Prisikėlimas (''Resurrection'') military district - was a military district of

Lithuanian partisans The Lithuanian partisans () were partisans who waged a guerrilla warfare in Lithuania against the Soviet Union in 1944–1953. Similar anti-Soviet resistance groups, also known as Forest Brothers and cursed soldiers, fought against Soviet rule ...

which comprised

Šiauliai Šiauliai (; bat-smg, Šiaulē; german: Schaulen, ) is the fourth largest city in Lithuania, with a population of 107,086. From 1994 to 2010 it was the capital of Šiauliai County. Names Šiauliai is referred to by various names in different la ...

Joniškis Joniškis (; Samogitian: ''Juonėškis'') is a town in northern Lithuania with a population of about 9,900. It is located 39 kilometers north of Šiauliai and 14 kilometers south of the Lithuania– Latvia border. Joniškis is the municipal an ...

, partially -

Kėdainiai Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. First mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle of Hermann de Wartberge, its population is 23,667. Its old town dates to ...

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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

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External links

Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of LithuaniaThe partisan military districts of the Lithuanian freedom fighters''Vienui Vieni'' ("Utterly Alone")
2004 film about the Lithuanian Forest Brothers, based on the real life events of Juozas Lukša aka Juozas L. Daumantas

– Chronicle of Lithuanian partisans, June 1944 – May 1949, prepared by Algis Rupainis
«Forest Brothers – Fight for the Baltics»
– official ''YouTube'' channel of NATO, 2017 Military districts of Lithuanian partisans Lithuanian partisans Guerrilla organizations Cold War rebellions