Russian Foreign Ministry - МИД России - #NATO #USSR #ForestBrothers #Lithuania #Latvia #Estonia #BalticStates #Baltic #WWII #WW2 How the Lithuanian "forest brothers" celebrated the New Year: from the daily operational reports of the USSR Interior Ministry ・On the night of December 29, new settler peasants Pavelyunas, 63, and Aleknavichene, 60, were killed by bandits in the village of Dvoryuki, Linkuv Volost. ・On the night of December 30, peasants with middle income Marta Dapshene, her two sons, a daughter and a four-year-old grandson, were killed by bandits in the village of Musdeiki, Tauraginskaya Volost. ・On the night of December 30, in the village of Kroklyai, Pandela Volost, bandits killed poor peasants I. Nikshkis, his wife and mother-in-law, and I. Cherniauskas, A. Mikolauskas and his wife. ・In the village of Jeni bandits killed the mother of the soldier of the extermination battalion Yukneney, the wife and niece of the poor peasant named Shark. The former was wounded. ・On the night of December 30, in the village of Pasvalich, the Pabirzhsky Volost, members of the ANTANNAISIS bandit group killed peasant Chetvergis and his wife. During the attack, Chetvergis resisted the bandits and wounded one of them. ・On the night of December 30, 1946, poor peasants were killed by bandits in the village of Budvetse, Pasvonsky Volost: Komsomol member Groshulis, demobilized from the Soviet Army Yushkyavichus and Karpovichus, as well as kulak Majulaitis. ・On December 30, at 6 pm, in the village of Davgini, Padubiskaya Volost, in the house of the chairman of the village council Baranauskas, bandits killed Baranauskasand the Komsomol organizer Selenis, who was in his house. The bandits seized Selenis’ automatic rifle. ・On the night of December 31, in the village of Staidelishki, Lazdi Volost, members of the Grodis bandit group killed Klimas and wounded Gozyalis, both Komsomol members and poor peasants. The bandits burned down the house of Klimas. ・On the night of December 31, 1946, in the village of Rokishechki, Rokiski Volost, members of the Sakalas gang killed a middle-income peasant Murenkov, who was registered as an accessory of the band according to the records of the Interior Ministry. ・On December 31, in the village of Viltraktiai, Zhvirgaiychsky Volost, the operative of the Paezheral District of the Interior Ministry, junior lieutenant Sokas, who was returning from vacation, was killed by bandits. ・On the night of January 1, in the Deltuva Volost, the house of the chairman of the village council P. Pichulis was shot at by bandits. Pichulis and the secretary of the village council Bochulis who was in his house fought back killing two bandits in a gunfight, one of whom was Krykshtonis. On our side, Pichulis was killed and Bochulis was wounded. The house of Pichulis was burned down by the bandits. ・On the same night, middle-income peasant P. Gruzhinskas was killed by the same bandits. ・On the night of January 1, in the village of Vembutai, Telshay Volost, during a party in the house of citizen Velavichus, bandit Vaseliauskas killed middle-income peasant S. Pavlauskas. ・On the night of January 1, in the village of Stankuny, Shventugerskoy Volost, middle-income peasant V. Matulyavicus was killed by bandits. ・On the night of January 1, peasants Trakimavichus, Levandauskas and his wife who were registered with the Interior Ministry as accessories to the bandits were killed by bandits in the village of Saknevo, Vainskaya Volosts. ・On the night of January 1, in the village Bulinay, Kartensky Volost, poor peasants P. Lubis, whose son works as the secretary of the village council, was killed by bandits. ・On the night of January 1, in the village of Meteli, Seyrsky Volost, poor peasants Yakusinskas, his wife and two daughters were killed by bandits. ・On January 1, in the village of Bobry, Shventugerskaya Volost, the new settler peasant Mitskiavichus, his wife and daughter, as well as the previously legalized bandit Yurolenis and kulak Dulskene, who was registered as a bandit accessory, were killed by bandits. ・On January 1, at 4 am, in the village of Pokvitse, the Zhidik Volost, the chairman of the precinct election commission I. Griblyauskas a member of KP (b) L, his wife and daughter, 13 years old, were killed by bandits. ・On the night of January 2, in the village of Azhubali, the Yodup Volost, bandits killed in his house middle-income peasant I. Pashkevichus . ・On the night of January 2, at the Konstantinovka farm, Krynchinsky Volost, new settler peasant I. Kasparavichus was killed by bandits. ・On January 2, in the village of Griboshi, Rudyu Volost, a middle-income peasant S. Belyaev, an ethnic Russian , was killed by bandits in his house. ・On January 2, in the village of Podzhy, Utena Volost, bandits killed three children of the peasant Plansansis, aged 15, 12 and 10, in their home. The whereabouts of Palanskis and his wife is unknown. *Comment: In all, during the New Year holidays of 1947, Lithuanian "forest brothers" killed 53 people, including at least 5 minor children. Soviet and party workers accounted for only 6 out of 53 killed, Russians 2 out of 53. Source: Historical Memory Foundation

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