The Mikniai-Petreciai homestead in Radviliskis district has become a place of the memorial opened in the honor of the Union of Lithuanian Freedom Fighters 16 February 1949 Declaration announcement Memorial, consisting of the reconstructed bunker of the Lithuanian Partisan High Command, the barn above it and a monument erected next to the bunker. The monument, created by sculptor Jonas Jagela, commemorates the names of all 8 partisans who signed the Declaration of Freedom.

During the period of 2-22 February 1949, in the Radviliskis district village of Menaiciai (now Minaiciai), in the homestead of Stanislovas Miknius, the Resurrection district commander L. Grigonis-Uzpalis bunker, the venue of a congress of Lithuanian partisan commanders was held. During the convention the  Movement for the Struggle for Lithuanian Freedom  (hereinafter - LLKS) the 16 February 1949 Declaration has been adopted.

During the period of 2-22 February 1949, in the Radviliskis district village of Menaiciai (now Minaiciai), in the homestead of Stanislovas Miknius, the Resurrection district commander L. Grigonis-Uzpalis bunker, the venue of a congress of Lithuanian partisan commanders was held. During the convention the  Movement for the Struggle for Lithuanian Freedom  (hereinafter - LLKS) the 16 February 1949 Declaration has been adopted.

In 1949, on February 2-22, the commanders of all Lithuanian partisan warfare districts held a convention here and signed the Declaration of the  Movement for the Struggle for Lithuanian Freedom on February 16. Partisan representatives from all over Lithuania participated in the congress: Jonas Žemaitis-Vytautas, Adolfonsas Ramanauskas-Vanagas, Leonardas Grigonis-Užpalis, Juozas sibaila-Merainis, Vytautas Gužas-Kardas, Aleksandras Grybinas-Faustas, Petras Bartkus-Zadgaila and Bronius Liesis-Naktis. The bunker has been authentically restored and a barn has been built over it.

From October 1949 to January 1950, the headquarters of the Public Part of the Lithuanian Freedom Struggle Movement (LLKS) was located in the Sajai homestead of the Lithuanian partisan liaisons in the former room and barn, in the hiding-place bunker, which was dug in 1949. A monument rock is located near the Sajai homestead of the Lithuanian partisan liasons, built through the actions of the A memorial stone has been erected thanks to the care of the Radviliskis branch of the Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees (hereinafter - LPKTS). A chapel statue &qoute;Rupintojelis&qoute; is unveiled on the initiative of the Radviliskis Public Library in the year 2019. The author of the sculpture, folk artist Edmundas Gaubas.

From October 1949 to January 1950, the headquarters of the Public Part of the  Movement for the Struggle for Lithuanian Freedom operated in the Sajai homestead, and the LLKS newspaper &qoute;Prie rymancio Rupintojelio&qoute; for the partisans of all of Lithuania was prepared and printed. On February 8-9, 1949, preparatory meetings were held in the village of Menaiciai prior to the LLKS congress.

In the courtyard of the NKVD-MVD-MGB subdivision of Radviliskis region and the building of the Strybai headquarters, which was in operation from 1944 to 1953 the remains of Partisans who died in the Radviliskis area were desecrated. The memorial site is marked by a memorial stone erected on 29 September 1993 in memory of the partisans who were despised here.

On 14 June 2012, the Day of Mourning and Hope, Radviliskis residents were presented with a symbol of the Lithuanian nation's exile - an authentic train carriage of the deportation trains that transported our compatriots to Siberia.

On 14 June 2012, the Day of Mourning and Hope, a symbol of the Lithuanian nation's exile was presented - an authentic train wagon of the deportation trains that transported our compatriots to Siberia. The wagon is equipped with an authentic stove, the heat of which was used to warm the exiles on board, and a place where people have tended to their natural urges. The restorers decided to install only part of the bunks, leaving the rest for the exhibition.

