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Kęstutis Military District
Kęstutis military district (also Kęstutis partisans military district) is a military district of Lithuanian partisans which operated in 1946–1959 in the counties of Tauragė, Raseiniai, Jurbarkas, Šiauliai, Joniškis, partially - Kėdainiai and Kaunas. Military district was named after the Grand Duke of Lithuania Kęstutis Kęstutis ( la, Kinstut, ; – 3 or 15 August 1382) was the Grand Duke of Lithuania. He was the Duke of Trakai and governed the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, 1342–1382, together with his brother Algirdas (until 1377), and with his nephew Jogaila .... Leaders Structure of Lithuanian partisans' organisation References {{Reflist External linksGenocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrikas Danilevičius
Henrikas Danilevičius, also widely known as Vidmantas (18 July 1922 – 1 November 1949) was a teacher, Lithuanian partisan, and one of the commanders of the Kęstutis military district. He was also known by his other codenames like ''Danila'', ''Kerštas'', ''Žinys'', ''Algis'', and ''Neringa''. Biography Early life Henrikas Danilevičius was born on 18 July 1922 in the Miliūnai manor in the Zarasai district of Lithuania. His father Stasys Danilevičius was a policeman. In the beginning he was educated privately at home. After moving to Alytus, from 1932 to 1933 he attended the Miroslavas gymnasium, though at one point he attended second and third grades in Panevėžys as his father was stationed there. He further attended gymnasiums in Alytus (1933-1934), Panevėžys (1934-1936) and Zarasai (1936-1937) respectively. In 1937 he traveled to Kaunas to study at the Kaunas higher technic school, which he attended up until the Soviet occupation of Lithuania. In 1940 he got a jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vytautas Military District
Vytautas military district (also Vytautas partisan military district) is a military district of Lithuanian partisans which operated in 1945–1951 in the counties of Švenčionys, Utena and Rokiškis. It is named after the Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas Vytautas (c. 135027 October 1430), also known as Vytautas the Great ( Lithuanian: ', be, Вітаўт, ''Vitaŭt'', pl, Witold Kiejstutowicz, ''Witold Aleksander'' or ''Witold Wielki'' Ruthenian: ''Vitovt'', Latin: ''Alexander Vitoldus'', O .... Leaders Structure of Lithuanian partisans' organisation References {{Reflist External linksGenocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algimantas Military District
Algimantas military district (also Algimantas partisan military district) is a military district of Lithuanian partisans which operated in 1947-1950 in the counties of Panevėžys and Rokiškis Rokiškis () is a city in northeastern Lithuania with a population of about 14,400. History The legend of the founding of Rokiškis tells about a hunter called Rokas who had been hunting for hares ( Lit. "kiškis"). However, cities ending in "- .... The military district consisted of the territorial units - detachments (''rinktinė'') - ''Šarūnas'', ''Kunigaikštis Margiris'' (Duke Margiris), ''Žalioji'' (Green). Leaders Structure of Lithuanian partisans' organisation References {{Reflist External linksGenocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dainava Military District
Dainava military district (also Dainava partisans military district) is a military district of Lithuanian partisans which operated in 1945–1951 in the counties of Alytus, Lazdijai and Varėna in Dainava (Dzūkija). The most significant battles: on May 17, 1945, in the Kalniškės Forest of the Simnas rural district in the Alytus district (44 partisans killed, about 400 NKVD The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел, Naródnyy komissariát vnútrennikh del, ), abbreviated NKVD ( ), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union. ... intruders killed); on June 14, 1945, in the Varčia Forest of the Daugai rural district (40 partisans killed or were arrested, about 176 NKVD intruders were killed). Leaders Structure of Lithuanian partisans' organisation References {{Reflist External linksGenocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tauras Military District
Tauras military district (also Tauras partisans military district) is a military district of Lithuanian partisans which operated in 1945–1951 in the Suvalkija ethnographic region – counties of Marijampolė, Šakiai, Vilkaviškis and in the left bank of the Nemunas river in counties of Alytus and Kaunas. One of the most important partisan districts. It is named after aurochs The aurochs (''Bos primigenius'') ( or ) is an extinct cattle species, considered to be the wild ancestor of modern domestic cattle. With a shoulder height of up to in bulls and in cows, it was one of the largest herbivores in the Holocen ... - ''tauras'' in Lithuanian. Leaders Structure of Lithuanian partisans' organisation References {{Reflist External linksGenocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prisikėlimas Military District
