Gudai Water Mill (battle site) Battle site
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The wooden Gudų water mill stands on the bank of the Virvytė River. It was built in 1922 by the Latvian family of Vilis and Alvina Jungas. The Gudų mill was famous for its power, customers came from as far as Telšiai to grind grain. At the end of World War II, the mill owners left Lithuania.
At the end of World War II, the mill owners left Lithuania. On September 30, 1946, the mill also became part of the history of the Freedom Struggles: an armed clash between the partisans of the Vytis unit and soldiers and militiamen took place near it, which ended in a partisan victory. During the battle, the partisans, disguised as Soviet militiamen, set fire to a barn where Soviet officers were hiding at the time. When they started to flee from the burning barn, 4 officers of Soviet structures were killed. The unit was led by Pranas Beleckis-Milnikas.
Currently, a hydroelectric power plant operates at the mill.
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Pranas Beleckas-Malūnininkas, a former non-commissioned officer of the Lithuanian Army, became famous as the brave commander of the Vytis detachment of the Šatrija detachment of the Samogitian region, under whose leadership the partisans organized a brave attack near the Gudai mill.