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...der the following countries as belonging or having once belonged to the zone of direct geopolitical influence of Germany: Austria, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, The Netherlands and Denmark. The reasons (except in most of the cases to be direct neighbours) are the following o...

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...Abraham Mapu was born in 1808 near Kaunas, today in Lithuania. He worked as a teacher and later joined the Jewish enlightenment movement. In 1853 he published his first book, Love of Zion , which has been regarded as the first secular novel written in biblical Hebrew. It takes...

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...Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the outstanding Talmudists of the twentieth century. He was born on November 28, 1873, in Kovno, Lithuania; he died on November 11, 1953, in New York City. Ginzberg taught at the Jewish Theological seminary from 1903 to 1953. For 50 years, he trained two generations of Conservative Rabbis. The Legends of the Jews is an e...

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...Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the outstanding Talmudists of the twentieth century. He was born on November 28, 1873, in Kovno, Lithuania; he died on November 11, 1953, in New York City. Ginzberg taught at the Jewish Theological seminary from 1903 to 1953. For 50years, he trained two generations of Conservative Rabbis. The Legends of the Jews is an ep...

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...eous". And of all the glory Israel had had in the countries of Poland and Lithuania etc. there remains but the remnants in our holy land. Now it is u...

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...irst.” And of all the glory Israel had had in the countries of Poland and Lithuania, etc., there remains but the relics in our holy land. Now it is ... ...ction of orthodox Judaism that started with the �ilna �aon (�RA) in �ilna, Lithuania A faction of orthodox Judaism that started with the �ilna �aon ... ...ction of orthodox Judaism that started with the �ilna �aon (�RA) in �ilna, Lithuania 301 w h i C h d e g r e e s h o u l d o n e a C h i e v e ? ques...

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...irst.” And of all the glory Israel had had in the countries of Poland and Lithuania, etc., there remains but the relics in our holy land. Now it is ...

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...The tales in the Grey Fairy Book are derived from many countries — Lithuania, various parts of Africa, Germany, France, Greece, and other regions of the world. They have been translated and adapted by Mrs. Dent, Mrs. Lang, Miss Eleanor Sellar, Miss Blackley, and Miss Hang. 'The Three Sons of...

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...It is the end of the 19th century. Like thousands of others, the Rudkus family has emigrated from Lithuania to America in search of a better life. As they settle into the Packingtown neighborhood of Chicago, they find their dreams are unlikely to be realized. In fact, just the opposite is quite likely to occur. Jurgis, th...

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...; Croatia; Cyprus; Estonia; Georgia; Kazakhstan; Kosovo; Kyrgyz Republic; Latvia; Lithuania; Macedonia, FYR; Moldova; Montenegro; Romania; Russian F... ...mark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Slo...

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...es, such as Croatia and Romania. Where pension reform has stalled - e.g., Lithuania and the Czech Republic - less than 1 percent of all workers enjo... ...tage of firms privatized: Albania , Czech Republic , Estonia , Hungary , Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia all privatized 90% of their small firms. In... ...uded with the larger firms: Czech Republic (81%), Hungary, Estonia (75%), Lithuania (57%), Russia (55%), Latvia and Slovakia (46%), Mongolia (41%), ...

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...ly • Jamaica • Japan Jordan • Kazakhstan • Kenya • Kyrgyzstan • Latvia • Lithuania • Macau • Macedonia • Malawi Malaysia • Mexico • Mongolia • M...

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...eous”. And of all the glory Israel had had in the countries of Poland and Lithuania etc. there remains but the remnants in our holy land. Now it is ...

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...hare in LOT, its national carrier, and is known to have occasionally exercised it. Lithuania kept a golden share in its telecom. Even municipalitie...

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...ous.” And of all the glory Israel had had in the countries of Poland and Lithuania etc. there remains but the remnants in our holy land. Now it is ...

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...s); US Govern- ment has not recognized incorporation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania into Soviet Union; Habomai Islands, Etorofu, Kunash- iri, and S...

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...cent. Macedonia (82 percent), Ukraine (79 percent), Moldova (86 percent), Lithuania (84 percent) and Bulgaria (79 percent) are not far behind. Grow...

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...t of Cossacks was sleeping in that village lost in the depths of the great Lithuanian forest. The three sports- men had observed them from a hiding-pl... ...e fence of dry branches which generally encloses a village in that part of Lithuania. What they expected to get and in what manner, and whether this e... ...f snake, of nondescript dishes containing things without a name—but of the Lithuanian village dog— never! I wish it to be distinctly understood that i... ...a- lier de la Legion d’Honneur, etc., who in his young days, had eaten the Lithuanian dog. I wish he had not. The childish horror of the deed clings a... ...end of my opening life? III THE DEVOURING in a dismal forest of a luckless Lithuanian dog by my granduncle Nicholas B. in company of two other mili- t...

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...t of Cossacks was sleeping in that village lost in the depths of the great Lithuanian forest. The three sportsmen had observed them from a hiding-plac... ...e fence of dry branches which generally encloses a village in that part of Lithuania. What they expected to get and in what manner, and whether this e... ...f snake, of nondescript dishes containing things without a name—but of the Lithuanian village dog— never! I wish it to be distinctly understood that i... ...ier de la Legion d’Honneur, &c. &c., who, in his young days, had eaten the Lithuanian dog. I wish he had not. The childish horror of the deed clings a... ... Joseph Conrad Chapter III T HE DEVOURING in a dismal forest of a luckless Lithuanian dog by my grand-uncle Nicho las B. in company of two other milit...

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... and save him from thinking. In the chair next to him (showing the arms of Lithuania) was a half-familiar man, a large red-faced man with pop eyes and...

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...Every Pole is a Count!” “But he is not a Pole; he comes from Liva—Litha—” “Lithuania?” “No.” “Livonia?” “Yes, that’s it!” “But what is his name?” “I w...

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...se condition than those who were hanged. ’Tis said, that Witold, Prince of Lithuania, intro- duced into the nation the practice that the criminal con-...

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...ern Russia in the fourteenth century by Prince Guedimin at the head of his Lithuanian host, still dressed in the skins of wild beasts, still worshippi... ...ctising pagan rites: “Then Southern Russia, under the mighty protection of Lithuanian princes, completely separated itself from the North. Every bond ... ... name—Russia— one under the Tatar yoke, the other under the same rule with Lithuanians. But actually they had no relation with one another; different ... ...at is now White Russia, to make a clean sweep of the whole country between Lithuania and Poland, and thus give the scattered princedoms a much-needed ... ...ilding in those days. Speci- mens of it can still be seen in some parts of Lithuania and 64 Gogol Poland. They were all covered with enormously high ... ...use. Many folk were engaged in raids all over the country—Crimeans, Poles, Lithuanians! It was 133 Taras Bulba & Other Tales quite possible that thei...

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...cessful defence against the raiding neighbours from the East. The lands of Lithuanian and Ruthenian speech were never conquered by Poland. These peopl... ...he masses were the motives that induced the forty three representatives of Lithuanian and Ruthenian prov- inces, led by their paramount prince, to ent... ...remained as a pure affirma- tion of the national will.” The Grand Duchy of Lithuania and its Ruthenian Provinces retained their statutes, their own ad... ... lence against that part of its once fellow-citizens who are Ruthenians or Lithuanians. The only influence that cannot be restrained is simply the inf...

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...ea and by the Sarmates, they have vanquished and overcome Prussia, Poland, Lithuania, Russia, W allachia, T ransylvania, Hungary, Bulgaria, T urkeylan...