Facts prove that the Radviliskis railway station, which has stood for a hundred and a half years, has always been the beginning of the great road for thousands of people in this region, and during the tragic years of exile - a place of farewell to the homeland. A station complex consisting of a railway station, an outbuilding, a locomotive depot and a water tower. In 2012, a symbol of the exile of the Lithuanian people was installed next to the railway station - an authentic carriage of the deportation train that transported our compatriots to Siberia. The Independence Oak, commemorating the victory over the Bermontists in 1919, grows in front of the railway station.

The station complex, consisting of a railway station, an outbuilding, a locomotive depot and a water tower, was entered into the Register of Cultural Property of the Republic of Lithuania in 2005. the year 1994, thanks to the care of the Radviliskis branch of the LPKTS, a memorial plaque has been erected in memory of the residents of Radviliskis and its surroundings who were deported from this railway station in 1941, and during the period of 1944-1952.

The grave of Lithuanian partisans in the new cemetery in Radviliskis is an example of the unity that should exist. After all, according to the leaders of the district, those people who died and were buried, thrown into wells with their hands tied, died for the sake of a united, free Lithuania. The names of the 59 dead are engraved on black granite slabs. The project was designed by architect Viktoras Kunickas.

In the year 1949, The Battle of Užpelkiai is one of the most important battles fought in the territory of the Resurrection District. The site of the battle and death is located in the middle part of block 31 of Užpelkiai forest.

The monument is dedicated to the memory of the partisans who fought and died in the Resurrection District in 1944-1953. The monument was designed by sculptor Romanas Kazlauskas and architects Arunas Paslaitis and Viktorija Marija Paslaityte. The author's idea is that the symbol of the bird was chosen because the partisans were called falcons of the forest.

A memorial stone and a plaque testify that an MGB crew was stationed at the homestead of Antanas Mecionis in this place, Antaniskes. The two wells in the farmhouse were used to dump bodies of the people who died in the camp set up in the Užpelkiai forest on 13 August 1949 in the battles with the MGB soldiers, namely the signatory of the 16 February 1949 Declaration, Secretary of the Presidium of the Council of the LLKS, Partisan Major Petras Bartkus-Žadgayla, 16 February 1949 Declaration signatory , member of the Presidium of the Council of the LLKS, partisan captain Bronis Liesis-Nakties, chief of staff of the Resurrection District Vytautas Jonas sniuolis-Svajunas, and the partisans Aitvariukas and Girenas. The monument was unveiled on 29 September 1993.

In the year 1999, In the centre of Radviliskis, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the victory over the Bermontians, a sculpture of the goddess of victory, Nike, is unveiled (author Petras Mazuras), which symbolises the idea of freedom and victory of the nation, and the sword in her hands symbolizes gratitude and respect to those people who fought for the independence of Lithuania.

The Independence Oak, commemorating the victory over the Bermontians, grows in Radviliskis. The oak tree was planted in front of the railway station in November 1919 by Lithuanian volunteer soldiers, a few days after the victory over the Bermontians. This is how they commemorated their victory.

It is believed that the decisive battles against the Bermontians took place at this mill on 21-22 November 1919. In the year 1989, a roof pillar was erected at the end of Basanaviciaus street, next to the mill, and a grove of 70 oak trees was planted. In 2010 and 2014, reconstructions of the battles of Radviliskis against the Bermontinians took place here.

According to various stories, the Radviliskis windmill marks the site of a very significant historical event - the fateful battles of the Lithuanian army against the Bermontians. The fighting began at 3am on 21 November 1919. Victory in the Battle of Radviliskis accelerated the withdrawal of the Bermontians from Lithuania.

The Catholic parish cemetery of Radviliskis, commonly known as the Old Cemetery of Radviliskis. At the gate of the cemetery, there is a magnificent monument to the Lithuanian volunteer soldiers, made of boulders in 1930, commemorating the young local heroes Jonas Jaraminas and Gracijonas Sakalauskas, who died in the 1919 battle with the Bermontists near Radviliskis.

The monument is dedicated to those who died for Lithuania's independence. The monument in the centre of Baisogala is authentic to the old one. The unveiling of the monument took place on 30 December 1989.

The monument is dedicated to the memory of the partisans of the Green line (later the Lithuanian Green Line of the Resurrection District) who lived in the village of Aukstelkai and died in its surroundings in 1945-1950.

