Povilas Lukšys may refer to:
Povilas Plechavičius was an Imperial Russian and then Lithuanian military officer and statesman. In the service of Lithuania he rose to the rank of General of the army in the interwar period. He is best known for his actions during the Lithuanian Wars of Independence, for organizing the 1926 Lithuanian coup d'état and for leading a Lithuanian collaborationist militia during the German occupation of Lithuania.
The Lithuanian Wars of Independence, also known as the Freedom Struggles, refer to three wars Lithuania fought defending its independence at the end of World War I: with Bolshevik forces, Bermontians, and Poland. The wars delayed international recognition of independent Lithuania and the formation of civil institutions.
Vīts Rimkus is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Rimkus is of Lithuanian descent.
Margarita Aleksandrovna Drobiazko is a Russian retired ice dancer. She began competing for Lithuania in 1992 when she teamed up with Povilas Vanagas. With Vanagas, she is the 2000 World bronze medalist, a three-time Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, a two-time European bronze medalist, the 1999 Skate Canada champion, and competed in five Winter Olympics, finishing as high as 5th.
Povilas Vanagas is a Lithuanian ice dancer. With his wife Margarita Drobiazko, he is the 2000 World bronze medalist, a three-time Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, a two-time European bronze medalist, the 1999 Skate Canada champion, and competed in five Winter Olympics, finishing as high as 5th.
Povilas Lukšys is a Lithuanian footballer who plays for the Lithuanian I Lyga club Utenis Utena as a striker.
The Lithuanian A Lyga 2005 was the 16th season of top-tier football in Lithuania. The season started on 12 April 2005 and ended on 12 November 2005. 10 teams participated with Ekranas winning the championship.
The Lithuanian–Soviet War or Lithuanian–Bolshevik War was fought between newly independent Lithuania and the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic in the aftermath of World War I. It was part of the larger Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919. The offensive followed the retreat of German troops and sought to establish Soviet republics in Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland and link up with the German Revolution. By the end of December 1918 Soviet forces reached Lithuanian borders. Largely unopposed, they occupied one town after another and by the end of January 1919 controlled about two thirds of the Lithuanian territory. In February, the Soviet advance was stopped by Lithuanian and German volunteers, who prevented the Soviets from capturing Kaunas, the temporary capital of Lithuania. From April 1919, the Lithuanian war went parallel with the Polish–Soviet War. Poland had territorial claims over Lithuania, especially the Vilnius Region; these tensions spilt over into the Polish–Lithuanian War.
Dirgėla is the masculine form of a Lithuanian family name. Its feminine forms are: Dirgėlienė and Dirgėlaitė.
Vanagas is a Lithuanian surname that may refer to
Vasiliauskas is the masculine form of a Lithuanian family name. {Polish counterpart: Wasilewski, Russian: Vasilevsky. Its feminine forms are: Vasiliauskienė and Vasiliauskaitė.
Višinskis is a Lithuanian family name. It may refer to:
Povilas is a Lithuanian masculine given name and may refer to:
Povilas Leimonas is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Sūduva Marijampolė.
Povilas Valinčius is a Lithuanian footballer who most recently played as a goalkeeper for Lithuanian A Lyga club Jonava.
Jakubėnas is a Lithuanian language family name.
Budrys is a Lithuanian surname. It evolved from the ancient Lithuanian personal name Budrys. The patronymic surname Budraitis is derived from this given name.
Paulius is a Lithuanian masculine given name, which is a cognate of the name Paul, from the Latin Paulus, meaning "small" or "humble". The name may refer to:
Taučiūnai is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 60 people. It is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from Aristava, nearby the A8 highway, on the shore of the Juodkiškiai Reservoir. There is a monument for the first Lithuanian volunteer soldier Povilas Lukšys, who died nearby Taučiūnai in 1919.
Povilas Lukšys was the first Lithuanian Army soldier who died for the independence of Lithuania in the Lithuanian Wars of Independence.