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Antanas Poška

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agreed to help Poška recover his PhD dissertation from London and secure his degree. Later, Poška wrote in his diary that he received a letter from Dr. Chatterji informing that the University of Calcutta has granted Poška the PhD. However, this could not be confirmed by the archives of University of
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campaign and Poška was allowed to return to Lithuania in 1959. After his return home Poška worked as a lecturer, a correspondent of several newspapers, and the chairman of the reestablished Vilnius Esperantist Club in 1964–69. As a former political prisoner, he remained suspect to Soviet authorities
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district. His interest in Esperanto emerged as early as 1913, when he received his first Esperanto textbook as a gift. He learned the language independently and in 1917, during World War I, a German soldier noticed him reading an Esperanto book. The soldier shared addresses of Esperantists and Poška
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Poška's bibliography, published in 2006, numbers 3,756 entries. Most of these are articles published in the press of Lithuania and other countries (India, USSR, Poland, UK) as well as in international Esperanto magazines. He wrote at least 30 articles in the Indian press between 1932 and 1935. Over
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100 articles on India were published in the Lithuanian press. Poška's articles on his archaeological research in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan were published in several newspapers and magazines of Central Asia and the archaeological journals in USSR, sometimes using an assumed name.
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in London in 1936, and he himself was planning to travel to London to defend his thesis there. However, financial troubles delayed in his departure and the outbreak of World War II prevented him from completing this task.
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and their aspirations for which he was arrested and escorted 318 km (198 mi) in chains to Bulgaria in June 1936. He was released, but most of his possessions and research materials, including the translation of
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on the Black sea. The last decade of his life Poška spent under the piles of his rescued archive, trying and failing to publish it. His major work, the eight-volume book on his journey to India
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to destroy books published before the Soviet occupation, Poška was arrested in June 1945 and sentenced to imprisonment in a forced labor camp in Siberia. He was first sent to a prison near
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by the Government of Israel in 2000. Despite Nazi orders to destroy Jewish books he concealed and preserved over 1,000 publications which were later transferred to the Jewish Museum.
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took the initiative of approaching the University of Calcutta with a proposal to posthumously award Poška with a doctoral degree. On 28 November 2014, Poška was conferred honorary
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to study Sanskrit, research Indian culture, and explore Lithuania's cultural links with India. He chose to travel on a motorbike, which he obtained from the Belgian manufacturer
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led by the Australian scholar Dr. M. E. Smith. They traveled to various parts of the archipelago and studied the local aboriginal tribes. Poška and his team gathered
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began corresponding with many intellectuals. These connections proved vital in his later travels. Poška became an active member of an Esperantist group in
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speaking peoples of northwestern Himalayas. In 1935, Poška with a team of young scholars from the Indian Museum went for a three-month expedition to the
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in mid-1944, Poška was appointed as the head of the Library Department of Soviet Lithuania's Education Commissariat. For refusing the orders from
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people but was unable to defend it. He interacted with India's intellectual elite and participated in anthropological expeditions. He met with
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and translated some of his works into Lithuanian. Poška returned to Lithuania in 1936 and worked as a journalist. He was recognized as the
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Poška returned to Lithuania just before Christmas 1936. In 1937–40, Poška worked as a journalist with the newspapers and magazines
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After Stalin's death in 1953, many cases of the Soviet political prisoners were re-examined by the Soviet authorities during the
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While in Bengal, Poška actively interacted with Calcutta's intellectual elite, university professors, and young researchers:
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in 1968, this Chatterji's book is dedicated to, among others, Antanas Poška. Friendship with the renowned Indian Esperantist
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for free in exchange for publicity. While preparing for the journey, he got acquainted with another dedicated traveler
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and Moldova. In summer 1972, at age 70, he went on the last large journey. It was a five-week motorbike ride to the
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measurements and other anthropological data on the lifestyle, habits, and customs of the local inhabitants.
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society and worked odd jobs, including construction, while attending an evening school. In 1922, he visited
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in Tajikistan (1958–59). He also took part in various archaeological expeditions in Central Asia. While in
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Poška was born in 1903 in the family of farmers in northern Lithuania, in the village of Gripkeliai of
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movement in Lithuania. He is best known for his journey to India in 1929–36. In India, he studied
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visiting 12 countries. With its completion an ambitious idea to reach India was conceived.
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reforms in 1985. Poška continued to travel. For example, in 1960, together with biologist
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Poška left India in 1936. On his way back to Lithuania, he covered Afghanistan, Iran, and
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by hiding them from the SS in his house. Poška was awarded the Life Saving Cross by the
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and was not allowed to continue academic activities or publish his books until the
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In 1936, Poška submitted his PhD thesis in physical anthropology under professor
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in June 1940; the third volume, in the works at a press, was destroyed.
