Pa Baltijas ceļu no Viļņas līdz Rīgai
Day 1.
180 km
Viļņa - Moletai - Paņevēža
Practical info
- Maršruts ir domāts kā padomdevējs - kā optimālāk apceļot reģionu vai valsti, vai divas valstis ar mērķi iepazīt to militāro mantojumu;
- Braucējam pašam ir jāizplāno – cik no ieteiktajiem objektiem un vietām viņš vienas dienas laikā var iepazīt;
- Pirms ceļojuma ir jānoskaidro apskates vietu (muzeju, kolekciju, fortifikācijas u.c. objektu) darba laiks;
- Vietās, kur ir iepriekšēja pieteikšanās (vietējie gidi, privātas kolekcijas, cits), ir jāpiesaka vizīte, norādot datumu un laiku. Ja ceļojums tiek atcelts, ir jāinformē pieteiktās vietas;
- Naktsmītnes ir jārezervē laicīgi. Vasaras sezonā, īpaši jūras piekrastē naktsmītnes var būt nepieejamas. Daļa no ēdināšanas uzņēmumiem ziemas sezonā var nestrādāt;
- Ceļojumam izvēlieties ne tikai vasaru, bet arī citus gadalaikus;
- Latvijas – Lietuvas – Igaunijas robežas pa autoceļiem var šķērsot brīvi bez ierobežojumiem un jebkurā diennakts laikā. Iebraucot no vienas valsts otrā ir jābūt līdzi ID kartei vai pasei;
- Apmeklējiet tūrisma informācijas centrus, kur var iegūt papildus informāciju, bukletus, kartes.
Sights
Memorial of January 13th of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
In the city of Vilnius, near the Second Chamber of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
in 1991 In January, due to the efforts of Lithuanian people who sought freedom and defended it, the Lithuanian Parliament House was surrounded by barricades. The barricades were an attempt to protect themselves from the military aggression of the Soviet Union at that time - Soviet attempts to carry out a coup d'état in Lithuania and restore Soviet power. It surrounded the parliament until 1992. the end in 1993 near the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, a kind of memorial was created from some barricades and other relics - a monument dedicated to the sacrifice of the people of Lithuania.
January 13 - the most tragic day of 1991. the event of January, when the Soviet army and special units occupied the Lithuanian Radio and Television building and the Television Tower, 14 defenders of freedom were killed and about 600 people were injured - the Memorial Day of the Defenders of Freedom was declared. As the tenth anniversary of the Freedom Defenders Day approaches, it was decided to protect the aforementioned composition by installing the January 13 memorial. The memorial was unveiled in 2008.
The memorial preserves the authentic 1991 a fragment of the parliament barricades, a chapel with St. with the image of the Virgin Mary, exhibited during the 1991 objects brought by people after the events of January, the events of the defense of Lithuania's independence are introduced. It is said that this is perhaps the only monument of this type in the world, which gives meaning to the defense of the independence of the parliament and the state.
Monument to the Soldiers killed for Lithuania‘s Freedom in 1920
The monument is located in the town of Giedraičiai.
On June 19, 1932, a monument to those who died for the freedom of Lithuania was unveiled in Giedraičiai. The initiators of the construction of the monument were the residents of Giedraičiai – the artist and author of the monument Antanas Jaroševičius, priest Meigys, Malvina Valeikienė and Matas Valeika, who supported the Lithuanian soldiers in battle, the Širvintos society and the Lithuanian army collected 11,000 litas for the monument. The invitation to donate for the construction of the monument states that the monument is being built “to honor the victory and for our eternal joy, it will remind us of the historical significance of that place, and will also show respect for the soldiers buried in Giedraičiai.”
