Konstantin Kleschinsky

Klescinskis Konstantinas, Klescinskas 01 01 1879 Yelizavetpol (now Gəncə, Azerbaijan)June 1, 1927, Kaunas, a Russian and Lithuanian war figure. Lieutenant General (1922). From the Lithuanian expat family. He graduated from Moscow Military School 1 in 1901 and served in the Russian Army. 1904-05 Participant in the Japan-Russia war. In 1909 he graduated from the General Staff Academy and became an officer in the General Staff. Participant in World War I. As of July 7, 1915, was the chief of staff of the 114 Infantry Division; colonel (1915). 1915-18 was German captive. He served in the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces from 12 to 19 May 1919. Joined the Lithuanian Armed Forces on May 5, 1919 on the proposal of the Lithuanian National Defense Minister (he did not have a General Staff officer)

in combat with the Soviet Russian Army, was commander of the Second Brigade; colonel (1919). From 11 November 1919, Assistant to the Chief of General Staff, from 1920 to Quartermaster General, to Chief of General Staff, from 1921 to 1 Assistant to the Chief, 1st Infantry Division. In 1923, he was released to the reserve, acquired Lithuanian citizenship and, after receiving land, remained in Lithuania. Director of Cement Plant in Šiauliai. 1924 Representatives of the USSR in Kaunas recruited as an agent of the NKVD, provided information on Lithuanian political life and the army. Arrested on May 19, 1927, shot by a military court.