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Physical Affinities of Shina-speaking People of the Western Himalayas
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Physical Affinities of Shina-speaking People of the Western Himalayas
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The Lithuanian press widely reports that in 1933, Poška accompanied
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Before leaving Calcutta in 1936, Poška prepared and submitted his
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who invited him to work at the Anthropological Laboratory of the
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With the help of local Esperantists and intellectuals, including
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Poška wrote numerous books, but only a handful was published:
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National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic (2005).
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Poška's daughter Laimutė Kisielienė receives the regalia of
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10 March] 1903 – 16 October 1992) was a prominent
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Pasiklydęs Amazonijoje: Mato Šalčiaus klajonių pėdsakais
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and received bachelor's degree in anthropology from the
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Statinis, Gerimantas (2008). "Svečiuose pas 40 tautų".
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in Central Asia. However, in 1932–36, Stein explored
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In Kaunas, Poška lived in a dormitory maintained by
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(1997). 952:and Chancellor of the University of Calcutta 287: 8: 1699:Žalgiris (Special Supplement to Respublika) 1668:. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. p. 194 1358: 1356: 729:, and was editor-in-chief of the newspaper 2364:People from Pasvalys District Municipality 2117: 1864: 1787: 1773: 1765: 928:After his visit to Lithuania in 1966, Dr. 767:Easter table in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, mid-1950s 632:who later embarked on a comparative study 294: 280: 150: 31: 20: 1685: 1683: 1605: 1603: 1466: 1464: 1462: 1460: 1458: 1456: 1454: 1452: 1450: 1365:"Antano Poškos mokslinė veikla Indijoje" 1208: 1206: 1204: 879:From the Baltic Sea to the Bay of Bengal 735:From the Baltic Sea to the Bay of Bengal 695:. In Turkey, he wrote an article on the 593:on an anthropological expedition to the 445:. In 1926–29, Poška studied medicine at 144:From the Baltic Sea to the Bay of Bengal 2293:Occupation of Lithuania by Nazi Germany 1471:Banerjee, Sudeshna (23 November 2014). 1328: 1326: 1295: 1293: 1291: 1259: 1257: 1255: 1253: 1251: 1249: 1247: 1245: 1243: 1202: 1200: 1198: 1196: 1194: 1192: 1190: 1188: 1186: 1184: 1156:"Esperantiškas Antano Poškos fenomenas" 1149: 1147: 1145: 1143: 1141: 1139: 1137: 1135: 1108: 1106: 1104: 1102: 1100: 1098: 1070: 1068: 1066: 1064: 1062: 1060: 1058: 1056: 1028: 1026: 1024: 1022: 1020: 1016: 656:where he had a chance to interact with 516:and N. A. Thooti, he enrolled into the 425:and collected memories of locals about 202: 153: 2374:Lithuanian Righteous Among the Nations 2133:Lithuanian Auxiliary Police battalions 1690:Milkevičiūtė, Giedrė (28 March 2013). 481:languages, Poška decided to travel to 1610:Zemlickas, Gediminas (3 April 2008). 1006:(The Tale of My Life), 2003 (Vilnius) 321:, as well as an active member of the 127:Motorbike journey to India (1929–36) 7: 1473:"Bengal honour for Baltic biker boy" 1266:"Lietuvių keliautojas Antanas Poška" 1154:Šilas, Vytautas (27 November 2014). 1113:Mičiulienė, Jūratė (13 March 2015). 873:to Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and 1720:Sinha, Kounteya (9 November 2014). 1612:"Didžiosios Antano Poškos kelionės" 1504:Sinha, Kounteya (1 December 2013). 936:In 2014, the Lithuanian Embassy in 989:Indoeuropiečių istorijos pėdsakais 756:in 1998 and was recognized as the 646:Indian Institute of Advanced Study 644:. Published as a monograph by the 14: 2169:Fareinigte Partizaner Organizacje 1563:"The Righteous Among The Nations" 1115:"Nuo Gripkelių kaimo iki Indijos" 2298:History of the Jews in Lithuania 1429:Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1968). 