Foreign languages in Lithuania Spoken by some 70% of the population, Russian is still the most popular second language in Lithuania, although this is declining. The Russian language was both mandatory and ubiquitous during the Soviet occupation (1940-1990), making virtually everybody in the older...
Insightful from this period are names and titles in documents and treaties. For example, in the year 1385 of the original union with Poland,Snyder writes, a Lithuanian ruler was named “The Grand Duke of Lithuania and Lord and heir of Rus’” same as the King of the newly reformed Polish...
Naujamiestis was conceived by the Russian Empire to be the grand center of what was then the capital of its Vilnius Governorate and the main city in the Northwestern Krai (an administrative unit roughly comprising of modern-day Lithuania and Belarus). Naujamiestis lies entirely to the west...
(JULY 27) In 1978, there was a lot of excitement about female boxers not being allowed to compete in AAU Boxing tournaments. Most people wouldn't have known about this important moment in the sport if it weren't for "Bill Dickson," the father of women's boxing. Before he passed away...
Zvi Kolitz was born in the little town of Alytus, Lithuania. In the 1930s he went to Italy for school, and by 1940 he had moved to Jerusalem.3Kolitz was part of Zabotinsky’sZionist Revisionistmovement, as well as a member of the paramilitaryIrgun, which was devoted to ejecting the Bri...
Another recent study suggests that chronic tonsillitis may be the result of exposure to forms of the human papillomavirus virus (HPV). Approximately 30% of cases in a study conducted in Lithuania in 2004 were found to have HPV as well....
Magik has drawn people from across the world, including participants from the USA, Germany, Lithuania, Estonia, France, Portugal, Spain, and more, according to one of Magik’s spokespeople. Online, Magik’s rage rituals have drawn support and scrutiny in equal measure. While some commenters ...
There’s another set of rules for residents of California called CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act). Remember: make inquiries if the company knows how to comply with the required policies to guarantee the solid protection of sensitive data! Before drawing up a contract and hiring app ...
The Latvian lats was made up of 100 subunits calledsantïms. The currency was denoted using the symbol “Ls” before the numerals, while santïm were marked with the symbol “s” after them. For example, 100 Latvian lats was written as Ls100, and 100 santïm was 100s. The plural...