Pa Baltijas ceļu no Viļņas līdz Rīgai

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In the central part of Panevėžys city.

The exhibition is located in an authentic location – the headquarters of the Panevėžys group of the Lithuanian Reform Movement. Panevėžys members of the Movement have been working here since October 1988.

In 2004, an exhibition dedicated to the resistance to the Soviet occupation and the Lithuanian Movement was opened in the building. The exhibition reveals the scale and forms of the nation's resistance from June 15, 1940 to March 11, 1990, introduces the most important stages and events of the anti-Soviet movement, and the repressions carried out by the Soviets.

In the central part of Panevėžys city.

At the end of the 19th century, the houses built by the famous Panevėžys citizens Moigai were expropriated by the Soviets. In 1940–1941, they housed the headquarters of a Soviet army unit, the NKGB Panevėžys district interrogation department, and the militia. One night in June 1941, the Soviet occupiers tortured three doctors from the Panevėžys hospital and four other people in the basement of this house. In 1944–1953, the NKVD–MVD–MGB Panevėžys district (since 1950, the district) department was located here. Now it is the premises of the Panevėžys Museum of Local Lore.

The exhibition "In the Grip of Occupations" reviews the Nazi and Soviet occupations. It introduces the topics of Jewish and Roma genocide, deportations, and partisan warfare. The section of the exhibition dedicated to 1953–1990 presents the everyday life of life in the "Khrushchevka", Soviet efforts to create a Soviet society and people's resistance to this oppression, and underground activities. You can hear a recording of a radio broadcast secretly listened to from abroad with Soviet interference.

The exhibition "Red Terror" is dedicated to the memory of the victims murdered in the basement of this house and shot near the Panevėžys sugar factory, and to the history of the crimes of the Soviet occupiers. The hopes of free people and their crushing after the Soviets came are allegorically expressed through spaces - the interior of the apartment of the tortured compassionate sister Zinaida Kanis-Kanevičienė from the times of Independent Lithuania and a replica of the NKVD interrogator's office.

10 km from Panevėžys, on the left side of the Panevėžys–Pasvalys road (A10; part of the Via Baltica road E67) (there is an information road sign).

The museum, founded in 2016 on the initiative of aviator and aviation enthusiast Virmantas Puidokas, operates on the territory of the Īstro airfield. The origins of the airfield date back to 1984. At that time, planes used to spread fertilizers or other chemicals on the fields. The museum has outdoor and indoor expositions. The outdoor exposition showcases Soviet-made Su-15, MiG-21, MiG-23 fighter jets, Mi-2, Mi-8 helicopters, and the Czechoslovakian-made L-29 military transport aircraft (all of which were launched in the 1950s and 1960s). The indoor expositions introduce the history of world and Lithuanian aviation, as well as military aviation equipment, tools and paraphernalia from the First, Second World Wars and the Cold War. The equipment of military pilots from various countries, rescue, communications, sound recording and other equipment, and a collection of daggers from the parade uniforms of military air force officers are exhibited.

There are road signs on the eastern edge of the city of Pasvali, near the Via Baltica highway (E67, A10).

in 1989 on August 23, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the signing of the criminal Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and its secret protocols, the capitals of the three Baltic states - Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn - were connected by a live chain at the initiative of the Lithuanian Movement for Reorganization, the Latvian People's Front and the Estonian People's Front. 2 million people joined hands in a chain about 650 km long. This circuit, known as the Baltic Road, is one of the most prominent and memorable events for Soviet-occupied countries in their pursuit of Independence.

Commemorative signs have been erected along the route of the Baltic Road (Vilnius–Ukmergė–Panevėžys–Pasvalys–Saločiai) to commemorate the event. "For this day to be immortalized, everyone will bring something to the roadside memorials. We will pile one stone at a time, as our captivity, to build an altar... Maybe a bag of earth - to fill the mound according to the ancient custom... Maybe a cross..." (writer Kazys Saja, August 17, 1989). The Valley of Crosses on the Baltic Way near Pasvaly is one of the monuments of this memory path.

The history of Kryžių valley began on the eve of the Baltic road, when the citizens of Pasvalya began to build the altar of Freedom here from the stones of the field. August 23 Crosses were placed in the valley by participants from Pasvalis, Akmenė, Joniškėlis, Kretinga, Mosėdis, Pakruoj. Later, crosses were built here to commemorate important events and prominent people, and crosses were erected for the friendly Norwegian and Swedish peoples. in 2024 14 crosses stood in the valley.

