Kęstutis military district
Jonas Žemaitis, Chairman of the Union of Lithuanian Freedom Fighters, Posthumously recognized President of Lithuania in March 2009
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
Partisans of the district in 1949
Partisans of the district in 1950
Leaders[]
| Name and surname | Nom de guerre | Since | Till | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Vidmantas, Danila, Kerštas, Žinys, Algis | 1948 July | 1949 April | ||
| Neptūnas, Algimantas | 1949 April | 1949 June | died in the line of duty | |
| Klajūnas, Germantas | 1949 June | 1951 August | creator of the Vyčiai union, posthumously decorated with Order of the Cross of Vytis, Grand Cross, in 1998 | |
| Justas | 1951 August | 1952 May | ||
| Rimantas, Drakas | 1952 May | 1953 June | died in the line of duty | |
| 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
Categories:
- Military districts of Lithuanian partisans
- Lithuanian partisans
- Guerrilla organizations