About the Lie tu vos Vals čiai se ries

About the Lie tu vos Vals čiai se ries Es tab lis hed in 1994 the Ver smė Pub lis hing Hou se, a se rial bo ok pub lis her, is de a ling with pre pa ra tion and pub lis hing of mo nog raph se ries on ly un der the tit le of Lie tu vos Vals čiai de vo ted for Lit hu a nia s Mil len nium ce leb ra ted in 2009, the 750 th an ni ver sa ry of the cre a tion of the Lit hu a nian Sta te (1253 2003) and star ting from the 15th mo nog raph of Gel vo nai al so for the Cen te na ry of the Res to ration of the Lit hu a nian Sta te to be ce leb ra ted in 2018. The bo oks pub lis hed are al so de di ca ted to ot her an ni ver sa ries of his to ri cal events im por tant to the sta te, its towns and set tle ments. Ba sed on re mi nis cen ces of pe op le, ar chi ve da ta, scien ti fic stu dies, writ ten sour ces and ma te rial, each se rial bo ok is being writ ten by lar ge te ams con sis ting of up to 120 aut hor te ams: pro mi nent Lit hu a nian his to rians, ar cha e o lo gists, et hnolo gists, fol klo rists, lin guists, so cio lo gists, ge o lo gists, ge og rap hers, bio lo gists, lo cal lo re in ves ti ga tors et al. To tal num ber of aut hors is over 2 000 with mo re than 370 per sons hol ding scien ti fic de gre es (see www.ver sme.lt). The Lie tu vos Vals čiai se ries is a mul ti-vo lu me edi tion about Lit hu a nia s towns, tow nships, vil la ges, ho mes te ads, land sca pes and their his to ry from the ol den ti mes to the pre sent da ys, about in de pen den ce fights, tra di tio nal cul tu re, tra des, ca len dar and fa mi ly tra di tions, cus tom laws, folk wis dom, chur ches, ce lebri ties, fe a tu res of dia lects and lo cal sub-dia lects, fol klo re, et hni cal mi no ri ties and their tra di tions etc. Užpaliai the 27 rd mo nog raph in the Lie tu vos Vals čiai se ries (Part I, 1 160 p., Part II, 1 212 p., 2013). The fol lo wing se ries ha ve ap pe a red be fo re: Ža ga rė (de di ca ted to the 800 th ju bi lee of Ža ga rė, 912 p. in 1998) that was the first bo ok is su ed with the of fi cial lo go of the Lit hu a nian Mil len nium Ce leb ra tion; Obe liai. Kriau nos (2 nd ; 480 th anni ver sa ry of Obe liai, 864 p., 1998, 2 nd edition 500 th jubilee of Obeliai and Kriaunos, 1 224 p., 2009), Pla te liai (3 rd ; 550 th jubilee of Pla te liai, 800 p., 1999), Žiobiš kis (4 th ; 200 th ju bi lee of Žio biš kis pa rish, 1 024 p., 2000), Šir vin tos (5 th ; 525 th an ni ver sa ry of Šir vin tos, 776 p., 2000), Ly gu mai. Sta čiū nai (6 th ; 90 th anniversary of Sta čiū nai pa rish, 896 p., 2001), Ve liuo na (7 th ; 500 th jubilee of the Mag de burg Law gran ting to Ve liuo na, 1 176 p., 2001), Ra gu va (8 th ; 500 th ju bi lee of Ra gu va, 1 128 p., 2001), Se re džius (9 th ; 710 th an ni ver sa ry of Se re džius, 1 238 p., 2003), Kvė dar na (10 th ; 675 th an ni ver sa ry of Kvė dar na, 1 160 p., 2004), Pa pi lė (11 th ; 665 th an ni ver sa ry of Pa pi lė, Part I, 1 082 p., 2004; Parts II and III, 752 p., 2006), Tau rag nai (12 th ; 750 th ju bi lee of Tau rag nai, 1 364 p., 2005), Mus nin kai. Ker na vė. Čio biš kis (13 th ; 445 an ni ver sa ry of Mus nin kai, 725 an ni ver sa ry of Ker na vė, 475 anniversary of Čio biš kis, 1 304 p., 2005), Lau ku va (14 th ; 750 th ju bi lee of Lau ku va, Part I, 924 p., 2005; Part II, 950 p., 2008), Gel vo nai (15 th ; 625 th an ni ver sa ry of Gel vo nai, 1 384 p., 2009), Bai so ga la (16 th ; 470 th an ni ver sa ry of Bai so ga la, 1 056 p., 2009), Gruz džiai (17 th ; 375 th an ni ver sa ry of Gruz džiai, Part I, 1 000 p., 2009; Part II, 1 304 p., 2010), En drie ja vas (18 th ; 230 th an ni ver sa ry of En drie ja vas, 1 412 p., 2010), Vep riai (19 th ; 625 th an ni ver sa ry of Vep riai 1 320 p., 2010), Žei me lis (20 th ; 510 an ni ver sa ry of Žei me lis, Part I, 888 p., Part I, 908 p., 2010), Lit hu a nian Lo cal 2368