One of the sites of the November 1919 battles with the Bermontians. In this cemetery, you can find not only many Russian surnames, but also Polish and Lithuanian surnames carved on tombstones. It is thought that the Russians came here when the railway was being built, as a large number of specialists in this field were called upon at the time.

The commemorative sign is dedicated to the memory of five partisans of the Kadagis unit of the Žalioji detachment of the Prisikėlimo District of Lithuania, Pranas Paluckas-Kadagis, Petras Mickus-Zubris, Aleksas Gabenis-Slapukas, Algirdas Gabenis-Puodas, and Valerijonas Umbras, who were killed in the battle with the MGB troops and the Stribai of the MGB departments of the Šeduva and Baisogola districts in the Radvilonys forest on October 22, 1948. The memorial sign was erected by the Lithuanian Population and Resistance Research Centre on 4 August 2005.

The remains of three unknown Lithuanian partisans were buried here. The burial place is marked by a memorial stone erected in 1993.

The remains of an unknown partisan (?) were buried here. The burial site is marked by a wooden cross erected in 1990 to commemorate the memory of the partisans who were buried in the Radviliškis area.

On 7 July 1951, six partisans of the Prisikėlimo district, Maironis detachment, were killed in the Tyruliai forest when soldiers of the MGB internal security detachment discovered a partisan bunker. Among them, the following are known: Leonas Caporkus-Zirgūnas, the commander of the Gediminas detachment, who guarded the headquarters of the Maironis detachment, Kostas Kudokas-Baltaragis, the head of the district headquarters, and Albertas Pumputis-Galijotas, the chief of the Maironis detachment headquarters' intelligence. Next to the surviving bunker pit stands a monument erected in 2009 in memory of the partisans who died there.

The cross is dedicated to the memory of the partisans of the Žalioji detachment(later the Prisikėlimo district Lithuanian Žalioji detachment) who died in 1944-1954 in Mažuolių, Miežaičiai and the surrounding villages. The cross was erected in 1995.

The cross was dedicated in memory of the partisan liaison Vincentas Šniuolis, who died in Mažuolių forest on 28 July 1945. The cross was erected in 2015.

The monument commemorates the partisans of Sakteliai village who died in 1944-1950. The monument was erected in 1998.

The grave of partisan Bronislovas (Bronnus) Čyžas, who was killed on 2 February 1945 near the village of Saktelių and buried in this place. The grave site is marked by a concrete Lithuanian soldier's cross erected in 2001.

The memorial is erected in the memory of the Lithuanian partisans who died on the 29 March 1948 in the battles with the MGB soldiers and the MGB Šeduva sub-division of the Šeduva district stribai. The monument was erected in 1990.

On the night of 29 March 1948, the MGB organised a military-chekist operation. MGB soldiers and MGB Šeduva sub-division stribai surrounded the forest. On reaching the fourth forest block, they found a partisan bunker (dugout). A battle broke out, involving 20 partisans. The commander of Margius district Juozas Mingilas-Vilkas, Aukštuolis, Aleksandras Mingilas-Kęstutis, Vaclovas Mikšas-Perkūnas, Antanas Augustinas-Skirmantas, the partisan Erelis (alias), Pranas Gulbinas-Darius, partisan Kastytis (alias), Vaclovas Vaišys (Vaičys)-Dobilas, have died and partisan Jonas Steponaitis-Zilvinas died of his wounds on the same day(?). A dugout pit is remaining. Next to the pit stands a standard memorial sign erected on 4 August 1999 in memory of the partisans who died here.

A typical commemorative sign erected on the site of the building where the NKVD-MVD-MGB subdivision of Šiaulėnai region was located. It is dedicated to the memory of the freedom fighters who were imprisoned, interrogated and tortured in this building. The memorial was erected on 4 August 1999.

