Feliksas Baltušis-Žemaitis
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Feliksas Baltušis-Žemaitis (eng. Feliks Baltushis-Zhemaitis, rus. Балтушис-Жемайтис Феликс Рафаилович) (November 30, 1897) Apydimų village., Telšių county., Russian Empire – (June 1, 1957) in Moscow (USSR) – Lithuanian army brigade general, Red Army major general. Lecturer of Frunze Military Academy (1935-1940). Docent (1940). Senior lecturer of General Staff Academy (1940-1941, 1943-1945. Chief of Supreme Command Courses (1945-1947).
Belongs to that part of Lithuanian officers raised in tsars army (V.Putna, J.Uborevičius, V.Penkaitis), who later went to serve in the Red Army. Participated in First World War, Russian Civil War, Hamburg Uprising, Second World War. He is the only Lithuanian who taught in a prestigious Frunze Military Academy and General Staff Academy (it is roughly the equivalent of the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, KS or the British Army's Staff College, Camberley.
1940 Commander in Chief of Lithuanian army
1942-1943 Commanding Officer 16th Lithuanian Rifle Division
Awards
2 Orders of the Red Star
2 Orders of Lenin
Different medals
References
- ЦАМО, г.Подольск Моск. обл. Личное дело генерал-майора Балтушис-Жемайтиса Ф.Р.
- Журнал «Военно-исторический архив» №№3,4,5. за 2007 г. Статья «История семьи в документах» Жемайтиса О.Ф.
- Mokslų akademijos biblioteka, Vilnius, 328 fondas (Baltušis-Žemaitis)
Sources
http://www.generals.dk/general/Baltushis-Zhemaitis/Feliks_Rafailovich/Soviet_Union.html
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