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This issue is dedicated to the beloved Shepherd-exi le of our Nation. His Excellency. Bishop Julijonas Steponavičius, this year commemorating the jubilees of twenty-five years of exile, fifty years of priesthood and seventy-five years of age
CHRONICLE Of THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN LITHUANIA, NO. 71 
In this issue:
1. Pope John Paul II and the Lithuanian Nation Greet Bishop Julijonas Steponavičius
2. The Times of Murovjov and Stalin Return
4. Rebuttal of an Anonymous Article in the Newspape Soviet Klaipėda
5. Searches and Interrogations
9. New Underground Publications
Lithuania August 15, 1986
CHRONICLE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN LITHUANIA No 71
A Translation of the Complete Lithuanian Original LIETUVOS KATALIKŲ BAŽNYČIOS KRONIKA Nr. 71 Documenting the Struggle for Human Rights In Soviet-Occupied Lithuania Today
Translated by: Rev. Casimir Pugevičius Translation Editor: Marian Skabeikis Published by Lithuanian Catholic Religious Aid, Inc. 351 Highland Blvd. Brooklyn, NY 11207
Lithuanian Catholic Religious Aid, 1987
ISSN 0197-0348
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ON THE COVER: Bishop Julijonas Steponavičius (left), and Father Sigita Tamkevičius In Vilnius. (See p. 2)
CHRONICLE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN LITHUANIA No. 71
Introduction
In 1940, when the Soviet Union occupied Lithuania by force, 85.5% of the country's more than 3 million inhabitants were Roman Catholic, 4.5% Protestant, 7.3% Jewish, 2.5% Orthodox and 0.2% of other persuas i ons.
In the two archdioceses and four dioceses were: 708 churches, 314 chapels, 37 monasteries, 85 convents, three archbishops, nine bishops, 1271 diocesan priests, 580 monks, of whom 168 were priests. Four seminaries had 470 students. There were 950 nuns.
Nuns cared for 35 kindergartens, 10 orphanages, 25 homes for the aged, two hospitals, a youth center, and an institute for the deaf-mute.
On June 15, 1940, the Red Army marched into Lithuania; the independent government was replaced by a puppet regime.
On July 14-15, rigged elections were staged. On July 21, with the Red Army surrounding the assembly house, the new People's Diet "unanimously" declared Lithuania a Soviet Socialist Republic.
On June 25, 1940, the Church was declared separate from the state, and the representative of the Holy See was expelled.
Parish lands were confiscated, clergy salaries and pensions were cut off, and their savings confiscated. Churches were deprived of support. Catholic printing plants were confiscated, and religious books dest royed.
On June 28, 1940, the teaching of religion and recitation of prayers in schools was forbidden. The University's Department of Theology and Phi losophy was abolished, and all private schools were nationalized. The seminaries at Vilkaviškis and Telšiai were closed, and the seminary at Kaunas was permitted to operate on a very limited scale. The clergy were spied upon constantly.
On June 15, 1941, 34,260 Lithuanians were packed off in cattle-cars to undisclosed points in the Soviet Union. After World War II, the mass deportations resumed and continued until 1953.
Vincentas Borisevičius. Bishop of Telšiai, was arrested on February 3, 1946, and condemned to death after a secret trial. Before year's end, his auxiliary, Bishop Pranas Ramanauskas, was also arrested and deported to Siberia. Bishop Teofilius Matulionis of Kaišiadorys and Archbishop Mečislovas Reinys of Vilnius were deported to a Siberian labor camp. Archbishop Reinys perished in prison at Vladimir, November 8, 1953.
By 1947, Lithuania was left with a single bishop, Kazimieras Paltarokas, of Panevėžys. He died in 1958.
In 1947, the last convents and monasteries were closed, their communities dispersed, and all monastic institutions were outlawed.
After Stalin's death in 1953, there was a slight improvement in the religious situation. Bishops Matulionis and Ramanauskas were allowed to return to Lithuania, but not to minister to their dioceses or to corrmunicate with the clergy or laity.
Bishop Ramanauskas died in 1959, and Archbishop Matulionis in 1963.
In 1955, two new bishops were appointed by Rome and consecrated: Julijonas Steponavičius and Petras Maželis. Steponavičius has never been permitted to administer his diocese.
