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.[1][2]
A monument to perished partisans of Kęstutis military district
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Seal of the Kęstutis military district with Vytis and Columns of Gediminas
Partisans of the district in 1949
Partisans of the district in 1950
Jonas Žemaitis, Chairman of the Union of Lithuanian Freedom Fighters, Posthumously recognized President of Lithuania in March 2009
Leaders
| Name and surname | Nom de guerre | Since | Till | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juozas Kasperavičius | Šilas, Angis, Visvydas | 1946 September | 1947 April | Died in the line of duty. In the congress of the Lithuanian partisan leaders in 1949 16 February awarded the highest award of Lithuanian partisans - The Title of Honor of the Freedom fighter and The Cross of the Fight for Freedom with swords. |
| Jonas Žemaitis | Vytautas | 1947 May | 1948 July | general of the partisans |
| Henrikas Danilevičius | Vidmantas, Danila, Kerštas, Žinys, Algis | 1948 July | 1949 April | |
| Aleksas Miliulis | Neptūnas, Algimantas | 1949 April | 1949 June | died in the line of duty |
| Antanas Bakšys | Klajūnas, Germantas | 1949 June | 1951 August | creator of the Vyčiai union, posthumously decorated with Order of the Cross of Vytis, Grand Cross, in 1998 |
| Krizostomas Labanauskas | Justas | 1951 August | 1952 May | |
| Povilas Morkūnas | Rimantas, Drakas | 1952 May | 1953 June | died in the line of duty |
| Jonas Vilčinskas | Algirdas | 1953 June | 1953 September |
Structure of Lithuanian partisans' organisation
| LLKS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Lithuania (Jūra) region | Southern Lithuania (Nemunas) region | Eastern Lithuania (King Mindaugas) region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Žemaičiai military district | Prisikėlimas military district | Kęstutis military district | Tauras military district | Dainava military district | Algimantas military district | Vytautas military district | Vytis military district | Didžioji Kova military district | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alka | Maironis | Vaidotas | Vytautas | Dzūkai | Žalioji | Tigras | Krikštaponis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Šatrija | Duke Žvelgaitis | Birutė | Žalgiris | Šarūnas | Šarūnas | Liūtas | Briedis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kardas | Juozapavičius | Butageidis | Geležinis vilkas | Kazimieraitis | Duke Margiris | Lokys | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lietuvos žalioji | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- "VIRTUKŲ KAUTYNĖS". genocid.lt. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- "The partisan military districts of the Lithuanian freedom fighters". genocid.lt. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
External links
- Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania
- The 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
- War Chronicle of the Partisans – Chronicle of Lithuanian partisans, June 1944 – May 1949, prepared by Algis Rupainis
- Forest Brothers – Fight for the Baltics – official YouTube channel of NATO, 2017
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