“at least one smart and brave Jew ... who does not agree with Simasius.”
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Vytautas Landsbergis
Vytautas Landsbergis is a Lithuanian politician, musicologist and former Member of the European Parliament. He was the first Speaker of Reconstituent Seimas of Lithuania after its independence declaration from the Soviet Union. He has written 20 books on a variety of topics, including a biography of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, as well as works on politics and music. He is a founding signato…
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Born 18 October 1932 · Q164582
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2023· 1 entry
Daily Maverick: Vytautas Landsbergis, the pianist who helped to sink the Soviet Union
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2019· 1 entry
Vilnius's mayor, Remigijus Šimašius, renamed a street that had been named after Kazys Skirpa (who formed the Lithuanian Activist Front, which massacred Jews across Lithuania) and removed a memorial to Jonas Noreika (who
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2017· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Liberty presented by Petro Poroshenko (2017).
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2016· 1 entry
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Russia & Me: Vytautas Landsbergis
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2009· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the European Parliament (2009–2014).
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2008· 1 entry
Charter97.org: Vytautas Landsbergis: “You cannot talk with dictator. Dictator cannot be partner”
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2005· 3 entries
Project Syndicate: Vytautas Landsbergis
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Won Robert Schuman Medal (2005).
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Landsbergis became an international patron of the newly formed Henry Jackson Society
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2004· 3 entries
Career landmark: Member of the European Parliament (2004–2009).
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Landsbergis was elected by Lithuanian voters to the European Parliament in Brussels (the total number of MEPs from Lithuania in Brussels was 13), and has been returned at every election until 2014
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Career landmark: Member of the European Parliament (2004–2004).
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2003· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross with collar of the Order of Vytautas the Great (2003).
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2002· 2 entries
Awarded Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class (2002).
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Career landmark: substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2002–2003).
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2001· 1 entry
Awarded doctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University (2001).
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2000· 2 entries
Career landmark: Member of the Seimas (2000–2004).
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Career landmark: Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2000–2002).
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1999· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland presented by Aleksander Kwaśniewski (1999).
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great (1998).
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1996· 2 entries
Career landmark: Speaker of the Seimas (1996–2000).
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Career landmark: Member of the Seimas (1996–2000).
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1994· 2 entries
Awarded Premi Internacional Ramon Llull (1994).
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Wrote a thesis for his doctor habilitus degree
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1993· 3 entries
Landsbergis led much of Sąjūdis into a new political party, the Homeland Union (Tėvynės Sąjunga)
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Career landmark: Special Guest of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1993–1993).
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Career landmark: Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1993–1997).
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1992· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the Seimas (1992–1996).
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1991· 1 entry
Awarded People's Peace Prize (1991).
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1990· 2 entries
Career landmark: Speaker of the Seimas (1990–1992).
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But it failed, and other Soviet Republics soon followed suit and declared their independence from Moscow as well
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1988· 1 entry
As one of the founders of Sąjūdis, the Lithuanian pro-independence political movement
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1982· 1 entry
His grandson Gabrielius Landsbergis (b. 1982) is the former (2015–2024) leader of the conservative party, a former member of Lithuanian Parliament, and the former Foreign Minister of Lithuania.
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1978· 1 entry
Became a professor at the Lithuanian Conservatory
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1955· 1 entry
Graduated from the Lithuanian Conservatory of Music (now Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre)
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1952· 1 entry
Placed third in the Lithuanian chess championship, after Ratmir Kholmov and Vladas Mikėnas
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1932· 1 entry
Born 1932-10-18.
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