Bishop Vincentas Sladkevičius, consecrated In 1957, was kept under severe government restrictions until 1982. In 1965, Monsignor Juozas Labukas-Matulait Is was consecrated In Rome to head the Archdiocese of Kaunas and the Diocese of Vilkaviškis. Two new bishops were consecrated in 1969: Bishop Romualdas KrIkščiūnas was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Panevėžys, and Bishop Liudvikas Povilonis was appointed auxiliary to Bishop Labukas, and succeeded him after his death in 1979.
In 1982, Bishop Sladkevičius was permitted to return to his diocese as Apostolic Administrator of Kaišiadorys. Father Antanas Vaičius was named bishop and Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Telšiai and the Prelature of Klaipėda.
Relaxation of pressure on religious believers soon revealed that the Lithuanian people were still deeply religious. It was decided in the mid-fifties to resume the attack. The principal means of attack would be unlimited moral pressure, since physical terror seemed only to strengthen and unify the faithful.
In 1972, the Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania, clandestinely published in that country, began to reach the free world at Irregular intervals. Primarily intended to keep Catholics in Lithuania informed of the situation of the Church there, these Lithuanian samizdat also serve as a constant appeal to the free workd not to forget the plight of a people struggling against overwhelming odds to defend their religious beliefs and to regain their basic human rights.
Rev. Casimir Pugevičius Translator
INDEX OF PERSONS
(Šeškevičius), Kazys 51 ..., Antanas 53 .... Jonas 53
A' Kempis, Thomas 34 Adomaitis, Father Pranas 40, 41 Adomonis, Father Petras 38 Akelis, Father Vincas 40, 41 Aleinikov 29, 30 Aleksandravičius, Father Antanas 40, 41, 45 Alesius, Father Jonas 40, 41 Aliulis, Father Vaclovas 20, 58 Andriejus, Father Rimas 42 Andrijauskas, Ričardas 66 Andrišiūnas, Father Algirdas 40, 41 Angonis 50 Anilionis, Petras 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 54. 56, 57, 59. 60. 61. 62 Antanaitis, Bronius 38 Antanavičius, Father Juozas 38 Antanov, S. 67 Anužis, Father Stanislovas 62 Arlauskas, Father Vincentas 38 Arnašius, Father Albinas 5 Atkočiūnas, Father Edmundas 57, 59
Babonas, Mindaugas 30 Babrauskas, Father Boleslovas 38 Bagdonas, Father Jonas 38 Bagdonas, Father Juozas 38 Bakučionis, Jurgis 26 Balaiša, Father Bronius 38 Balaišis, Father Antanas 38 Balanda, Father Petras 41 Balašauskas, Father Vytautas 38 Balčiūnas, Father Jonas 38 Balčiūnas, Father Juozas 38 Balickaitis, Father Jurgis 38 Baliūnas, Father Ladislovas 7 Balkevičius, V. 57 Balsys, Father Kostas 38 Baltuška, Father Petras 38 Bandža, Father Vincas 40, 41 Baniulis, Father Algis 38 Baniulis, Father Petras 38 Baranauskas, Father Jonas 40, 41 Baronas, Father Kazimieras 38 Bekasovas, Father Kęstutis 40, 41 Bernatovičius, Father Henrikas 38 Berteška, Father Juozas 41 Bieliauskienė. Jadvyga 67 Blažukas, P. 28. 29 Blum, A. 30 Bobinas. Father Vladas 40, 41 Borisevičius, Bishop Vincentas i, 40 Braukyla, Father Valdas 38 Breivė, Father Adolfas 38 Brilius, Father Kęstutis 41, 42 Bružaitė, G. 31 Bučinskas, Father Jonas 40, 41 Būdas, Father Vytautas 40, 41 Budevičius, Father Gediminas 41 Budriūnas, Father Petras 38 Būga, Father Jonas 40, 41 Buliauskas, Father Jonas 38 Burneikis, Father Bronius 5, 12, 57 Butkys, Father Jonas 38
