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Pranas Liatukas
Pranas Liatukas (29 January 1876 – 2 September 1945) was a Lithuanian lieutenant general. He was the acting Chief of Defence (Lithuania), commander of the Lithuanian Army from 7 October 1919 to 23 February 1920. At the same time, he acted as the Ministry of National Defence (Lithuania), minister of defence. In 1902, Liatukas volunteered for the Russian Imperial Army and attended the Vilnius Military School. During World War I, he fought with the 80th Infantry Division (Russian Empire), 80th Infantry Division in the Southwestern Front (Russian Empire), Southwestern Front. He was shell shocked three times, but received Russian military orders and was promoted to ''polkovnik'' in September 1917. In 1918, he returned to Lithuania and volunteered for the newly established Lithuanian Army and became Chief of the Defence Staff (Lithuania), Chief of the Defence Staff on 24 December 1918. In March 1919, Liatukas became commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment (Lithuania), 2nd Infantry Regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lieutenant General
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a captain general. In modern armies, lieutenant general normally ranks immediately below general (or colonel general) and above major general; it is equivalent to the navy rank of vice admiral, and in air forces with a separate rank structure, it is equivalent to air marshal. In the United States, a lieutenant general has a three star insignia and commands an army corps, typically made up of three army divisions, and consisting of around 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers. The seeming incongruity that a lieutenant general outranks a major general (whereas a major outranks a lieutenant) is due to the derivation of major general from sergeant major general, which was a rank subordinate to lieutenant general (as a lieutenan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
80th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)
The 80th Infantry Division (, ''80-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya'') was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army The Imperial Russian Army () was the army of the Russian Empire, active from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was organized into a standing army and a state militia. The standing army consisted of Regular army, regular troops and .... Organization *1st Brigade **317th Infantry Regiment **318th Infantry Regiment *2nd Brigade **319th Infantry Regiment **320th Infantry Regiment *80th Artillery Brigade References {{Russian Empire Divisions Infantry divisions of the Russian Empire Military units and formations disestablished in 1918 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progymnasium In Palanga
Palanga Progymnasium () was a progymnasium (middle school) that operated from 1886 to 1915 in Palanga, then part of the Russian Empire. It was a four-class Russian school for boys sponsored by graf . Several notable Lithuanians attended the school, including four signatories of the Act of Independence of Lithuania. History In 1886, graf established the progymnasium (four-class school) in place of a German-language town school. Tyszkiewicz financed the school, but it had same rights as a government school. The school belonged to the . At the time, Palanga was a small remote town with no railway connections. The school had 100 to 150 students. It taught religion, Latin, Greek, French, Russian languages, Russian literature, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, ancient and Russian history, natural sciences, drawing, cursive, singing, gymnastics. After graduation, a number of students continued to study at Kaunas Priest Seminary or other schools, most frequently in Jelgava Gymnasium or Lie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
