Tauras military district

Tauras military district (also Tauras partisans military district) is a military district of Lithuanian partisans which operated in 1945–1951 in the Suvalkija ethnographic region – counties of Marijampolė, Šakiai, Vilkaviškis and in the left bank of the Nemunas river in counties of Alytus and Kaunas.[1] One of the most important partisan districts. It is named after aurochs - tauras in Lithuanian.

A monument to partisans of Tauras military district in Šilavotas
Partisans of the district in 1945

Leaders

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Name and surname Nom de guerre Since Till
Leonas Taunys Kovas 1945 August  1945 October
Zigmas Drunga Mykolas 1946 October 1946 June
Antanas Baltūsis Žvejas 1946 July 1948 February
Jonas Aleščikas Rimantas 1948 April 1948 August
Aleksandras Grybinas Faustas 1948 August 1949 September
Viktoras Vitkauskas Saidokas 1949 October 1951 February
Juozas Jankauskas Demonas 1951 April 1952 June

Structure of Lithuanian partisans' organisation

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LLKS
Western Lithuania (Jūra) regionSouthern Lithuania (Nemunas) regionEastern Lithuania (King Mindaugas) region
Žemaičiai military districtPrisikėlimas military districtKęstutis military districtTauras military districtDainava military districtAlgimantas military districtVytautas military districtVytis military districtDidžioji Kova military district
AlkaMaironisVaidotasVytautasDzūkaiŽaliojiTigrasKrikštaponis
ŠatrijaDuke ŽvelgaitisBirutėŽalgirisŠarūnasŠarūnasLiūtasBriedis
KardasJuozapavičiusButageidisGeležinis vilkasKazimieraitisDuke MargirisLokys
Lietuvos žalioji

References

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  1. ^ "The partisan military districts of the Lithuanian freedom fighters". genocid.lt. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
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