Čegelskas, Father Boleslovas 40, 41 Černa, Father Antanas 54 Česna 28 Česna, Father Vincas 40, 41 Česnavičius 29, 31 Čišauskas, Father Feliksas 38 Čiučkis, Father Paulius 38
Dambrauskas, Father Liudas 59 Dambrauskas, Liudas 67 Dante 14 Dauknys, Father Algirdas 38 de Vovenarg, L. 14 Degutis, Father Vaclovas 40, 41 Diržius 50 Diškevičius, Father Antanas 40, 41 Dotienė, Jadvyga 51 Dovydaitis, Father Gvidonas 40, 41 Dovydai t is, Pranas 40 Dubnikas, Father Juozas 38 Dulksnys, Msgr. Kazimieras 57 Dumbliauskas, Father Petras 40, 41 Dumčius, Father Vincas 41 Ephriam 14
Galvydis, Father Steponas 38 Garška, Father Juozapas 38 Gasčiūnas, Father (Canon) Kazimieras 5, 59 Gečys, Father Mykolas 38 Gedgaudas, Father Juozapas 5 Gedvilą, Father Jonas 5 Giedraitis, Blessed Mykolas 29, 39 Giedraitis, Father Juozas 38 Girnius, Father Kazimieras 38 Girnius, Juozas 9 Gobis, Father Antanas 38 Gorbachev, Mikhail 35, 41, 42, 43. 61 Granickas, Father Alvydas 47 Grauš lys, Father Alfonsas 38 Gražulis, Father Antanas 40, 41, 45 Gražulis, Father Juozas 40, 41, 45 Grigaitiene, Jadvyga 65 Grigas 63, 64 Grudzinskas, Father Jonas 40, 41 Gružauskas, Father Antanas 38 Gudaitytė, Marytė 63, 64 Gudanavičius, Father Gustavas 7, 46, 47 Gudonis 65 Gudonytė, Rūta 66 Gumauskas, Father Juozas 40, 41 Guogis, Father Vytautas 40, 41 Gustaitis, Father Andrius 41 Gustaitis, Father Vytautas 40, 41 Gustaitis, Mot iejus 29 Gutauskas. Father Algirdas 55, 56 Gutauskas, Father Klemensas 38
Iešmantas, Gintautas 67 Ikarnas, Father Gaudentas 38 Inkratas, Father Vincentas 38 Insoda, Father Vytautas 40, 41 Ivanauskas, Father Antanas 50. 51 Ivanovskis, Father Tadas 38 Jagminas, Father Leonardas 7 Jakavonis, Father Ambraziejus 29, 30 Jalinskas, Father Vincas 40, 41, 43 Jančys, Father Alfonsas 38 Jankauskas, Vytautas 50 Jankevičius, Father Paulius 38 Janonis, J. 53, 60, 61 Janulis, Father Juozas 38 Jarušauskas, Father Boleslovas 40, 41 Jasas 47 Jasienė, Mrs. 46 Jas iQnas, Father Vytautas 38 Jasulaitis, Father Donatas 41, 42 Jatulis, Father Jonas 38 Jonauskas, Father Boleslovas 59 Jozėnas 46, 48, 49 Juozėnas, Father Paulius 38 Juralienė, Mrs. 46, 47 Jurgaitis, Father Jonas 38 Juška, Father Antanas 38 Juškaitis, Father Juozas 41 Juškevičius, Father Kazimieras 40, 41