On 22 May 1952, Feliksas Kokšta-Rustemas, Ainis and his wife Zofija Kokštienė-Lietutis, the commander of the Kudirka unit of the Mindaugas homeland of the Maironis detachment of the Prisikėlimo District, were killed in the village of Ungurinė. A typical concrete Lithuanian soldier's cross marks the site of the guerrillas' deaths. There are several metal and wooden crosses in the area around the monument, which is surrounded by a metal fence.

On 30 July 1950, MGB soldiers were carrying out a military-chekist operation in the village of Pagomerčiai. During the campaign, the military group encountered partisans of the Mindaugas homeland unit of the Maironis detachment of the Prisikėlimo District. During the fighting, the following partisans were killed: deputy commander of the detachment Henrikas Mickevičius-Laisvūnas, Antanas Šukys-Varnūnas, Jonas Stoškus and an unknown partisan. The place of the partisans' deaths is marked by a standard memorial sign erected in 2012 to commemorate the fallen partisans.

In 1944-1953(?), the NKVD-MVD-MGB Grinkiškis subdivision operated in the buildings of the Grinkiškis manor farmstead (the barn was used as the subdivision's detention centre, where arrested partisans, their associates and supporters, and civilians were held). The remains of partisans killed in the vicinity of Grinkiškis and detainees killed during interrogation in the manor buildings were desecrated near the manor buildings, and later buried in the manor grounds or thrown into the ponds. The remains of some of the partisans were found during the cleaning of the manor's ponds in 1960-1965. The remains were buried on the grounds of the manor house in a small hill.

The grave of Lithuanian partisans who died in 1947-1949 in the vicinity of Baisogala, were moved from their burial place in 1989 and buried in the cemetery of Baisogala. In 1996, a tombstone was erected in memory of the partisans buried there. In 1989, a wooden cross was erected to commemorate the partisans buried here and the inhabitants of the town of Baisogala and its surroundings who died for the freedom of Lithuania in 1940-1953.

A typical commemorative sign erected on the site of the building where the NKVD-MVD-MGB subdivision of Baisogala region was located. It is dedicated to the memory of the freedom fighters who were imprisoned, interrogated and tortured in this building in 1944-1953. The memorial was erected in 1999.

The memorial stone is dedicated in memory of Juozas Stasiūnas-Pavasaris, a partisan of the Maironis unit of the Mindaugas detachment of the Nevėžys detachment, who was killed on 23 January 1953 in the battles with the MGB Stribai of the Šeduva district, as well as of the detachment commander Juozas Kudokas-Ilgūnas and the partisan Kazimieras Norvaysa-Dundulius who took part in the fighting. The monument was unveiled on 28 September 1996.

On 3 November 1951, Augustinas Bagdonas-Šarūnas, chief of staff of the Resurrection District, Mežotis, and Vytautas Meškuotis-Lazdynas, chief of the Publicity Section of the headquarters, were killed in Staniškės village. The site is marked by a monument erected on 25 October 1998 in memory of the partisans who died here.

A typical commemorative sign for the Avižiškių homestead (Jarašiūnas homestead) to commemorate the death of the Žalioji detachment partisans who died in the fights against the MGB military: head of the unit Kostas Sadauskas-Vanagelis, partisans Stasys Steponavičius-Beržinis, Kazimieras Motiekaitis-Banga, Vince Rulis-Gerbenis, Boleslovas Sabeckas-Uosys, Adomas Šemežio-Dulkė, and Apolonija Miknevičiūtė, who was accidentally caught in the field and died here. The memorial was unveiled on 25 September 1999.

The memorial stone commemorates the memory of the partisans of the Žalioji detachment, Adolfas Motiekaitis-Klevas and Kazimieras Duda-Labutis, who died in October 1947 (1946?) and were secretly buried in the woods. The memorial stone was unveiled on 29 September 1996.

The memorial stone is dedicated to the memory of Juozas Masiliūnas, Kazimieras Povilauskas-Blose, eight unknown partisans, Leonas Motiekaitis and Henrikas Vaičiūnas, partisans of the Žalioji detachment, who were killed in the forest of the Vileikiai village on 24 June 1945. The memorial stone was unveiled on 29 September 1996.

