Lukas

P R E S E N T E D B Y L U K A S N A V I C K A S

Hello. My name is Lukas and I am 14 years old.

About me

I was born in 1999 on the 6th of July in Lithuania, Kaunas and was raised in a flat near the city centre. When I aged 7, I went to a local primary school called „Varpelis“.

When I aged 11, I had to choose my middle school and I chose a catholic middle school named „Vyturys“ in which I am still learning in.

Also, I have a red belt in a martial art called Ai-Ki-Do and I am also very out-going, friendly and talkative.

My hobbies

My main hobbies are:

Playing football, basketball

Playing computer games with friends

Meeting, going out with friends

Listening to music

Riding bikes.

My school

My school „Vyturys“ was found in 1968. Back then, it wasn’t named „Vyturys“, during the soviet times, schools had a tendency to not have a name and just have a number, so „Vyturys“ was called the 27th middle school of Kaunas.

The school was named „Vyturys“ in 1993. An emblem and an official flag was created aswell.

The school itself teaches over 1200 students and has over 150 teachers.

The official school emblem The school’s main entrance

My city

Kaunas - an old but beloved city of ours. It is believed the town was founded in 1030, but it is first mentioned in written sources in 1361. After all the pain and suffer the city is still standing in good shape. And since the city is so old, it has a lot of amazing architectural creations.

A photo of the Kaunas’s castle A photo of a bridge in Kaunas

My city

Kaunas is also famous for being the temporary capital of Lithuania. It was the temporary capital two times – 1936-1940 when the Polish army occupied Vilnius and in 1991 from day 13 to roughly day 18.

Kaunas itself is also a very well built city with good transportation and vast population for a city of its size.

My city

Kaunas is also famous for its basketball team „Žalgiris“ and for the players that became famous and well known in the world. A couple of famous players that once played in „Žalgiris“:

Saulius Štombergas Arvydas Sabonis Gintaras Krapikas Sergėjus Jovaiša Ty Lawson Eurelijus Žukauskas Valdemaras Chomičius Mindaugas Timinskas

My city

• Overall, I think that Kaunas is a great city with a bright future and if everything goes right, the city will be in a very good shape. A couple of good, smart investments can change the state of the city in a couple of years, and I am hoping for the best.

A photo of Kaunas taken during the night A photo of a river near Kaunas

Lithuania

Lithuania officially the is a country in Northern Europe, the largest of the three Baltic states. It is stated, that it was found in 1009 A.D. Lithuania has gone through a lot of pain, but survived it all.

Lithuania is well known for the people’s patriotism and the will to be free from other country’s. Also is known for the beautiful nature and amazing cities, unique language.

Lithuania’s early history

Lithuania was originally a tribe from the baltic tribes until a great leader of ours Mindaugas linked all the tribes together for the purpose of protecting the primary religion –paganism. Mindaugas was crowned and became a king of the great Lithuanian dukery. But the king didn’t live for long and there was no other duke that was crowned the king, but Lithuania still was strong and brave.

A map of the Baltic tribes The one and only king of Lithuania, king Mindaugas

Lithuania adopts christianity

During all the fighting with the teutonic order and the mongols, the great Lithuanian dukery decided to merge with the polish kingdom and adopt christianity in 1386.

The official sign of christianity- the cross and the bible

The great duke Jogaila of Poland that merged Lithuania and Poland

Lithuania’s history

After the defeat of the teutonic order and the mongols, Lithuania lived a long while without any wars until 1772 when the Lithuanian dukery was being divided into other kingdoms and empires and finally became a part of the Russian empire in 1795.

The dividing of the Lithuanian dukery

Lithuania’s secession from the Soviet Union

After the dividing of Lithuania, most of the teritory went into the Russian empires hands. After some time, the Russian empire changed the name to the Soviet Union and kept Lithuania occupied until 1918 when the first independency pact was signed by Lithuania’s famous people. But independency didn’t last for long and Lithuania became a part of Soviet Union once again after the 2nd

world war.

The map of the Soviet Union The Soviet Union emblem

Lithuania nowadays

After the 2nd world war, the occupation lasted for quite a while until 1991 when Lithuania announced it’s independence. Even though Russia blocked most of the incoming resources coming into Lithuania, Lithuania survived and is still exists

The map of Lithuania

Summary

Overall, Lithuania has been through a lot of pain and wars but survived and is getting back into shape and if we all keep being patriotic and help our country, it will once be an amazing place to live in, even better than it is now.

The official flag of Lithuania

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