1339:(in Lithuanian). Versus aureus. 1215:"Didžioji Antano Poškos kelionė" 609:, where he collected data about 581:, picture taken by Poška in 1935 439:Lithuanian Ministry of Education 333:and wrote his PhD thesis at the 163: 1644:Lietuvos speleologijos istorija 1584:Poška, Antanas (13 June 1946). 737:were published just before the 538:into Lithuanian (manuscript of 397:Gripkeliai village, around 1940 2399:Burials at Antakalnis Cemetery 851:Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve 807:Museum in Uzbekistan, and the 528:and begin his translations of 1: 2379:University of Calcutta alumni 799:in Kazakhstan (1949–53), the 773:Soviets returned to Lithuania 670:India's independence struggle 2344:20th-century anthropologists 1309:Bibliografija: Mokslo darbai 739:Soviet invasion of Lithuania 2384:University of Mumbai alumni 1817:Related articles by country 1539:Žurnalistikos enciklopedija 1264:Ilgūnas, Gediminas (2002). 983:Nuo Baltijos iki Bengalijos 758:Righteous Among the Nations 615:Andaman and Nicobar Islands 367:Nuo Baltijos iki Bengalijos 347:Righteous Among the Nations 307:Antanas Paškevičius – Poška 2415: 2339:Lithuanian anthropologists 2138:Lithuanian Security Police 1796:The Holocaust in Lithuania 1300:Tarailienė, Dalia (2007). 1077:"Antano Poškos biografija" 1033:Asauskienė, Aušra (2010). 520:. In 1931, he visited the 457:Journey to India (1929–36) 355:the Holocaust in Lithuania 119:Anthropologist, journalist 2354:Lithuanian travel writers 2308:Songs of the Vilna Ghetto 2288: 2235:HKP 562 forced labor camp 1802: 1641:Laiconas, Erikas (2003). 803:in Kyrgyzstan (1953–57), 30: 2394:20th-century journalists 2245:Kauen concentration camp 2240:Kailis forced labor camp 2209:Ninth Fort November 1941 1311:(in Lithuanian): 10–12. 1222:Šiaurietiški atsivėrimai 853:in Tajikistan and later 809:State Museum of Dushanbe 634:The Balts and the Aryans 577:A tribal woman from the 431:World Esperanto Congress 361:and was imprisoned in a 2369:Lithuanian Esperantists 2349:Lithuanian male writers 1947:Franz Walter Stahlecker 1363:Vidūnas, Vytis (2015). 1213:Vidūnas, Vytis (2015). 950:Governor of West Bengal 2359:Lithuanian journalists 2204:Kaunas 29 October 1941 930:Suniti Kumar Chatterji 901: 871:Georgian Military Road 768: 754:President of Lithuania 630:Suniti Kumar Chatterji 582: 556:University of Calcutta 522:University of Varanasi 514:Jivanji Jamshedji Modi 470: 398: 335:University of Calcutta 1402:"STEIN, (Marc) Aurel" 946:Keshari Nath Tripathi 910:physical anthropology 892: 766: 664:twice (in Bombay and 576: 524:for 42 days to study 464: 396: 133:movement in Lithuania 37:Antanas Poška in 1967 2071:Bronislovas Paukštys 1990:Shmerke Kaczerginski 1907:Aleksandras Lileikis 1407:Encyclopædia Iranica 1270:Mokslas Ir Gyvenimas 1004:Mano gyvenimo pasaka 687:Later life (1936–92) 554:and enrolled in the 518:University of Bombay 331:University of Bombay 309:(24 March [ 2143:Rollkommando Hamann 1942:Rudolf Joachim Seck 1075:Jakubonienė, Roma. 658:Rabindranath Tagore 562:, he met professor 343:Rabindranath Tagore 111:Antanas Paškevičius 94:Antakalnis Cemetery 2260:Marcinkonys Ghetto 2066:Petronėlė Lastienė 2030:Yitzhak Wittenberg 2025:Elchonon Wasserman 1937:Adrian von Renteln 1902:Algirdas Klimaitis 1877:Algimantas Dailidė 1726:The Times of India 1510:The Times of India 914:Biraja Sankar Guha 902: 867:Caucasus Mountains 785:Arkhangelsk Oblast 769: 708:Jonas Basanavičius 677:Biraja Sankar Guha 642:Baltic pagan rites 626:Biraja Sankar Guha 583: 564:Biraja Sankar Guha 509:on 23 March 1931. 471: 399: 190:Seven Laws of Noah 2316: 2315: 2275:Švenčionys Ghetto 2182: 2181: 2153:Ypatingasis būrys 2109: 2108: 2020:Abraham Sutzkever 1995:Zelig Kalmanovich 1868:Perpetrators and 1618:(in Lithuanian). 1374:(in Lithuanian). 1346:978-9955-34-113-0 1272:(in Lithuanian). 1224:(in Lithuanian). 1117:(in Lithuanian). 849:, he visited the 817:Sulayman Mountain 789:forced labor camp 787:, and later to a 693:Turkish Kurdistan 595:Taklamakan Desert 587:Oxford University 558:. 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