Kazimierz Narutowicz (1904, Brewiki,

Kovno Governorate Kovno Governorate ( rus, Ковенская губеpния, r=Kovenskaya guberniya; lt, Kauno gubernija) or Governorate of Kaunas was a governorate ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire. Its capital was Kaunas (Kovno in Russian). It was formed ...

- 1987) was a Polish Lithuanian political activist. Son of

Stanisław Narutowicz Stanisław Narutowicz ( lt, Stanislovas Narutavičius ) (2 September 1862, Telšiai District Municipality, Brewiki, Kovno Governorate – 31 December 1932, Kaunas, Lithuania) was a lawyer and politician, Signatories of the Act of Independence of L ...

, in interwar Lithuania in 1934-1938 he tried to mediate between the ministries of diplomacy of Poland and Lithuania for settlement of the conflict for the city of

Wilno Vilnius ( , ; see also #Etymology and other names, other names) is the capital and List of cities in Lithuania#Cities, largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the munic ...

(since 1945

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). Arrested by the

Soviets Soviet people ( rus, сове́тский наро́д, r=sovyétsky naród), or citizens of the USSR ( rus, гра́ждане СССР, grázhdanye SSSR), was an umbrella demonym for the population of the Soviet Union. Nationality policy in th ...

after

occupation of the Baltic states The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were invaded and occupied in June 1940 by the Soviet Union, under the leadership of Stalin and auspices of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact that had been signed between Nazi Germany and the Soviet ...

in 1940 during

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and forcibly resettled to Siberia, in 1947 he was released and settled in Poland (Lithuania still being occupied by the Soviets as the

Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (Lithuanian SSR; lt, Lietuvos Tarybų Socialistinė Respublika; russian: Литовская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Litovskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialistiche ...

), where the communist government relegated him to work in the industrial sector.

References

* Jackiewicz Mieczysław, "Polacy na Litwie 1918-2000" (słownik biograficzny), Warszawa 2003 1904 births 1987 deaths People from Telšiai District Municipality People from Telshevsky Uyezd Lithuanian people of Polish descent Polish politicians {{Poland-politician-stub