A P I E S E R I J Ą L I E T U V O S VA L S Č I A I Although the presentation of Lietuvos Valsèiai series at the traditional Vilnius Book Fair takes place yearly, the visitors and hubbub at the stand seem to be commonplace. Februrary 19, 2010. Photo by Jonas Kliuèius Prof. Vytautas Landsbergis, the herald of the Lithuanian Independence, the moving spirit and signatory of the March 11 Act, is met with a great pleasure by the publisher Petras Jonušas and his son 9-year old Danielius assisting his father at the Book Fair. Photo by J. Kliučius, 21 February 2010 2369

Re se ar ches is the 21 th mo nog raph (Part I: 2000 2002 scien ti fic works, 1 082 p.), Pa ne mu nė lis (22 nd, 240 th an ni ver sa ry of Pa ne mu nė lis, Part I, 858 p., Part II, 825 p., 2012), Gelgaudiškis (23 rd, 500 th jubilee of Gelgaudiškis, Part I, 900 p., Part II, 908 p., 2012), Juodupė. Onuškis (24 th ; 510 th anniversary of Onuškis and 100 th anniversary of Juodupė, Part I, 912 p., Part II, 920 p., 2012), Sintautai (26 rd, Part I, 1 448 p., Part II, 1 464 p., 2013). To tal num ber of pa ges of the se mo nog raph bo oks pub lis hed to get her with the mai den soft-co ver bo ok is su ed un der the tit le Sin tau tai. Žvirgž dai čiai (430 p., 1996) is 38 968 pa ges. The ce leb ra tion of the Mil len nium of the first re fe ren ce to Lit hu a nia in writ ten his to ri cal sour ces is re a so nab le to re la te with mo re mo dest ju bi le es of its towns and tow nships and gi ve an im pli ca tion to the se an ni ver sa ries of their first writ ten re fe ren ce by a writ ten wor d a bo ok. In pre-war Lit hu a nia the re we re mo re than 400 ru ral di stricts (vals čiai), which we re la ter re pla ced by neigh bour ho ods (se niū ni jos) num be ring now about 300. With a ho pe that our ca pa ci ties will enab le us to pub lish bo oks about the ma jo ri ty of them, we kind ly in vi te cul tu re ins ti tu tions, di strict go vern ments, neigh bour ho ods, lo cal ac ti vists, lo cal lo re in ves ti ga tors, sta te men, cul tu re ac ti vists, spon sors and all wri ters to join, wit hout he si ta tion, the te am pre pa ring and pub lis hing the hun dred vo lu mes of the Lie tu vos Vals čiai se ries about Lit hu a nian his to ry and tra di tio nal cul tu re. A gre at work to last se ve ral de ca des is wai ting for you. 2370

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A P I E S E R I J Ą L I E T U V O S VA L S Č I A I Rengiamų Lietuvos valsčių serijos monografijų bei monografijų, išleistų iki 2013 m. pabaigos, þemėlapis. Tamsiau paþymėti tie valsčiai, kurių monografijos jau išleistos, o dar nebaigtų rašyti ir rengti spaudai serijos monografijų valsčiai nuspalvinti šviesiau. Sudarė UAB Þemėlapių artelė kartografė Aira Dubikaltienė A map of Lietuvos Valsčiai series monographs being prepared and those issued by the end of 2013. The darker marked Valsčiai (rural districts) show monographs already published; while the lighter marked districts indicate the monographs being in preparation and those to be composed 2367