Kadžius, Father Alfonsas 38 Kairys, Father Antanas 38 Kalinina, Aldona 65 Kaminskas, Father J. 12 Kanonenka 28 Kapočius, Father Vytautas 38 Karaiiūnas, Vladas 65 Karinauskiene, Mrs. M. 50 Kasotai t is 28 Kasparevičienė, Mrs. 50 Kauneckas, Father Jonas 5, 25 Kavaliauskas 25 Kavaliauskas Father Česlovas 20 Kavaliauskas, Father Jonas 41, 42 Kavaliūnas, Father Leonardas 41, 42 Kavoliūnienė, Gal i na 53 Kazėnas, Father Stasys 38 Kazakevičius 26 Kazalupskas, Juozas 25, 26, 27 Kazlauskas, Father Jonas 54 Keina, Father Algimantas 7 Kelmeiienė, Dana 28 Kelmelis, Antanas 28 Kelpšas, Saulius 30, 31 Kerpė, K. 52, 53 Kerpienė, Stefani ja 53 Keršulis, Father Lionginas 38 Kharchev 12 Kiaunytė, Miss 64 Kiela, Father Petras 38 Kietis, Father Antanas 38 Kimbris, Petras 30 Kisiekius, Father Anicetas 38 Klezys, Father Paulius 38 Klimas, Petras 29 Klimavičius, Father Juozas 40, 41 Krasauskas 30 Krasauskas, Father Petras 38, 40, 41 Kremenskas, Father Vladas 38 Krikščiūnas, Bishop Romualdas i i, 57 Krumpliauskas, Father Stanislovas 38 Kudirka, Father Kazimieras 40, 41 Kunevičius, Father Lionginas 40, 41 Kupstaitis, Father Juozas 40, 41 Kuzmickas, Father Petras 38
Labakojis, Father Jonas 38 Labukas-Matulaitis, Bishop Juozas ii Lapienis, Vladas 34, 67 Laukšas, Father Juozas 38 Leita 52 Lesčiauskas 50 Lesnickienė, Mrs. 63 Liesis, Father A. 40, 41 Lipniūnas, Father Alfonsas 40 Liupšys, Father Antanas 40, 41 Lukošaitis, Father Antanas 45, 59, 60 Lukšas, Father Leonas 38
Maironis 34, 57 Maksvytis, Father Jonas 40, 41 Malinauskas, Father Jonas 40 Marozas, Father Vytautas 38 Martinaitis, Paulius 30 Maruškevičius 49 Masalskis 28 Masys, Father Aleksandras 38 Masys, Father Vytautas 38 Matijošienė, Mrs. 66 Matijošius 65 Matijošius, Danius 66 Matijošius, Gintaras 66 Matkevičius, Father Petras 38 Matulaitis, Archbishop Jurgis 13, 39, 40 Matulaitis, Father Juozas 40, 41 Matulevičius 25, 26. 27 Matulevičius, Father Juozas 40, 41 Matulionis, Bishop Teofilius i, ii Matulionis, Father Jonas-Kąstytis 7, 32, 37, 40, 41, 59, 60, 67 Maželis, Bishop Petras i i Mažylis, P. 63, 64 Mickevičius, Father Juozapas 38 Mickiewicz, Adam 14 Mieldažys, Father Antanas 40, 41 Mieldažys, Father Juozas 40, 41 Mikalajūnas, Father Stasys 40, 41 Miklovas, Father (Canon) Juozapas 5 Mikulėnas, Father Antanas 38 Miliauskienė, Mrs. J. 52 Miškinis, Father Algirdas 38 Miškinis, Father Paulius 38 Mitrikas, Father Antanas 38 Montvila, Father Kazimieras 40, 41 Mozūras, Father Kazimieras 38 Murovjov 1, 7, 9, 13
Nagulevičius, Father Jonas 38 Narušis, Father Algirdas 38 Našlėnas, Father Petras 25 Nenišis, Father Lionginas 38 Novai 14 Novikas 65 Novikas, Vidmantas 66 Nykštas, Father Petras 38
Orlickas, Father Petras 40, 42
Pabrėža, Father Jurgis 40 Pačinskas, Father Juozas 5 Pakamanis, Father Algimantas 59 Pakutinskis, Antanas 62 Palšis, Father Petras 5 Paltanavičius, Father Albinas 38 Paltanavičius, Father Bronius 40, 42 Paltarokas, Bishop Kazimieras ii Palukaitis, Father Jonas 41, 42 Panterus (Panderus) 15 Pascal, Blaise 30 Pasilauskas, Father Algirdas 40, 42 Patackas, Algirdas 29, 67 Patackas, Antanas 29 Paulaitis, Petras 12, 57 Pečelienė, Mrs. 63, 64 Pečeliūnas, Povi las 33, 67 Pečiukonis, Father Juozas 42 Pečkauskaitė, Marija 40 Pečulienė, Mrs. 63 Perednis, Antanas 54 Perlaitis, Father Pranas 40, 42 Petrarch 14 Petrauskas 30 Petrauskas, Father Antanas 38 Petruševičius, Father Vincas 40, 42 Pilelis 29 Pipiras, Father Albinas 38 Plioraitis, Father Ignas 40, 42 Pope John Paul 11 1, 4, 7, 39 Poška, Father Tadas 5 Povilonis, Bishop Liudvikas i i, 57 Pranevičius, Father Jonas 38 Pranskeitis, Father Augustinas 38 Preikšas, Bishop Juozas 10 Pudžemis, Father Adolfas 5 Pukenis, Father Robertas 38 Puriuškis, Father Izidorius 38 Pušinaitis. Father Gvidonas 40. 