The Battle of Ashmyany or Ašmena (Lithuanian: Ašmenos mūšis) was fought on 8 December 1432 at Ashmyany between the armies of Švitrigaila and Sigismund...
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the administrative center of Ashmyany District. The river Ashmyanka passes through the city. As of 2024, it has a population of 16,787. Since time immemorial...
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destructive civil war. In December 1432, their armies fought in the Battle of Ashmyany; Švitrigaila was defeated, but the victory was not decisive. In 1433...
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Švitrigaila (redirect from Švitrigaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania)
Sayid Ahmad I, Khan of the Golden Horde. Both sides suffered heavy losses (see Battle of Ashmyany) and final victory in the Battle of Wiłkomierz went to...
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d'état against Švitrigaila. On 8 December 1432, Chodka fought in the Battle of Ashmyany alongside Švitrigaila and was taken prisoner. Most likely that was...
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Jurgis Gedgaudas (category Voivode of Vilnius)
Švitrigaila after he was deposed. However, after being captured in the Battle of Ashmyany, he switched sides and supported Sigismund Kęstutaitis managing to...
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Gedgaudas continued to support him and was taken prisoner in the Battle of Ashmyany. Nevertheless, Jurgis regained royal favor and his son Petras even...
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Jonas Manvydas (category Year of birth unknown)
deposed in August 1432. His uncle Jurgis Gedgaudas was captured in the Battle of Ashmyany and reconciled with the new Grand Duke Sigismund Kęstutaitis. Manvydas...
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Kęstutaitis is fought near the town of Oszmiana (Ashmyany), launching the most active phase of the civil war in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The Université de...
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Vilno-Dvinsk offensive (redirect from Battle of Vilnius (1915))
night of September 18 over the next three nights of the armies of the Western Front to the line of Mikhalishki [ru; be-tarask; be; he; lt; pl], Ashmyany, Novogrudok...
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War (Anglo-Dutch Wars) Battle off Barbados – 1778 – American Revolutionary War Battle on the Nemiga River – 1067 Battle of Ashmyany – 1432 – Lithuanian Civil...
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morning of 19 September. On 18 September, at around 17:00, Okulicz-Kozaryn received reports of Soviet forces approaching from Oszmiana (today, Ashmyany). They...
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from Vilna towards Nemenčinė, Molėtai in the north and Ashmyany in the east, the location of Bagration on his way to Minsk. Bagration ordered Platov...
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Zygmunt Mineyko (category People from Ashmyany District)
Zyalyony Bor, Ashmyany district, Grodno region, Belarus). The Mineykos belonged to the szlachta of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. One of Mineyko’s ancestors...
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Muravanaya Ashmyanka (category Ashmyany District)
Murowana Oszmianka) is an agrotown in Ashmyany District, Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Muravanaya Ashmyanka selsoviet. It...
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created to defend the Vilnius Region against the Red Army. In a four-day battle for Vilnius lasting till 5 January, Polish forces were pushed back near...
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Abba Kovner (category People from Ashmyany)
in Ashmyany (now in Belarus). His parents were Rochel (Rosa) Taubman and Israel Kovner, whose other sons were Gedalia and Michel, the youngest of them...
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Lucjan Żeligowski (category People from Ashmyany)
the village of Sikūnė in Oshmyansky Uyezd, in the Russian Empire (modern Ashmyany District in Belarus) (other sources give Oszmiana as his birthplace) to...
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Lithuanian Civil War (1432–1438) (category Wars of succession involving the states and peoples of Europe)
attacked Švitrigaila and his escort at Ashmyany, where they were staying the night. Švitrigaila and some of his supporters, including Jurgis Gedgaudas...
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Samogitian uprisings (category 15th century in the State of the Teutonic Order)
three-day siege. In July, Švitrigaila lead the Knight's army south of Vilnius (Medininkai, Ashmyany, Šalčininkai) hoping to capture the capital city. These were...
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Pylyp Orlyk (category Hetmans of the Zaporozhian Cossacks)
of Ivan Mazepa and the author of the Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk. Pylyp Orlyk was born in the village of Kosuta [uk], Ashmyany county, Grand Duchy of...
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Vincas Vitkauskas (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Vytis)
Battalion of the 7th Infantry Regiment. Vitkauskas managed to get permission from the Russian commander to gather the men and continue to Ashmyany which they...
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Vilna offensive (redirect from Battle of Wilno (1919))
assembled by Soviet forces in the area of Szyrwiany, Podbrodzie, Soly and Ashmyany. Polish forces in the area under general Stanisław Szeptycki numbered 11...
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Xawery Czernicki (category People from Ashmyany District)
szlachta family in the village of Giedejki (Giedeikiai) in the Oshmyansky Uyezd of the Vilna Governorate (present-day Ashmyany District. After graduating...
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the Battle of Krasnoi, and 28 November in the Battle of Berezina. On 5 December Napoleon left the Army rushing for Paris. He was escorted to Ashmyany by...
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Polish military quarter in Ashmyany (Polish–Soviet War of 1919–1921) Polish military quarter in Braslaw (Polish–Soviet War of 1919–1921) Polish Garrison...
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Skarżyński (section Coat of arms)
estate in Kamenka near Ashmyany, Belarus. The family set forth a detailed history of the members of family for the purpose of establishing themselves...
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50th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) (category Military units and formations of the Soviet invasion of Poland)
River northwest of Molodechno. The division received orders to advance on Ashmyany. However, divisional intelligence discovered that German armored and motorized...
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Farrukh Gayibov (section Memory of the hero)
awarded the Third Class Order of St. Anna. On 25 March, as a lieutenant of 39th artillery brigade who died in air battle with his enemy, Farrukh agha Gayibov...
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Mikulishki (category Ashmyany District)
romanized: Mikuliški; Russian: Микулишки; Russian: Mikuliszki) is a village in Ashmyany District, Grodno Region, Belarus. It is situated on the Merkys River. In...
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