A memorial to the partisans of the Žalioji detachment (later the Lithuanian Žalioji detachment of the Prisikėlimo District) who died in 1944-1953, as well as to the partisans who were moved from the burial places on 17 June 1990 and buried in the partisans' grave. The monument was erected in 1991.

The grave of Lithuanian partisans killed in 1944-1952(?), moved from their burial sites in 1990 and buried in Šeduva town cemetery. The grave site is marked by two concrete Lithuanian soldier's crosses erected in 1998.

The memorial stone commemorates the memory of the partisans of the Žalioji detachment who died in the villages of Birutė and Radviloniai in 1945-1948. The memorial stone was unveiled on 26 July 1995.

The roofed column is dedicated to the memory of Major Izidoris Pucevičius-Radvila, the founder and commander of the Žalioji detachment, who was born and grew up in the Pucevičius homestead in this place. Erected on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of I. Pucevičius, unveiled on 26 July 1995.

On 25 January 1949, soldiers from the MGB's internal army were carrying out a military-chekist operation in the village of Padaugyvenė. The bunker of the headquarters of the Žalioji detachment of the Prisikėlimo district was discovered. The commander of the detachment Petras Masilaitis-Virpša, Giria and six partisans of the detachment were killed in the firefight: Antanas Brazauskas-Žaibas, the head of the Intelligence Department of the detachment headquarters, Mečislovas Baltramiejūnas-Tadas, the bodyguard of the commander of the detachment, Ona Brazauskaite-Vaikutis, a technical worker of the detachment headquarters, Juozas Montvilas-Apuokas, Petras Paluckas-Zukas, and Kazimieras Venclovas-Dėdė. The place of remembrance is marked by a memorial stone erected on 25 January 1997 in memory of the partisans who died in the former Padaugyvenė homestead.

The remains of seven Lithuanian partisans were buried here. The burial place is marked by a memorial stone erected in 1993.

The remains of three Lithuanian partisans were buried here. The burial place is marked by a memorial stone erected in 1993.

Radviliskis district is unique for the people who fought for Lithuania's freedom and independence. These lands were the scene of events of great national importance.

The virtual tour "Freedom and Independence Struggles in the Radviliskis Region" is a modern, interactive educational tool based on modern technologies, designed to provide Lithuanian and foreign users with an opportunity to get acquainted with the 9 objects and places commemorating 9 Lithuanian freedom fights and 7 independence fights in the Radviliskis Region.

The tour is accessible on a variety of devices and offers a virtual visit to the places where battles were fought, people were tortured and killed, and key documents were signed and issued. Users will have the opportunity to have a closer look at the interior and exterior exhibitions, read information about the object to be visited, and listen to recorded narrations in Lithuanian, English and Russian languages.

• The project was implemented by the Radviliskis district municipality Public library.
• The project was funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture and Radviliskis district municipality.
• The contractor of the project is UAB Inverse and Gidas360.

Project partners:

• Aukstelkai eldership;
• Baisogala eldership;
• Seduva eldership;
• Grinkiskis eldership;
• Radviliskis town eldership;
• Radviliskis eldership;
• Pakalniskiai eldership;
• Sidabravas eldership;
• Saukotas eldership;
• Siaulenai eldership;
• Tyruļiai eldership;
• Radviliskis branch of the Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Exiles;
• Radviliskis district municipality adult and youth non-formal education department;
• Siauliai county television.

Consultants:

• Laima Maminskiene, expert history teacher at Radviliskis Lizdeika Gymnasium.

Sources:

• siauliai county television's filmed materials;
• Photographs by Rimantas Petrikas, Sigitas Mikutis, Eligija Zoltneriene, Livita Tvareviciene, Alvydas Tamosiunas, Jolanta Kvedariene, from the Radviliskis district municipality Public library;
• Dr. L. Prasceviciute. Partisan war memorial sites in Radviliskis district, 2018;
• Telling signs of the past. Cultural heritage sites in Radviliskis district, 2017;
• A. Cepononis, J. Kvedariene et al. Radviliskis in the outcrops of old illustrations, 2013;
Lithuanian genocide and resistance center.