Edvardas Adamkevičius
Edvardas Adamkevičius (born March 30, 1888 in Pikeliai, Mažeikiai County , † May 10, 1957 in Worcester ) was a Lithuanian general in the interwar period with the rank of division general .
From 1912 to 1918 he served in the Russian army , where he graduated from the Petersburg Military School in 1914. On October 23, 1918, he moved to the newly established Lithuanian Army . In 1919 he was briefly chief of the general staff . Then he led various units, first a battalion , regiment and, after graduating from a military academy in 1930 , divisions . In the course of his career he was involved in military clashes against the Red Army and against Polish troops .
On November 25, 1939, Edvardas Adamkevičius was a representative of the Republic of Lithuania at the official welcome of the occupying Red Army in Paneriai , the Soviet Union being represented by N. Pozdniakow, the division commanders Jeriomin and Korobkov and the military attaché Korotkich. After the annexation of Lithuania to the USSR, Adamkevičius was transferred to the reserve . In 1944 he fled to Germany with the retreating Wehrmacht and emigrated to the USA in 1949 , where he died on May 10, 1957.
literature
- Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija , vol. 1, p. 73.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adamkevičius, Edvardas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pikeliai, Mažeikiai County |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 1957 |
| Place of death | Worcester |