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22: 33: 104:, in 1953-1966. Later, two volumes of additions and supplements were added and the 37th and last volume was published in 1985. The undertaking was made extremely complicated by the fact that most sources and resources were behind the 124: 136: 251: 116:
come from this earlier work, which had about two-fifths of its content devoted to Lithuania-related topics. Thus a majority of entries were first written in
128: 266: 132: 232: 271: 172: 256: 261: 212:, Orders, Medals and Other Awards, Administration of the Office of the President. Accessed August 30, 2006. 139:, and at the end of the last volume it lists 197 contributors; only a handful of them are non-Lithuanians. 84: 51: 96: 148: 91:. To this day, it remains the only such comprehensive work on Lithuania in the English language. 57: 73: 120:
and later translated into English. However, observers note a good quality of translations.
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The encyclopedia was compiled and published by the same individuals who had published
62: 236: 176: 225: 245: 200:, The Slavic and East European Journal, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Spring, 1973), p. 115 169: 109: 105: 88: 81: 65: 193: 72:
and Lithuania-related topics. It was published between 1970 and 1978 in
69: 180:, Lituanus: Lithuanian Quarterly Journal of Arts and Sciences 184:(4), Winter 1979. ISSN 0024-5089. Accessed August 30, 2006. 21: 32: 40:
with picture of publisher Juozas Kapočius on the left
243: 252:Lithuanian-American culture in Massachusetts 133:Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas 100:, a 35-volume general encyclopedia in the 31: 20: 267:Encyclopedias of culture and ethnicity 244: 170:Two Lithuanian Encyclopedias completed 61:) is a six-volume (about 3600-page) 13: 123:The encyclopedia was published by 14: 283: 219: 203: 198:Review: Encyclopedia Lituanica 187: 161: 1: 154: 125:Lithuanian Encyclopedia Press 7: 142: 10: 288: 272:20th-century encyclopedias 135:in 1995. It was edited by 112:. Some of the entries in 257:Lithuanian encyclopedias 210:Awarded Persons Database 149:Lithuanian encyclopedias 127:, founded and owned by 52:Encyclopædia Britannica 16:Lithuanian encyclopedia 262:1970 non-fiction books 230:in libraries worldwide 228:Encyclopedia Lituanica 114:Encyclopedia Lituanica 97:Lietuvių enciklopedija 58:Encyclopedia Americana 46:Encyclopedia Lituanica 41: 38:Encyclopedia Lituanica 29: 27:Encyclopedia Lituanica 131:. He was awarded the 74:Boston, Massachusetts 35: 24: 78:Lithuanian Americans 49:(likely named after 102:Lithuanian language 235:2007-09-29 at the 175:2014-03-07 at the 42: 36:An open volume of 30: 279: 213: 207: 201: 191: 185: 165: 137:Simas Sužiedėlis 63:English language 287: 286: 282: 281: 280: 278: 277: 276: 242: 241: 237:Wayback Machine 222: 217: 216: 208: 204: 192: 188: 177:Wayback Machine 167:Antanas Klima, 166: 162: 157: 145: 129:Juozas Kapočius 25:Six volumes of 17: 12: 11: 5: 285: 275: 274: 269: 264: 259: 254: 240: 239: 221: 220:External links 218: 215: 214: 202: 186: 159: 158: 156: 153: 152: 151: 144: 141: 87:at the end of 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 284: 273: 270: 268: 265: 263: 260: 258: 255: 253: 250: 249: 247: 238: 234: 231: 229: 224: 223: 211: 206: 199: 195: 190: 183: 179: 178: 174: 171: 164: 160: 150: 147: 146: 140: 138: 134: 130: 126: 121: 119: 115: 111: 107: 103: 99: 98: 92: 90: 86: 83: 79: 75: 71: 67: 64: 60: 59: 54: 53: 48: 47: 39: 34: 28: 23: 19: 227: 205: 197: 189: 181: 168: 163: 122: 113: 110:Soviet Union 106:Iron Curtain 95: 93: 89:World War II 66:encyclopedia 56: 50: 45: 44: 43: 37: 26: 18: 194:Valdis Zeps 246:Categories 155:References 118:Lithuanian 85:occupation 80:who fled 70:Lithuania 233:Archived 173:Archived 143:See also 108:in the 82:Soviet 68:about 226:Find 76:by 55:or 248:: 196:, 182:25

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Encyclopædia Britannica
Encyclopedia Americana
English language
encyclopedia
Lithuania
Boston, Massachusetts
Lithuanian Americans
Soviet
occupation
World War II
Lietuvių enciklopedija
Lithuanian language
Iron Curtain
Soviet Union
Lithuanian
Lithuanian Encyclopedia Press
Juozas Kapočius
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
Simas Sužiedėlis
Lithuanian encyclopedias
Two Lithuanian Encyclopedias completed
Archived
Wayback Machine
Valdis Zeps
Awarded Persons Database
Find Encyclopedia Lituanica in libraries worldwide
Archived
Wayback Machine

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