Baltijos keliu nuo Vilniaus iki Rygos
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Exposition on the Resistance to Soviet Occupation and Sąjūdis at the Panevėžys Local Lore Museum
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.
...Expositions “Okupacijų gniaužtuose” (“In Squeeze of Occupations”) and “Raudonasis teroras” (“Red Terror”) at the Panevėžys Local Lore Museum
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...
“Įstra” Aviation Museum
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...
Cross Valley to Commemorate the Baltic Way
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...
Monument to the defenders of Bauska against the Soviet occupation in 1944 in the Palace Garden
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...
Memorial ensemble for those who fought against Soviet occupation and victims of communist repression in the garden of Bauska Palace
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
Memorial "Synagogue Garden"
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.
...Iecava Freedom Monument
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...