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What I KNOW ABOUT PARTENERS?• AUTHOR : SAVU LOREDANA , IONESCU ARIANA, NAN LAURA GEORGIANA , ILIE

ALEXANDRA, LACATUS DAN EMANUEL• CLASS : A VIII A

Lituania

VILNIUSVILNIUS IS THE CAPITAL OF LITHUANIA, AND IT’S THE LARGEST CITY, WITH A POPULATION OF 537,152 AS OF 2013. VILNIUS IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEST PART OF LITHUNIA AND IS THE SECOND BIGGEST CITY OF BALTIC STATES.

VILNIUS IS THE SEAT OF VILNIUS CITY MUNICIPALITY AND OF THE VILNIUS DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY. IT IS ALSO THE CAPITAL OF VILNIUS COUNTY. THE FIRST KNOWN WRITTEN RECORD OF VILNIUS AS THE LITHUANIAN CAPITAL IS KNOWN FROM GEDIMINAS’ LETTERS IN 1323.

VILNIUS IS KNOWN FOR ITS OLD TOWN OF BEAUTIFUL ARHITECTURE, DECLARADED A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN 1994. ITS JEWISH INFLUENCE UNTILL THE 20TH CENTURY HAS LED TO IT BEING DESCRIBED AS THE ‘ JERUSALEM OF LITA’ AND NAPOLEON NAMED IT ‘ THE JERUSALEM OF THE NORTH’ AS HE WAS POSING THROUGH IN 1812. IN THE YEAR 2009, VILNIUS WAS THE EUROPEAN CAPITALOF CULTURE, TOGETHER WITH THE AUSTRIAN CITY OF LINZ.

Kaunas

• Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the centre of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. It is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaunas. Kaunas is located at the confluence of the two largest Lithuanian rivers, the Nemunas and the Neris, and near the Kaunas Reservoir, the largest body of water entirely in Lithuania.

Jonava• JONAVA IS THE NINTH LARGEST CITY IN LITHUANIA WITH A POPULATION OF

CA 35,000. IT IS LOCATED IN KAUNAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL LITHUANIA, 30 KM (19 MI) NORTH EAST OF KAUNAS, THE SECOND-LARGEST CITY IN LITHUANIA. IT IS SERVED BY KAUNAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ACHEMA, THE LARGEST FERTILIZER FACTORY IN THE BALTIC STATES, IS LOCATED NEARBY. THE CITY IS SOMETIMES CALLED "THE CAPITAL OF MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY" .

UTENA

• UTENA IS A CITY IN NORTH-EAST LITHUANIA. IT IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER OF UTENA DISTRICT AND UTENA COUNTY. UTENA IS ONE OF THE OLDEST SETTLEMENTS OF LITHUANIA. THE NAME OF THE CITY IS MOST PROBABLY DERIVED FROM A HYDRONYM.THE NAME OF THE SETTLEMENT HAS BEEN KNOWN SINCE 1261.

• ANNIVERSARY OF UTENA CITY USED TO BE HELD THE LAST WEEKEND OF SEPTEMBER EACH YEAR. HOWEVER SINCE YEAR 2013 ANNIVERSARY WAS MOVED TO THE FIRST WEEKEND OF SEPTEMBER DUE TO BETTER WEATHER CONDITIONS.

• LABAS! (HELLO! )• SVEIKAS! (HELLO TO A MEN)

• SVEIKA! (HELLO TO A WOMEN)

• VISO GERO! IKI PASIMATYMO! IKI! (GOODBYE!)

Antanas Smetona• ANTANAS SMETONA (AUGUST 10, 1874 – JANUARY 9,

1944) WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LITHUANIAN POLITICAL FIGURES BETWEEN WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II. HE SERVED AS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF LITHUANIA FROM APRIL 4, 1919 TO JUNE 19, 1920. HE AGAIN SERVED AS THE LAST PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTRY FROM DECEMBER 19, 1926 TO JUNE 15, 1940, BEFORE ITS OCCUPATION BY THE SOVIET UNION. HE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE FAMOUS IDEOLOGISTS OF NATIONALISM IN LITHUANIA.

