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THE CHRONICLE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN LITHUANIA. NO. 72 

In this issue:

1. Thank You!

2. Commemorating the Centennial of the Defense of the Kęstaičiai Church            

3. The Slave's Child Belongs to the Master

4. School for Hypocrisy

5. We Thank Them for Their Sacrifice

6. Priests Assaulted Again

7. Searches and Interrogations

8. Our Prisoners

9. News From the Dioceses

10.In the Soviet Republics

11.New Underground Publications

              Lithuania    December 8, 1986

 

CHRONICLE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN LITHUANIA No. 72

A Translation of the Complete Lithuanian Original LIETUVOS KATALIKŲ BAŽNYČIOS KRONIKA Nr. 72 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 351 Highland Blvd., Brooklyn NY 11207

© Lithuanian Catholic Religious Aid, 1987

ISSN 0197-0348

Franciscan Fathers Press 341 Highland Blvd. Brooklyn NY 11207

COVER: Father Jonas-Kąstytis Matulionis, show­ing the effects of his imprisonment. Sentenced to a three year term in 1985 for being an unregistered priest ("disrupting the public order"), Father Matulionis was released in November, 1987. He is in poor health, and was hospitalized for unknown reasons before his release from prison, (see p. 34)

CHRONICLE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN LITHUANIA No. 72

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 persuasions.

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 cutoff, and their savings confiscated. Churches were deprived of support. Catholic printing plants were confiscated, and religious books destroyed.

On June 28, 1940, the teaching of religion and recitation of prayers in schools was forbidden. The University's Depart­ment of Theology and Philosophy 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 Tel šiai, 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 communicate 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-Matulaitis 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

Antanas 67 .... Beatrice 25 Juozas 67

Aitmatov, Chingiz 34 Albavičius, Father Jonas 47, 50 Aleksiūnas, Father Jonas 47, 50 Alexander II 4 Alexander III 4 Ališauskas, Vytas 31 Aliulis, Father Vaclovas 42, 44 Alonderienė, Mrs. V. 65 Andriuškevičius, Father Antanas 42,44 Andropov, Yuri 53 Anilionis, Petras 15, 20, 38, 39, 40. 57, 58, 59. 60, 68, 70 Antonaitis, Father (Canon) Bronius 61 Arminas, Father Antanas 63 Aškelovičius, Father Josifas 42, 44 Atkočiūnas, Father Edmundas 68 Augustauskas, Father Jonas 47, 50 Ąžuolas 68

Babonas, Father Jonas 47.50 Babrauaskas, Father Boleslovas 69 Bajoriūnienė, Mrs. 70 Baliūnas, Father Feliksas 47,50 Balkevičius, Vladas 54, 55 Baltuška, Father Petras 67 Banevičiūtė, Jūratė 31 Baniulis, Father Petras 68 Bartulis, Father Eugenijus 47, 50 Bernotevičiūtė, Miss 69 Bieliauskas, Žilvinas 28 Bieliauskienė, Jadvyga 28, 29 Bietkis, S. 30 Bilotas, Rimantas 63 Blažys, Father Romualdas 42, 44 Blessed Mykolas Giedraitis 49 Borisevičius, Bishop Vincentas i. 43. 49 Boruta. Father Jonas 42, 44 Bradūnas, Kazys 37 Brezhnev, Leonid 24, 52, 53 Brilius, Father Vytautas 47, 50 Brusokas, Father Viktoras 47, 50 Bubnys, Father Prosperas 47, 50 Budrikis 70 Bulotas, Father Alfonsas 47,50 Bumbulis, Alfonsas 32 Buožius, Father Mykolas 47, 50 Butkevičius, B. 61 Butkevičiūtė, Dr. Ramūnė 31 Butkus, Father Izidorius 47, 50

Čepėnas, Father Juozas 47,50,68 Čeponis, Father Aldas Antanas 42, 44 Čeponis, Father Metardas 42, 44 Černiauskas, Father Vladas 42, 44 Četrauskienė, Mrs. Janina 63 Chapski 13 Charukevičius, Father Janas 43, 45 Chernenko, Konstantin 53 Cicėnas, J. 37

Daknevičius, Father Kęstutis 47, 50 Dambrauskas, Father Kazimieras 50 Dambrauskas, Liudas 31, 78 Dambrauskienė, Mrs. M. 31 Danilevičius, Algimantas 63 Danyla, Father Antanas 47, 50 Daračius, Domininkas 7, 8, 12 Daunoras, Father Petras 42, 44 Diksas 70 Dobilaitis, Father Juozas 47, 50 Domatov 35 Dovidaitis, Father Gvidonas 61, 62. 63 Dovidaitis, Pranas 43, 49 Dranginytė, Ona 34 Drobaitė, Klara 12, 13 Dunda, Father Gerardas 47, 50 Dziekan, Father Antanas 42,44

Fabijanskas, Father Jonas 47,50 Father Pesliakas 48 Federavičienė, Birutė 31 Gagarin 4