42 Puzaras, Father Petras 5 Puzonas, Father Rokas 55, 59
Račkauskas, Father Antanas 40, 42 Radzevičius, Father Juozas 40, 42 Radzevičius, Father Vaclovas 40, 42 Raižytė, Aldona 30 Ramanauskas, Bishop Pranas i, ii Rameikis, Father Antanas 38 Ražukas, Father Boleslovas 40, 42 Reinys, Archbishop Mečislovas i, 29, 40 Rekašius, Arūnas 30 Riaukaitė. Janina 51 Rimas, Father Andriejus 41 Rimkus, Father S. 25 Rimša, Father Jonas 38 Rinkevičius, Father Edmundas 38 Rudamina, Father Andrius 40 Rudzinskas, Father Valer i jas 40, 42 Rusinas, Father Jonas 41, 42
Sabakonis, Juozas 65 Sabaliauskas, Father Pranciškus 38 Sadauskas, Father Alfonsas 41, 42, 45 Saint Anthony 58 Saint Augustine 31 Saint Casimir 10, 37 Saint Luke 31 Saint Michael 58 Saint Paul 54 Saint Peter 54 Sakalauskas, Father Gracijus 41, 42 Šalčius, Father Juozas 41, 42 Šalkauskas, Stasys 40 Šalkauskis, Stasys 58 Samuolis, Father Salemonas 40, 42 Saprigonas, Father Raimondas 38 Šarkauskas, Father Liudvikas 12, 57 Šatkauskas, Vladas 53 Šaučiūnas, Father Ignas 38 Saunoris, Antanas 62 Šeškevičius, Father Antanas 28, 51, 53 Simonaitis, Father Aurelijus 38 Simsonas, Father Bronius 38 Skalauskienė, Mrs. 50 Skardinskas, Father Jonas 38 Skučas. Father Gintautas 41, 42 Skučas, Father Kazimieras 42 Skuodis, Vytautas 67 Sladkevičius, Bishop Vincentas ii. 5, 12 Šlapelis, Father Bronius 38, 54 Šliauteris, Father Paulius 38 Sruoga, V. 29 Stakėnas, Father Vaclovas 40, 42 Stalin ii, 1, 7. 9. 13 Stankevičius, Father Vincentas 38 Stasuitis, Father Boleslovas 48 Statkevičius, Algirdas 67 Stepočinskas 28 Steponaitis, Father Gintautas 40, 42 Steponavičius, Bishop Julijonas ii, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 39, 42, 48, 55 Stika, Father Petras 40, 42 Stonys, Father Mykolas 38 Strazdas, Father Bronius 38 Strielčiūnas, Father Alfonsas 38 Šukys, Father Gediminas 38 Šulskis, Father Pranciškus 40, 42 Sumskis, Father Juozapas 38 Sungaila, Father Aloyzas 38 Svarinskas, Father Alfonsas 7, 10, 13, 25, 27, 31, 37. 39, 41, 43, 55, 67 Sventickas, Father Jurgis 40, 42 Svirskis, Father Paulius 38
Talačka, Father Albertas 38 Talaišis, Father Bernardas 5 Tamkevičius, Father Sigitas 7, 10, 13, 25, 27, 32, 37. 39. 41. 43. 45. 55, 59, 67 Tamošauskas, Father Leonardas 38 Tamulionis, Father Pranas 38 Tamulionis, Father Stasys 38 Tarasevičius, Gintaras 66 Tarasevičius, Mečislovas 66 Tarulis, Father Petras 38 Tavoraitis, Father Petras 54 Telšinskienė, Zuzana 53 Terleckas, Antanas 31, 67 Tijušas, Father Petras 38 Tumėnas, Kazimieras 52, 53 Tvarijonas, Father Vytautas 39
