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Vytautas Merkys
"Vytautas Merkys" (May 5, 1929 in Čivai, near Kupiškis – July 25, 2012) was a Lithuanian historian and a professor at Vilnius University.
Biography.
Vytautas Merkys graduated from Vilnius University's department of history and philology in 1951. In 1952 he began working at the Lithuanian SSR Institute of History, but for ideological reasons he was soon fired, along with Mečislovas Jučas. He returned to the Institute in 1953 as a fellow.
He initiated his candidacy for a doctorate of
2, reprint, originally published: Spaudos fondas, Kaunas, 1926–1928) (in Lithuanian);
- Merkys, Vytautas (1994) "Knygnešių laikai: 1864–1904" (The era of the book-smugglers: 1864–1904) Valstybinis leidybos centras, Vilnius, (in Lithuanian);
- Merkys, Vytautas (1994) "Draudžiamosios lietuviškos spaudos kelias: 1864–1904: informacinė knyga" (The path of the banned Lithuanian press: 1864–1904: An information book) Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidykla, Vilnius, (in