Vincas Vitkauskas

Vitkáuskas Vincas 04 10 1890 Uzbaliai (Pajevonys Township ) March 3, 1965 Kaunas, a war activist of the Republic of Lithuania and the LSSR.Division General (1939). Mobilized to the Russian Army in 1916, he graduated from the Alexei Military School in Moscow. 1917-18 participated in World War I. In 1918 he returned to Lithuania, in 1919 he volunteered for his army, participated in independence struggles with Bermontians

, 1920 - with Polish military units (War of Independence

). 1922–23 Local Army Brigade

the Chief of Staff. 01.01.1923 participated in the uprising of Klaipeda region

. 1923-25 ​​Chief of Division 1, Military District III. Since 1927 he has been a lecturer of the courses of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas of the High Officers. In 1930 he graduated from the Higher Army Chiefs Course and was appointed Chief of the Infantry Division of the Army Inspectorate. He was commander of the 1st Infantry Division of 1939 and a member of the Vilnius team who participated in the march to Vilnius. June 14, 1940 At the meeting of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania discussing the ultimatum of the Soviet Union to Lithuania

spoke out against resistance to the USSR army.

June 15, 1940 After the occupation of Lithuania by the USSR, he also served as Minister of National Defense, June 17, 08, 1940, the so-called People's Government

Minister of National Defense. July 12, 1940 dismissed from the army. August 08, 1940 the so-called People's Seimas

Member of the Delegation to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for the reception of the USSR in the Soviet Union. From August 27, 1940, he was the chairman of the Central Liquidation Commission of the Ministry of National Defense of Lithuania, and since September 09, 1940 - the Twenty-Ninth Territorial Rifle Corps of the USSR Armed Forces

commander; lieutenant general (1940). 1941-46 Senior lecturer at the USSR Armed Forces General Staff Academy in Moscow. 1946-50 Chief of the military department of Kaunas University, 1950-54 Kaunas Polytechnic Institute. 1950 Joins the CPSU. 1941-54 Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, 1955-63. Wrote articles on military topics. Vytis Cross 5 (1920), Vytis Cross II Type 1 (1926), Vytautas the Great 3 (1930) and Gediminas 3 (1934).