The unveiling ceremony of the monument was pompous, attended by the President of the Republic of Lithuania A. Smetona, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, representatives of the 2nd, 4th, 7th, 9th regiments and officers who participated in the battles in Giedraičiai. Flowers were dropped from warplanes at the monument, a prominent Lithuanian figure and one of the organizers of the monument's construction Malvina Valeikienė read out the names of the Lithuanian soldiers who died at Giedraičiai, she was awarded the 3rd degree Order of the Cross of Vytis, and the flag of the local rifle unit was consecrated at the monument. In 1962–1964. by order of the Soviet administration, an unsuccessful attempt was made to demolish the monument, and later it was declared a historical monument.
A stylised cannon commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Giedraičiai
200 m after turning off road 172 from the town of Giedraičiai.
On November 21, 2020, a monument created by sculptor Džiugas Jurkūnas was unveiled on a hill at the site of the Battle of Giedraičiai to commemorate the victory. The monument reinterprets the interwar battles of the Lithuanian Army with the Polish Army, aiming to abandon the conflict narrative and emphasize the significance of the union of the two states in the context of current events. The rust-covered cannon depicts the strong union between Lithuania and Poland, who fought a hundred years ago. The sides of the monument describe the situation at the time, mention the units of the Lithuanian and Polish armies that participated in it, and briefly present the course of the battle. The monument was built at the initiative and with the funds of the Lithuanian Army.
Eastern Lithuania (King Mindaugas) region Lithuanian partisan command post
After passing the Anrioniškis town cemetery (there are signs).
This hideout housed the Eastern Lithuanian (King Mindaugas) regional headquarters of the Lithuanian partisans from 1944 to 1949. In the summer of 1944, Balys Žukauskas founded the hideout with his brothers Petras and Juozas Jovaišas and began hiding from the mobilization into the Red Army announced in 1944. At the end of 1945, Antanas Slučka-Šarūnas began visiting the hideout, who was the first to establish a partisan detachment in the Troškūnai area, and later united the partisans of Rokiškis, Anykščiai, Kavarskas, Troškūnai and Andrioniškis into the Šarūnas detachment. In 1947, A. Slučka-Šarūnas became the commander of the Algimantas regional district, and in 1949, the commander of the Eastern Lithuanian region. This means that from 1949, the hideout became the headquarters of the Eastern Lithuanian region. The hideout, which had successfully sheltered partisans for five years, was betrayed on October 28, 1949. After MGB military units surrounded the homestead, the partisans hiding there blew themselves up, refusing to surrender.
Currently, a bunker has survived, a cross has been erected, and a monument to the dead has been erected.
Monument dedicated to Algimantas Military District partisans
In the center of the town of Troškūnai, Anykščiai district, next to the Holy Trinity Church.
During the partisan war of 1944–1953, the territory of Lithuania was divided into 9 partisan districts. In 1947–1950, the Lithuanian partisan Algimantas district operated in the Panevėžys and Anykščiai areas, the establishment of which is closely linked to Troškūnas. The residents of this town organized partisan units in Aukštaitija. The first commander of the Algimantas district, Antanas Slučka-Šarūnas, was born and lived in Troškūnas.
In 1996, at the initiative of the Lithuanian Genocide and Resistance Research Center, a monument was erected in Troškūnai dedicated to the partisans of Algimantas County. The author of the monument was sculptor Jonas Jagėla and architect Audronė Kiausinienė. The main part of the monument is a black stone gate, which symbolizes those who left to defend the Homeland and did not return. The bronze crosses installed on the sides of the gate symbolize the Christian faith, and the bronze sword, like the sword of the archangel St. Michael, symbolizes the light of faith and hope. In the square in front of the monument, black stone slabs commemorate three Algimantas County teams - Šarūnas, Žaliojis and Duke Margis.
Places to eat
- Viļņā, sk. govilnius.lt.
- Restorāns "Atradimai", Moletai
- Panevēžā, sk. truelithuania.com
Places to stay
- Viļņā, sk. govilnius.lt.
- Hotel Vila Kelmyne, Moletai
- Panevēžā, sk. truelithuania.com