Uogintas, Father Jonas 39 Urbonaitė, Adelė 30 Urbonas 29 Urbonas, Father Benediktas 39 Urbonas, Father Vitas 40, 42 Urbonas, Juozas 45, 59 Urbonavičius, Father Antanas 40, 42 Urbonienė, Stasė 53 Uždavinys, Father Sigitas 39 Užupis. Father Juozas 40, 42
Vėbra. R. 13 Vėlavičius, Father Vincas 29 Vagneris, Father Petras 40, 42 Vaičelionis, Father L. 44 Vaičeliūnas, Father Juozas 54 Vaičiulaitis, Father Romualdas 41, 42 Vaičiūnas, Father Jonas 39, 46 Vaičiūnas, Vytautas 9 Vaičius, Bishop Antanas ii, 5, 57, 59 Vailentas, Father Virginijus 39 Vaitauskas, Father Vytautas 45 Vaitkauskas, Father Vytautas 41, 42 Valančiūnas, Father Antanas 39 Valantinas, Father Antanas 39 Varkala, Father Jonas 41, 42 Varnas, Father Juozapas 39 Varžinskas, Father Paulius 39 Vasiliauskas 25 Vaškevičius, Father Antanas 39 ViIkaviškis 41 Villianas, Father Tadeušas 41, 42 Vinuikov 25 Vitkus, Father Antanas 41, 42 Vobol is 48
Žemaitis, Father Juozas 41, 42, 50, 60 Žemaitis, Romas 67 Žilinskas, Father Bronius 39 Žilys, Father Kazimieras 62, 63 Žukauskas, Father Raimundas 41, 42 Žvinys, Father Serafinas 39 Zakrys, Father Vytautas 39 Zdebskis. Father Juozas 32, 42 Zubavičius, Father Stasys 39 Zubrus, Father Jonas 42, 44, 54 Zulionis, Father Antanas 39
INDEX OF PLACES
Alksnėnai 59 Alksneniai 45 Alytus 32, 45 Antarada 2 Aukštaityjė 54
Byelorussia 29
Copenhagen 66
Doviliai 53
Gardinas 62 Gargždai 27, 28. 51, 52, 53 Garliava 30 German Democratic Republic 11 Gražiškiai 45
Helsinki 37, 66
Indūra 62
Joniškis 7, 20, 46. 47
Kaišiadorys i i. 5. 12, 42, 46, 57 Kapčiamiestis 43 Kapsukas 7 Kaunas i, ii,7, 11, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31. 39. 42, 43, 44, 46, 55, 56, 58, 60, 63, 64, 65 Kazokiškės 54 Kelmė 62 Kiaukliai 59, 65 Klaipėda ii,10, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 37, 39, 51, 53, 61 Kražiai 25 Kretinga 11, 57, 60, 61 Kriukai 47 Kybartai 7, 45, 59
Latveiiai 44 Laugaliai 51, 52 Lazdijai 32, 43 Lourdes 56
Macikai 51 Magadan 31 Mažeikiai 7 MeteIiai 45 Mikoliškiai 60, 61 Molėtai 12, 20 Moscow 27, 32, 44, 48, 66
Nairobi 56 Novosibirsk 44
Omsukchan 31
Pabaiskis 54 Panevėžys ii. 6. 7, 35. 39. 42. 43. 46 Pašilė 62 Pašvitinys 48 Plungė 59 Prienai 7,32, 48, 61, 62
Radviliškis 44 Rainiai 27 Riga 44 Rome ii, 12, 56 Rudamina 45 Rumšiškės 60 Ryliškė 27
Šakiai 50 Saulažoliai 53 Seniai 29 Šiauliai 7 Siberia i Šilalė 50 Šilutė 51 Šiluva 9, 10, 36 Širvintai 65 Slabadai 60 Šlavantai 43 Stockholm 66 Suvalkai 29 Šventežeris 43
Tauragnai 54 Telšiai i, ii, 5, 27. 29. 44, 46, 57, 59 Trakai 54
Ukmergė 54 Utena 54, 64
Valkininkai 7 Varduva 36 Veisiejai 43 Vepriai 54 Viduklė 31 Vievis 54 Vilkaviškis i,ii, 28. 29, 39, 41, 43, 45, 59 Vilnius i, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 20, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 37, 39, 42, 48, 52, 55, 57, 58, 59, 64 " Vladimir
Žagarė 5, 7, 46, 47, 48 Žalioj i 60 Žalosios 59 Žarėnai 44 Žarėnai-Latveiiai 59 Žemaičių Kalvarija 9, 10, 48, 58, 59
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