Prisikėlimas military district
Prisikėlimas (Resurrection) military district - was a military district of Lithuanian partisans which comprised Šiauliai, Joniškis, partially - Kėdainiai, Panevėžys and Raseiniai counties.[1]
Leaders
| Name and surname | Nom de guerre | Since | Till |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petras Bartkus | Žadgaila | 1948 March | 1948 August |
| Leonardas Grigonis | Užpalis | 1948 August | 1949 August |
| Povilas Morkūnas | Rimantas | 1949 August | 1951 August |
| Juozas Paliūnas | Rytas | 1951 August | 1952 20 May |
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes and references
- "Laisvės kovos Prisikėlimo apygardoje / Freedom fights in Prisikėlimas military district" (PDF). www.partizanai.org (in Lithuanian).
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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