Prisikėlimas (''Resurrection'') military district - was a military district of Lithuanian partisans which comprised Šiauliai, Joniškis, partially - Kėdainiai, Panevėžys and Raseiniai Raseiniai (; Samogitian: ''Raseinē'') is a city in Lithuania. It is located on the south eastern foothills of the Samogitians highland, some north from the Kaunas–Klaipėda highway. History Grand Duchy of Lithuania Raseiniai is one of th ... counties. Leaders Structure of Lithuanian partisans' organisation References {{Reflist External linksGenocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žemaičiai Military District
Žemaičiai military district (Žemaičiai partisans military district) is a military district of Lithuanian partisans which operated in 1945–1953 in the counties of Telšiai, Kretinga, Mažeikiai, and some parts of Tauragė county. It is named after ethnographic region of Lithuania - Samogitia Samogitia or Žemaitija ( Samogitian: ''Žemaitėjė''; see below for alternative and historical names) is one of the five cultural regions of Lithuania and formerly one of the two core administrative divisions of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania .... Leaders Structure of Lithuanian partisans' organisation References {{Reflist External linksGenocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Of Lithuanian Freedom Fighters
Union of Lithuanian Freedom Fighters or Movement for the Struggle for Lithuanian Freedom ( lt, Lietuvos laisvės kovos sąjūdis or LLKS) was a resistance organization of the Lithuanian partisans, waging a guerrilla war against the Soviet Union in the aftermath of World War II. The organization was established on February 10, 1949, during a meeting of all partisan commanders in Minaičiai village. Jonas Žemaitis (codename ''Vytautas'') was elected as the chairman of its presidium. On February 16, the 31st anniversary of the 1918 Act of Independence of Lithuania, the Union adopted a declaration proclaiming itself to be the supreme political and military authority in Lithuania. In 1996, after Lithuania regained independence in 1990, the Seimas (parliament) recognized the declaration as an official act of the Republic of Lithuania and Žemaitis as President of Lithuania The President of the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublikos Prezidentas) is the head of state o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Vilčinskas
Jonas Vilčinskas, also known by his codenames Algirdas and Svajūnas (23 February 1930 – 19 September 1953) was an anti-Soviet Lithuanian partisan and the last commander of their Kęstutis military district. Biography Early life Jonas Vilčinskas was born on 23 February 1930 in the village of Paantvardys in the Jurbarkas district to peasants Kazimieras Vilčinskas and Pranciška Barčytė. He graduated from the Jurbarkas gymnasium in 1948 and attempted to achieve higher education, however as the son of a kulak he was unsuccessful in doing so. He worked at an editorial office in the Šakiai district. Vilčinskas wished to be a teacher. Partisan activity During the Soviet re-occupation of Lithuania Vilčinskas was a partisan communicator. When his parents were deported in 1949, as well as getting the call to join the Soviet army, Vilčinskas joined the resistance and became a partisan in the Mindaugas group, belonging to the Vaidotas unit, which in turn belonged to the Kęstuti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Povilas Morkūnas (1914)
Povilas Morkūnas (26 November 1920 – 19 June 1953) was an anti-Soviet Lithuanian partisan and a commander of the Kęstutis and Prisikėlimas military districts. He was known by many codenames, such as ''Ežerietis'', ''Dilba'', ''Arvydas'', ''Černius'', ''Brizgis'', ''Kyras'', ''Mažvydas'', ''Lastas'', but mostly as Rimantas or Drakas. Biography Early life Povilas Morkūnas was born on 26 November 1920 in the village of Zbaras near Šiluva to farmers Kazimieras Morkūnas and Marijona Kmitaitė. He was the eldest of nine children. In 1935 he finished the Šiluva primary school, during which he participated in scout activities. For some time after that he studied at the Raseiniai agriculture school. He also worked as a policeman. In 1939 he joined the Lithuanian army and served in an artillery regiment. For his exemplary service he received the NCO rank of sergeant. Operation Barbarossa His unit was incorporated in the Soviet army after the Soviet occupation of Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krizostomas Labanauskas
Krizostomas Labanauskas (codename Justas) was a Lithuanian anti-Soviet partisan and a commander of the Kęstutis military district from 1951 to 1952. Before becoming leader, he was the commander of the partisan Birutė unit. Little else is known about him; having lived during the final years of the partisan movement, in 1956 he voluntarily surrendered to the MGB under the codename Kalinauskas, betraying some fellow partisans in the process. He died in 2000 in Švenčionėliai. See also * Anti-Soviet partisans * Forest Brothers The Guerrilla war in the Baltic states was an armed struggle which was waged by the Latvian, Lithuanian, and Estonian partisans, called the Forest Brothers (also: the "Brothers of the Wood" and the "Forest Friars"; et, metsavennad, lv, mež ... Further reading * Povilas Gaidelis, ''Lietuvos kovos dėl laisvės. 1941–1953 m.,'' 2022. * Vykintas Vaitkevičius, Aistė Petrauskienė, ''Lietuvos partizanų valstybė'', 2019, References {{Reflist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
