Monument "In Memory of the Partisans and Freedom Fights of the Samogitian Region"
Memorial site

The monument standing in Telšiai Independence Square is dedicated to the partisans of the Samogitian region and the Freedom Struggles. Interestingly, impressive monuments have been erected in various Lithuanian cities to commemorate the activities of the partisan districts that operated in that region.

Samogitian Region – a partisan region established in 1945 that united the participants of the Lithuanian resistance in Telšiai, Kretinga, Mažeikiai counties and part of Tauragė county. People of the Lithuanian Freedom Army had been very active in North-Western Lithuania since mid-1944, and the military tradition was very strong here. Fighters who did not belong to the LLA were accepted into the active and organizational sectors.

The district published the newspapers "Voice of Freedom", "Fighting Lithuanian", "Prayer in the Forest". It had three detachments - Karda, Alka and Šatrija. The district headquarters was destroyed on August 29, 1953. The last partisan of the district, Pranas Končius-Adomas, died on July 6, 1965.

The monument consists of a column on a pedestal with a relief composition of crosses in the lower part and inscriptions dedicated to the memory of the partisans. The author is the famous sculptor Regimantas Midvikis, who created many famous sculptures in various Lithuanian cities, including the monument to King Mindaugas in Vilnius.