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Gediminas on the Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod.
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According to legend, Gediminas dreamt of an iron wolf howling on a hilltop and consulted a pagan priest for its interpretation.
Grand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas on stamp.
While on his guard against his northern foes, Gediminas from 1316 to 1340 was aggrandizing himself at the expense of the numerous Slavonic principalities in the south and east, whose incessant conflicts with each other wrought the ruin of them all.
From about 23 km ( 14 mi ) south west of Kiev, Gediminas resoundingly defeated Stanislav of Kiev and his allies in the Battle on the Irpin River.
Gediminas is depicted on a silver Litas commemorative coin, issued in 1996.
They begin in Gediminas Avenue, traverse Cathedral Square, and branch out into Pilies Street, B. Radvilaitės Street, passing St. Anne's Church, and the Orthodox Cathedral of the Theotokos, and into the Tymas ' Quarter on the left bank of Vilnia River near Užupis.
Upon request of Paweł Karol Sanguszko, on November 22 1744, King Augustus III of Poland changed the name of the town to Lubartów ( in honor of Lubart-Liubartas, the son of Lithuanian Prince Gediminas ; Sanguszko believed that Liubartas was the founder of his family ).
Algirdas Brazauskas resigned from his position as party chairman on 19 May 2007, when Gediminas Kirkilas was elected.
Paulauskas was named as the candidate for the post of Minister of Environment by Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas on 30 January 2008.
chronicles mention the river in connection with several important historic events, such as the Battle on the Irpen ' River of 1321 in which the Grand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas ( Gedemin ) gained control over the lands of what is now central Ukraine.
Lithuanian National Drama Theatre (), located on Gediminas Avenue in Vilnius, is one of the biggest theatres in Lithuania.
Lithuanian Government adopted a resolution on awarding the Vilnius Technical University the name of an ancient Grand Duke Gediminas and naming it the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University.
Named after the Grand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas, the street terminates at the Žvėrynas Bridge over the Neris River near Seimas Palace on one end and at the Cathedral Square and Vilnius Castle Complex on the other, passing the Lukiškės Square.
Engraving of Pillars of Gediminas on a stone on Rambynas hill
The Columns of Gediminas are displayed on the left sleeve of Jogaila in one of his best-known portraits, painted by Jan Matejko, although Jogaila's personal insignia was a double cross.
The Columns of Gediminas are featured on the Lithuanian Presidential award Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, installed in 1928.
The Battle on the Irpin River occurred in early 1320s between the armies of Gediminas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, and Prince ( knyaz ) Stanislav of Kiev, allied with Oleg of Pereyaslavl ' and Roman of Bryansk.
In early 1320s, a Lithuanian army led by Gediminas defeated a Slavic army led by Stanislav of Kiev at the Battle on the Irpen ' River, and conquered the city.
Gediminas and monument
A monument, composed by the sculptor Gediminas Jokūbonis and consisting of a column of white granite surmounted by a crown of stars, was erected at the location in 2004.
Gediminas and .
She was the daughter of Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania.
Gediminas had just undertaken an unsuccessful attempt at Christianization of Lithuania.
The details of the agreement are not known ; however, it is known that Gediminas released all Polish prisoners, numbering some 25, 000.
Born in Kowal, Casimir the Great first married Anna, or Aldona Ona, the daughter of the Prince Gediminas of Lithuania.
She was a daughter of Gediminas of Lithuania and Jewna.
The brothers Vytenis and Gediminas, the founders of the Gediminid dynasty, united various groups into one Lithuania.
In 1316, Grand Duke Gediminas, the first of the leaders responsible for Lithuania's great expansion that was to follow, with the aid of colonists from Germany, began restoration of the land.
Gediminas was slain and his son Algirdas suppressed the monasteries.
During this period, the prime minister was Gediminas Vagnorius.
Even so, he led the ruling Social Democratic Party of Lithuania for one more year, until May 19, 2007, when he passed the reins to Gediminas Kirkilas.
The first known written record of Vilnius as the Lithuanian capital is known from Gediminas ' letters in 1323.
The city was first mentioned in written sources in 1323, when the Letters of Grand Duke Gediminas were sent to German cities inviting German members of the Jewish community to settle in the capital city, as well as to Pope John XXII.
