lithuania in November 1918. He left government service in 1920, but continued to be actively involved with the Party of National Progress which merged to form the Lithuanian Nationalist Union in 1924. He was editor of many of the party's periodicals, including ''Vairas'' (1914–1915), '' Tauta'' (1920) and ' (1926). He was party's chai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladas Nagius-NageviÄius
Vladas is a Lithuanian given name. Notable people with the name include: *Vladas ÄŒesiÅ«nas *Vladas DrÄ—ma *Vladas MikÄ—nas *Vladas Mironas *Vladas Petronaitis *Vladas TuÄkus *Vladas Zajanckauskas *Vladas Žulkus See also *Vlada Vlada is a Slavic given name, derived from the word ''vlada'' meaning "rule". It is a masculine name in Serbia and feminine name in Romania, Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria and Russia. It may refer to: *Vlada Avramov (born 1979), Serbian footballer * ... {{given name Lithuanian masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pranas Liatukas
Pranas Liatukas (29 January 1876 – 2 September 1945) was a Lithuanian lieutenant general. He was the acting Chief of Defence (Lithuania), commander of the Lithuanian Army from 7 October 1919 to 23 February 1920. At the same time, he acted as the Ministry of National Defence (Lithuania), minister of defence. In 1902, Liatukas volunteered for the Russian Imperial Army and attended the Vilnius Military School. During World War I, he fought with the 80th Infantry Division (Russian Empire), 80th Infantry Division in the Southwestern Front (Russian Empire), Southwestern Front. He was shell shocked three times, but received Russian military orders and was promoted to ''polkovnik'' in September 1917. In 1918, he returned to Lithuania and volunteered for the newly established Lithuanian Army and became Chief of the Defence Staff (Lithuania), Chief of the Defence Staff on 24 December 1918. In March 1919, Liatukas became commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment (Lithuania), 2nd Infantry Regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steponas Kairys
Steponas Kairys (; 1879 in Užnevėžiai near UkmergÄ— – 16 December 1964 in Brooklyn) was a Lithuanian engineer, nationalist, and social democrat. He was among the 20 men to sign the Act of Independence of Lithuania on 16 February 1918. Engineering career Born in the AnykÅ¡Äiai district, then in Imperial Russia, Kairys graduated from the Institute of Technology in Saint Petersburg. Due to conflicts with the academic administration concerning his participation in student clubs and dissident demonstrations, his studies were intermittently interrupted. Following graduation he worked for several years in railroad construction in the Samara and Kursk regions of Russia. He returned to Lithuania in 1912 and worked on city sanitation and water supply systems in Vilnius, and following the Polish occupation of the city left to the temporary capital of Lithuania, Kaunas. After 1923, he taught at the University of Lithuania in Kaunas, where in 1940, he received an honorary doctorate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladas Jurgutis
Vladas Jurgutis (17 November 1885 in Joskaudai near Palanga – 9 January 1966 in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian priest, economist, and professor. As the first chairman of the Bank of Lithuania he is unofficially considered to be the "father of the Lithuanian litas." Biography In 1902 Jurgutis graduated from Palanga Progymnasium and enrolled in the Kaunas Priest Seminary. After graduation in 1906 he continued his studies at the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy and received a Master's Degree in 1910. From 1910 to 1913 he studied economics at Munich University. In 1913 he served as a priest in Å vÄ—kÅ¡na and later in LiepÄja. During World War I Jurgutis retreated to Russia, where he worked as a pastor in Saratov and Astrakhan. Upon his return to Lithuania, he worked at the Kaunas Priest Seminary until 1922. Jurgutis became active in Lithuanian politics, but never officially quit the priesthood. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interwar Lithuania
In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period, also known as the interbellum (), lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days) – from the end of World War I (WWI) to the beginning of World War II (WWII). It was relatively short, yet featured many social, political, military, and economic changes throughout the world. Petroleum-based energy production and associated mechanisation led to the prosperous Roaring Twenties, a time of social mobility, social and economic mobility for the middle class. Automobiles, electric lighting, radio, and more became common among populations in the developed world, first world. The era's indulgences were followed by the Great Depression, an unprecedented worldwide economic downturn that severely damaged many of the world's largest economies. Politically, the era coincided with the rise of communism, starting in Russia with the October Revolution and Russian Civil War, at the end of WWI, and ended with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
America In The Bathhouse
''America in the Bathhouse'' () is a three-act comedy by Keturakis (pen name of brothers and ). The play was first published in 1895. It became the first Lithuanian-language play performed in public in present-day Lithuania when a group of Lithuanian activists staged it on 20 August 1899 in Palanga (then part of the Courland Governorate, Russian Empire). The play depicts an episode from the everyday life of the Lithuanian village – a resourceful man swindles money from a naive woman and escapes to the United States. Due to its relevant plot, small cast, and simple decorations, the play was very popular with the Lithuanian amateur theater. It became one of the most popular and successful Lithuanian comedies of all time and continues to be performed by various troupes. Plot synopsis Vincas, a resourceful tailor, gets a job with a struggling peasant Bekampis who desperately needs 200 rubles to repay his debts to Jew FaibÄikas. In an inn, Vincas meets Antanas, an old acquaintance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Prussia
East Prussia was a Provinces of Prussia, province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1772 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 1871); following World War I it formed part of the Weimar Republic's Free State of Prussia, until 1945. Its capital city was Königsberg (present-day Kaliningrad). East Prussia was the main part of the Prussia (region), region of Prussia along the southeastern Baltic Sea, Baltic Coast. The bulk of the ancestral lands of the Baltic Old Prussians were enclosed within East Prussia. During the 13th century, the native Prussians were conquered by the crusading Teutonic Knights. After the Northern Crusades, conquest the indigenous Balts were gradually converted to Christianity. Because of Germanization and colonisation over the following centuries, Germans became the dominant ethnic group, while Polish people, Poles and Lithuanians formed sizeable minorities. From the 13th century, the region of Prussia was part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Press Ban
The Lithuanian press ban () was a ban on all Lithuanian language publications printed in the Latin alphabet, in force from 1865 to 1904, within the Russian Empire, which controlled Lithuania proper at the time. Lithuanian-language publications that used Cyrillic script, Cyrillic were allowed and even encouraged by those seeking the Russification of Lithuanians. The concept arose after the failed January Uprising of 1863, taking the form of an administrative order in 1864, and was not lifted until 24 April 1904. The Russian courts reversed two convictions in press ban cases in 1902 and 1903, and the setbacks of the Russo-Japanese War in early 1904 brought about a loosened Russian policy towards minorities.Lithuanian Resistance Spaudos.lt, reprinted from Encyclopedia Lituanica, Boston, 1970–1978. Retrieved on 2009-03-17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