Gaida, Father Pranas 63 Gaidamavičienė, Teofilė 63, 64 Gailius, Father Kazimieras 42, 44 Gaitienė, Jadvyga 64 Gaižauskas, Father Pranciškus 47, 50 Gajauskas, Balys 35,36,78 Gajauskas, Father Konstantinas 42,45 Gajauskienė, Irena 35 Galasvil, Aleksandr 30, 31 Galeckaitė, Monika 35 Gancerienė, Danutė 64 Gančierienė, Mrs. D. 15 Geliūnas, Juozas 64 Giedraitis, Blessed Mykolas 38, 43, 75 Gimžauskas, Father Bronislovas 47, 50 Girdzevičius, Father Jonas 48, 50 Girskienė, Mrs. 64 Gorbachev, Mikhail 40, 45, 51, 53, 57, 69, 70, 78 Grauslys, Msgr. V. 60 Grigaitis, Father Jonas 43, 45 Griganavičius, Father Vytautas 48, 50 Grinevičius, Father Zigmas 48,50 Griškevičius, Petras 54 Gruodis, Father Stanislovas 48 Grušas, J. 25 Gudanavičienė, Mrs. 0. 65 Gudanavičius, Father Gustavas 48, 50 Gudzinskienė, G. 61 Gustaitis, Motiejus 37

Hartwig II, Bishop 75 Idzelis, Father Stasys 42, 45 Iešmantas, Gintautas 78 Ilinčius, Father Stanislovas 68 Imbras, Father Antanas 48, 50 Indriūnas, Father Juozas 48, 50 Insoda, Father Vytautas 16 Ivanauskas, Father A. 65

Jagminas, Father Leonardas 48, 50 Jakaitis, Father Kleopas 48, 50 Jakavonis, Father Ambraziejus 31,37, 78 Jakubauskas, Father Leonas 48 Jakutis, Father Ignas 42, 45 Jakutis, Father Pijus 42, 45 Jankauskas, Father Gintautas 48, 50 Jankevičius 70 Janulis, Prutenas 31 Jaskelevičius, Father Vytautas 42, 45 Jaura, Father Bronislovas 42, 45 Jaura, Father Nikodemas 42, 45 Jokubauskas, Father Antanas 48, 50 Jokubauskas, Father Eugenijus 50 Jozėnas 69 Jozėnas, Father Povilas 67 Jucevičius, Antanas 31 Juknevičius, Father 5, 6, 10, 13 Juodagalvis, Father Juozas 42, 45 Juozapaitytė, Gaudenta 31 Jurgutis, Father Antanas 48, 50 Jurkovlianec, Father Pavelas 42, 45 Juška, A. 65

Kadys, Father Stanislovas 48, 50 Kaknevičius, Father Juozas 48,50 Kalanina, Aldona 63 Kalinauskas, Father Leonas 48, Kaminskas, Father Juozas 16, 64 Kantekuzen 9 Kapočius, Vytautas 68 Karaliūnas, Vladas 63, 64 Kardelis, Father Jonas 42, 45 Karinauskienė, Mrs. 65 Kaškevičius, Father Aleksandras 45 Kasparaitienė, S. 61 Katulis, Father Jonas 60 Kazlauskas, Father Algis 42. 45 Kazlauskas, Father Jonas 48, 50 Keina, Father Algimantas 42, 45 Kharchev, Konstantin 51 Kibickaitė, Albina 35 Kibickaitė, Bronė 35 Kildušis, Father Algirdas 48, 50 Kimbris, Petras 31 Kirilova 64 Kisielius, Father Anicetas 61 Kizas, V. 66 Kochanov, Ivan 4 Kolpavičius 70 Kondrusevičius, Father Tadas 45 Krievenienė, A. 61 Krikščiūnas, Bishop Romualdas ii Krūminis, Viktroas 31 Krupskaya, N. 19 Krushchev, Nikita 51 Kudaba. C. 72 Kudarauskas, Rimutis 29,30 Kudirka, Vladas 31 Kulakas, Father Kazimieras 43, 45 Kurklinskas, Ramūnas 31 Kurklinskienė, Dr. 31 Kuroyedov 52, 53 Kvietkovskis, Father Juzafas 42, 45

Labukas-Matulaitis, Bishop Juo zas ii Lapienis, Vladas 37, 78 Laskutov 73 Latvia 75, 76 Laučkienė, Mrs. 64 Lauriūnas, Father Jonas 42,45,57 Lazauskas, Juozas Algirdas 31 Leita, A. 70 Leleivaitė, Apolonija 67 Lenin 66 Lesčiauskas 64, 65 Lipniūnas, Father Alfonsas 43, 49 Liubonas, Father Petras 48, 50 Losinskienė, Mrs. 64 Lukėnas, Kostas 31 Lukšas, Father 77 Luzgauskas, Father Vladas 48,50 Lydys, Father Stasys 42, 45

