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History of the Conservative Party (UK) Robert Peel, founder and first Conservative Party Prime Minister (1788–1850) The Conservative Party (also known as Tories) is the oldest political party in the United Kingdom [1] and second in the world. [2] The current party was first organised in the 1830s and the name "Conservative" was officially ...
Early history (1147–1283) The first reference to Moscow dates from 1147 as a meeting place of Sviatoslav Olgovich and Yuri Dolgorukiy. At the time it was a minor town on the western border of Vladimir-Suzdal Principality. In 1156, Kniaz Yury Dolgoruky fortified the town with a timber fence and a moat.
The Union of Lublin in 1569 led to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth to become an influential player in European politics and the largest multinational state in Europe. While present-day Ukraine and Podlaskie became subjects of the Polish Crown , present-day Belarusian territories were still regarded as part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania .
Lithuanian and Polish rule. By the middle of the 14th century, Ukrainian territories were under the rule of three external powers—the Golden Horde, the grand duchy of Lithuania, and the kingdom of Poland. The steppe and Crimea, whose coastal towns and maritime trade were now in the hands of the Venetians and Genoese, formed part of the direct ...
Jurgis Karnavičius is Professor at the LMTA Piano Department (Head of the Department in 2011–2020). He was born in Vilnius, into a family of famous musicians. The creative personality of the aspiring artist was shaped by Edmundas Gedgaudas, his teacher at the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Art; his father, Professor Jurgis Karnavičius, at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre ...
Lithuanian freedom fighter officer awards a female citizen. In 1944-1953 Lithuanian forests sheltered an entire guerilla state with its own government, army, and courts of law. Some vainly hoped for Western help, for the others tough life in forest helped avoid an even quicker death in Soviet genocide.
Early history. The origin of the Jews of Lithuania has been a subject of much speculation. The first reliable document attesting the presence of Jews in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is the charter of 1388 granting privileges to the Jews in Trakai. [2] The gathering together of the scattered Jewish settlers in sufficient numbers and with enough ...