The monument to the defenders of Bauska in 1944 was unveiled on September 14, 2012, at the initiative of former Bauska Volunteer Battalion soldier Imants Zeltiņš and with his and the local government's financial support. The red granite stele, which is mounted on a three-tiered concrete base, is engraved with the text: “To the defenders of Bauska against the second Soviet occupation 1944.28.07.-14.09.” and “Latvia must be a Latvian state. Kārlis Ulmanis.” The unveiling of the monument was followed by protests from the Russian and Belarusian Foreign Ministries and local Russian mass media, but in the spring of 2024 the monument was even attacked by vandals. Despite this, a memorial event dedicated to the defenders of Bauska is held at this location every year on September 14 at 2:00 p.m.

At the end of July 1944, as the Soviet troops approached Bauska, there were no significant German forces in the city, which had recently been deep in the rear. The immediate fall of Bauska was prevented by the decisive action of Major Jānis Uļuks, the head of the Bauska district and commander of the guard regiment, who at the end of July formed the Bauska Volunteer Battalion, which consisted of guards of the 13th Bauska Guard Regiment, police officers, as well as volunteers. The battalion took up defensive positions on the banks of the Lielupe River in Jumpravmuiža opposite the Ziedoņi islet and on the first day it had to engage in battle with the attacking Red Army. Initially, the battalion was very poorly armed, and most of its automatic weapons had to be obtained as trophies. A few days later, the 23rd, 319th-F. and 322nd-F. Latvian police battalions also joined the war effort. Until mid-August, the 15th Latvian SS Reserve and Supplement Brigade Battalion, formed from training and medical companies, also participated in the defense of Bauska against the second Soviet occupation. In total, 3,000-4,000 Latvian soldiers participated in the battles for Bauska, who at the end of the battles had to face a tenfold superiority. Soviet troops managed to take Bauska only on September 14, after a month and a half of resistance by Latvian and German soldiers.

The memorial ensemble in the Bauska Castle Garden was opened on the 90th anniversary of the Republic of Latvia – on November 18, 2008. The memorial site was created according to the idea of the Bauska region’s politically repressed club “Rēta”. The two-part grey granite monument was made according to the design of architect Inta Vanaga with the funds of the Bauska city municipality and donors. The text is engraved on it: “To the fighters against the Soviet occupation regime, those arrested, deported and tortured 1940-1990”. Every year on March 25 and June 14, memorial events dedicated to the victims of the deportations of 1941 and 1949 are held at this place

Located in the center of Bauska, near the Bauska Regional Tourist Information Center, Town Hall Square.

The memorial "Synagogue Garden" was created thanks to the initiative of Bauska Jewish descendants in Israel, the USA and Great Britain, donations, and the support of the Bauska Regional Council, Latvian Jewish congregations and communities.

The memorial was designed by sculptor Ģ. Burvis, who is also the author of the V. Plūdonis monument. The memorial was created in the size of the former Great Synagogue of Bauska, the stone figures symbolize Jews coming out of the church after the service. In the center of the memorial is a symbolic bimah, on which is written: “A dedication to the Jews of Bauska, who lived here for centuries and built this city, and who were killed in 1941 by the Nazis and their local assistants. Honoring the memory of the Jewish people – the descendants of the Jews of Bauska and the people of Bauska. In 1935, almost 800 Jews lived in Bauska. After the Nazi occupation in July 1941, many Jews were arrested, deported, and approximately 700 were shot. The Great Synagogue of Bauska was destroyed during World War II.

The Iecava Freedom Monument is located in Iecava Park, on the banks of the ancient valley of the Iecava River.

The idea for the monument was developed by the pastor of the Iecava-Lambārte parish and a participant in the Freedom Struggles, Jānis Lūsis. It was carved into stone in 1936 by sculptor Pēteris Bandess. The monument is dedicated to the Latvian soldiers who fell in the freedom struggle. During the Soviet occupation, the monument was blown up, but not destroyed, it was restored in 1988. In 2018, the monument was included in the State List of Protected Cultural Monuments.

On November 11, 2018, a memorial plaque was unveiled in Iecava Park to five knights of the Lāčplēsis War Order, who were born in the former Iecava region. The five commemorated are: General Verners Tepfers, Lieutenant Colonel Jēkabs Jurševskis, Captains Nikolajs Pļavnieks and Herberts Tepfers, as well as Corporal Jēkabs Klauss. The granite stele was created as part of the project “Remember Lāčplēšis” dedicated to the centenary of the state of Latvia. Honoring the soldiers who fell in the Latvian War of Independence.