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    Mykolas Biržiška (listen; Polish: Michał Birżyszka; 24 August 1882, in Viekšniai – 24 August 1962, in Los Angeles), a Lithuanian editor, historian, professor...
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  • Biržiška is a Lithuanian-language surname, and may refer to: Mykolas Biržiška, Lithuanian historian of literature, politician, signer of the Act of Independence...
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  • Mykolas is a Lithuanian male given name derived from Michael. People with the name include: Mykolas Arlauskas (born 1930), agronomist, professor of biomedicine...
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    Germans created tensions among the council members. Four members – Mykolas Biržiška, Steponas Kairys, Stanisław Narutowicz and Jonas Vileišis – resigned...
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  • brothers were Mykolas Biržiška and Vaclovas Biržiška. He was the youngest of the three Biržiška brothers, sons of Antanas and Elžbieta Biržiska, all who contributed...
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    published by the Ministry of Education) and in 1937–1940 (edited by Mykolas Biržiška, published by Vytautas Magnus University). It was the first attempt...
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  • grandfather Leonardas Biržiška was an active participant in the November Uprising; and his brothers, Mykolas Biržiška and Viktoras Biržiška, were also leaders...
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  • history: 1915: Lithuanian Gymnasium Courses of Jonas Basanavičiaus, Mykolas Biržiška and Povilas Gaidelionis (Jono Basanavičiaus, Mykolo Biržiškos ir Povilo...
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    the council resigned in protest: Steponas Kairys, Jonas Vileišis, Mykolas Biržiška, Stanisław Narutowicz (Stanislovas Narutavičius). Petras Klimas also...
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    the Šimonytė Cabinet. Armonaitė was born in Vilnius. She enrolled in Mykolas Biržiška Gymnasium in 2004, and later graduated in 2008. As a young adult, Armonaitė...
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    concessions to the Germans created a rift in the council and four members – Mykolas Biržiška, Steponas Kairys, Stanisław Narutowicz and Jonas Vileišis – resigned...
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  • and the surrounding area. Lithuanian national activists, for example Mykolas Biržiška and Petras Klimas, supposed Poles and Belarusians in the Vilnius province...
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    Józef Mackiewicz, Romain Gary, Juliusz Słowacki, Simonas Daukantas, Mykolas Biržiška, Petras Cvirka, Kazys Bradūnas, Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz). Vilnius...
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    Donatas Malinauskas, Stanisław Narutowicz, Jonas Smilgevičius, and Mykolas Biržiška. The other 16 were the children of farmers. The eldest of the signatories...
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    Catholic priests and only two social democrats (Steponas Kairys and Mykolas Biržiška). When the two social democrats threatened to resign from the council...
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    Michael Žygimantaitis (Lithuanian: Mykolas Žygimantaitis, Polish: Michał Bolesław Zygmuntowicz; before 1406 – shortly before February 10, 1452 in Moscow)...
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    Transport and Communications of Lithuania. She graduated from the Mykolas Biržiška Gymnasium in Vilnius in 2008 and following enrolled into the Vilnius...
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    Group. p. 122. ISBN 0-313-33125-1. Mykolas, Biržiška (1933–1944). "Duonelaitis, Kristijonas". In Vaclovas Biržiška (ed.). Lietuviškoji enciklopedija....
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    determined not by language but by ancestry. In 1920, Lithuanian politician Mykolas Biržiška wrote about nationality: "One cannot define it according to the opinion...
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    Prime Minister of Israel Mykolas Biržiška, Lithuanian politician Felicija Bortkevičienė, publisher of Lietuvos žinios Mykolas Burokevičius, Lithuanian...
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    Michał Olszewski (Lithuanian: Mykolas Olševskis also Ališauskis, Alšauskis, Olšauskis; c. 1712 – c. 1779) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest and a...
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    "recovered" by Catherine the Great in 1795. In 1955, Lithuanian professor Mykolas Biržiška gave a lecture in Los Angeles during which he drew attention that some...
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    ^ According to one of the leading Lithuanian national activists, Mykolas Biržiška, "the issue of belonging to a certain nationality is not decided by...
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    Basanavičius, Povilas Dogelis, Petras Klimas, Jurgis Šaulys, Antanas Smetona, Mykolas Biržiška, Augustinas Janulaitis, Steponas Kairys, Aleksandras Stulginskis, Antanas...
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    IKI, Maxima, Norfa and Rimi. There are a few schools in the area: Mykolas Biržiška Gymnasium (Mykolo Biržiškos gimnazija), Pelėda primary school (Pelėdos...
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    century. Mykolas Biržiška (1882–1962), Lithuanian historian of literature, politician, signer of the Act of Independence of Lithuania. Vaclovas Biržiška (1884–1956)...
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    actor Mervin King (1914–2008), Los Angeles Police Department Captain Mykolas Birziska (1882–1962), educator, Vilnius University Rector, co-Author and Signer...
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    name "Buvo taip pat apsuptas darbininkų klubas prie Varnių gatvės 5", Mykolas Biržiška, Dėl mūsų sostinės, London 1960, p. 55 "Na grupę agentów natknął się...
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  • 1940 until September 1944, under Lithuanian professor and activist Mykolas Biržiška, the University of Vilnius was open for Lithuanian students under the...
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    village). There he prepared for his emigration and was authorized by Mykolas Biržiška to act abroad on behalf of the LSDP. With the help of local activists...
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