Gediminas expanded the Grand Duchy through warfare along with strategic alliances and marriages.
* Lithuania: In the Letters of Gediminas, Vilnius is named as the capital city.
Gediminas ( ca.
Gediminas ' right to use Latin rex, which the papacy had been claiming the right to grant from the 13th century, was controversial in some Catholic sources.
Gediminas was born in about 1275.
Because written sources of the era are scarce, Gediminas ' ancestry, early life, and assumption of the title of Grand Duke in ca.
Various theories have claimed that Gediminas was either his predecessor Grand Duke Vytenis ' son, his brother, his cousin, or his hostler.
Chronicles — written long after Gediminas ' death by the Teutonic Knights, a long-standing enemy of Lithuania — claimed that Gediminas was a hostler to Vytenis ; according to these chronicles, Gediminas killed his master and assumed the throne.
Another version introduced in the Lithuanian Chronicles, which also appeared long after Gediminas ' death, proclaimed that Gediminas was Vytenis ' son.
on and Millennium
In a break with tradition, a " home " fixture against Argentina took place at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 23 May 2005, before the Lions went to New Zealand.
Blackadder: Back & Forth was originally shown in the Millennium Dome in 2000, followed by a screening on Sky One in the same year ( and later on BBC1 ).
In addition to ongoing beautification and renewal projects for the existing parks, a number of new parks have been added in recent years, such as the Ping Tom Memorial Park in Chinatown, DuSable Park on the Near North Side, and most notably, Millennium Park in a section of one of Chicago's oldest parks, Grant Park in the Chicago Loop.
Following the judgement at that time, the accepted receive the gift of immortality, and live with Christ on a restored Earth, assisting him to establish the Kingdom of God and to rule over the mortal population for a thousand years ( the Millennium ).
The institute is best known for establishing the Millennium Prize Problems on May 24, 2000.
Some signals carry encryption and specify use conditions ( such as " may not be recorded " or " may not be viewed on displays larger than 1 m in diagonal measure ") backed up with the force of law under the WIPO Copyright Treaty and national legislation implementing it, such as the U. S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
The Millennium of Russia monument ( was opened on 8 September 1862 ) on a postage stamp dedicated to the 1140th anniversary of the Russia n statehood in 2002
In 1999, the A & E Network ranked Gutenberg the No. 1 most influential person of the second millennium on their " Biographies of the Millennium " countdown.
* David Fredericks in two episodes of The X-Files, as well as on the show Millennium.
* 1951 " Some Notes on the History of Jericho in the Second Millennium B. C.
* Amitabh Bachchan, Bollywood superstar, voted Star of Millennium on BBC.
Recent reports on progress on the Millennium Development Goals by the Overseas Development Institute indicated four key reasons for economic success.
Construction is underway on an east-west road ( the so-called Millennium Road ) that incorporates the already existing road from Ulaanbaatar to Arvaikheer, and on the extension of the Darkhan-Bulgan road beyond Bulgan.
As the figures now stand, Mozambique is one of the few countries on track to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goal ( MDG ) of reducing the maternal death rate by 75 percent by 2015.
The National Stadium, which was used by Wales national rugby union team, was officially opened on 7 April 1984, however in 1997 it was demolished to make way for the Millennium Stadium in 1999, which hosted the 1999 Rugby World Cup and became the national stadium of Wales.
Although the Millennium Stadium is on roughly two thirds of the National Stadium, Cardiff Arms Park site, it is currently no longer using the Arms Park name.
The official website confuses the issue as well, one part states that " The Millennium Stadium is located on Westgate Street in Cardiff ; next to the Cardiff Arms Park ".
whereas another section specifically refers to the stadium as " The Millennium Stadium, on the Cardiff Arms Park "
Cardiff RFC Ltd, the company that runs Cardiff Blues and Cardiff RFC, still has a 15-year lease on the Arms Park, but talks are underway to release the rugby club from the terms of the lease, to enable the Millennium Stadium to be redeveloped with a new North Stand and adjoining convention centre.
Perelman was awarded the Millennium Prize on March 18, 2010.
He escapes the robot-controlled scow by repairing an old ship, the Aluminum Mallard ( a play on Howard Hughes ' " Spruce Goose " and Star Wars ' Millennium Falcon ).
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