MICHAŁ ANDRIOLLI

• MICHAŁ ELWIRO ANDRIOLLI, LITHUANIAN: MYKOLAS ELVYRAS ANDRIOLIS, ITALIAN: ELVIRO MICHELE ANDRIOLLI (2 NOVEMBER 1836, IN VILNIUS – 23 AUGUST 1893, IN NAŁĘCZÓW) WAS A POLISH - LITHUANIAN PAINTER AND ARCHITECT OF ITALIAN DESCENT. HE IS NOTABLE FOR HIS ILLUSTRATIONS TO MICKIEWICZ'S PAN TADEUSZ, AS WELL AS A DISTINCTIVE STYLE OF VILLAS BUILT OUTSIDE WARSAW. HIS STUDIES AT THE SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE. IN 1858 HE GRADUATED FROM THE IMPERIAL ACADEMY OF ART IN PETERSBURG. IN 1858 HE GRADUATED FROM THE IMPERIAL ACADEMY OF ART IN PETERSBURG. IN THE LATER YEARS OF HIS LIFE, ANDRIOLLI FOUND REFUGE IN A SMALL VILLA HE DESIGNED FOR HIMSELF NEAR ANIELIN IN WHAT IS NOW THE TOWN OF OTWOCK AT THE ŚWIDER RIVER, CLOSE TO WARSAW. APART FROM HIS OWN HOUSE, HE DESIGNED SEVERAL OTHER VILLAS IN THE AREA, CREATING A DISTINCTIVE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE OF WARSAW'S SUBURBS.

Cuisine • LITHUANIAN CUISINE FEATURES THE PRODUCTS SUITED TO THE COOL AND MOIST NORTHERN CLIMATE OF

LITHUANIA: BARLEY, POTATOES, RYE, BEETS, GREENS, BERRIES, AND MUSHROOMS ARE LOCALLY GROWN, AND DAIRY PRODUCTS ARE ONE OF ITS SPECIALITIES. SINCE IT SHARES ITS CLIMATE AND AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES WITH NORTHERN EUROPE, LITHUANIAN CUISINE HAS SOME SIMILARITIES TO SCANDINAVIAN CUISINE. NEVERTHELESS, IT HAS ITS OWN DISTINGUISHING FEATURES, WHICH WERE FORMED BY A VARIETY OF INFLUENCES DURING THE COUNTRY'S LONG AND DIFFICULT HISTORY.

• BECAUSE OF THEIR COMMON HERITAGE, LITHUANIANS, POLES, AND ASHKENAZI JEWS SHARE MANY DISHES AND BEVERAGES. THUS THERE ARE SIMILAR LITHUANIAN, LITVAK, AND POLISH VERSIONS OF DUMPLINGS (KOLDŪNAI, KREPLACH OR PIEROGI), DOUGHNUTS SPURGOS OR (PĄCZKI ), AND BLYNAI CREPES (BLINTZES). GERMAN TRADITIONS ALSO INFLUENCED LITHUANIAN CUISINE, INTRODUCING PORK AND POTATO DISHES, SUCH AS POTATO PUDDING (KUGELIS OR KUGEL) AND POTATO SAUSAGES (VĖDARAI), AS WELL AS THE BAROQUE TREE CAKE KNOWN AS ŠAKOTIS. THE MOST EXOTIC OF ALL THE INFLUENCES IS EASTERN (KARAITE) CUISINE, AND THE DISHES KIBINAI AND ČEBUREKAI ARE POPULAR IN LITHUANIA. TORTE NAPOLEON WAS INTRODUCED DURING NAPOLEON'S PASSAGE THROUGH LITHUANIA IN THE 19TH CENTURY.

Blintz• A BLIN , BLINTCHIK OR BLINTZ IS A TYPE OF THIN PANCAKE .BLINTZES ARE

THIN PANCAKES THAT TYPICALLY LACK A LEAVENING AGENT AND ARE SIMILAR TO CRÊPES, WHEREAS BLINI ARE TYPICALLY THICKER AND INCLUDE A LEAVENING AGENT.

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