Birthplace of Gen. P. Plechavičius Memorial site
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In the village of Bukančiai, Mažeikiai district, there is a memorial stone on a lawn near a small pond. This stone marks the birthplace of Lithuanian Army General Povilas Plechavičius.
Povilas Plechavičius was a Lithuanian army general, famous for his battles against the Bolsheviks and Bermontists. P. Plechavičius organized volunteer partisan units in Samogitia to fight against the Bolshevik and Bermontist forces, with whom he fought in the Seda, Mažeikiai, Kretinga and Telšiai areas. He led the coup d'état in Lithuania on 17 December 1926, during which President Antanas Smetona came to power. From 1927 he was the Chief of the General Staff of the Lithuanian Army. After the USSR occupied Lithuania in 1940, P. Plechavičius retreated to Germany, but returned to Lithuania in 1941. In 1944, P. Plechavičius founded the Local Squad - a Lithuanian volunteer military unit to fight against Soviet partisans and Home Army fighters in Lithuania.
There is no sign of the general's native homestead, but an information stand in Lithuanian and English has been erected near the memorial stone. Information signs lead from the main road to this place.
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Povilas Plechavičius – Lithuanian army general, famous for his battles against the Bolsheviks and Bermontites. After returning to Lithuania from Russia on 25 July 1918, P. Plechavičius settled in Samogitia and organized volunteer partisan units to fight against the Bolshevik and Bermontite forces, with whom he fought in the areas of Seda, Mažeikiai, Kretinga and Telšiai.