Macevičius, Father Romualdas 48, 50 Marcinkevičius, Father Eimutis 48,51 Markaitis, Father Aleksandras 48 Markevičius, Father Stasys 42,45 Martinaitis, Paulius 31 Martinkus, Father Petras 48, 51 Martinkus, Father Vaclovas 74, 75 Matulaitis, Archbishop Jurgis 43, 48 Matulaitis, Father Pranciškus 48, 51 Matulevičius, Father Juozapas 48,51 Matulionis, Bishop Teofilius i, ii, 49 Matulionis, Father Jonas-Kasty tis 34, 35, 44, 47, 49, 78 Matulis, Rimantas 31 Mažeika, Father Pranciškus 4, 5 Maželis, Bishop Petras ii Meilius, Father Kazys 42 Meilus, Father Petras 48, 51, 59, 60 Meinhardt, Bishop 75, 76 Melašius, Father Ignas 16 Michael I 4 Mikalajūnas, Father Stasys 66 Mikašauskas 70 Mikutavičius, Father Ričardas 48,51 Mikutis, Father Petras 48, 51 Milašius, Father Aleksandras 48 Milašius, Father Antanas 51 Minkevičius, Father Edmundas 45 Misiūtė, Adelė 31 Mizaras, Father Romualdas 48,51 Močius, Father Algirdas 48, 51 Mockevičius, Vytautas 64 Molis, Father Konstantinas 43,45 Mother Theresa 24

Naina, Arūnas 63 Našlėnas, Father Petras 48,51 Naumovičius, Father H. 43, 45 Navickas, Father Zenonas 66, 67, 68 Nemeikšis, Father Bronislovas 48,51

Obremskis, Father Juzefas 43, 45 Oginski, Prince Mikhail 9, 13 Olšauskas, Msgr. K. 37

Paberžis, Father Ignas 45 Pabrėža, Father Jurgis 43, 49 Pabrinkienė, G. 61 Pakalienė, Alina 67 Paliulionis, Bishop 8 Paltarokas, Bishop Kazimieras ii Patackas, Algirdas 31,37,38, 78 Patackas, Antanas 31,37 Patackienė, Nijolė 31 Patiejūnas, Father Zenonas 43, 45 Paulauskienė, Mrs. J. 65 Paulionis, Father Edmundas 43, 45, 66 Pečeliūnas, Povilas 36, 78 Pečiukonis, Father Juozas 66 Pečkauskaitė. Marija 43, 49, 74 Pesliakas, Father Kazimieras 51 Petkevičius, Father Vladas 48, 51 Petkus, Viktoras 78 Petraitis, Father Petras 48, 51 Petrašonis, Vytautas 31 Petravičius, Father Mykolas 43, 45 Petronis, Father Alfonsas 43, 45 Pilka, Father Steponas 48, 51 Piperienė, Mrs. G. 65 Pipiras, Father Albinas 29, 30, 31 Plėšnys, Albinas 31 Plumpa, Petras 31, 38 Počiulpis, Father Aleksandras 51 Pocius, Antanas 7 Polikaitis, Father Vaclovas 48, 51 Polkas 64 Pope Clement III 75 Pope John Paul II 43, 48, 49,59, 60 Popov 5 Povilaitis, Father Jonas 48, 51 Povilonis, Bishop Liudvikas ii, 39 Požėla, Father Vladas 48, 51 Pranskūnas, Father Povilas 48,51 Prapiestis, Juozas 31 Preikšas, Bishop Juozas 34, 39, 60, 66, 77 Pridotkas, Alfonsas 55 Puidokas, Father Juozas Donatas 43, 45 Puidokas, Father Stasys 43, 45 Pukėnas, Father Kazimieras 43, 45 Pūkas, Father Vytautas 43, 45 Purlys, Father Petras 43, 45 Puzonas, Father Rokas 63, 64

Račaitis, Father Jonas 48, 51 Radavičius, Father Boleslovas 48,51 Radmina, Father Andrius 43 Radzevičius, Father Vytautas 48, Rakauskas, Boleslovas 51 Rakauskas, K 66 Ramanauskas, Bishop Pranas i, ii Ramanauskas, Father Aleksan dras 48 Ramanauskas, Father Vaclovas 48,51 Ramoška, Gytis 31 Razmantas, Father Juozapas 48, 51 Razmas 7 Razulevičius, Rolandas 31 Reagan, Ronald 78 Reinys, Archbishop Mečislovas i, 38, 43, 49 Rekašius, Arūnas 31 Richter 9 Riešotienė, Mrs. 71 Rokaitė, Stasė 16, 64 Rudamina, Father A, 49 Rukša, Vladas 31

Sabakuonis 64 Sabakuonis, Juozas 63 Sadūnaitė, Nijolė 72 Sadūnas, Jonas 72 Saint Casimir 41,47, 50, 58 Sakavičius, Father Bronislovas 43, 45 Šaknys, Bernardas 20 Saldutiškis 67 Šalkauskas, Stasys 43, 49 Sambora, Henrikas 31 Sasnauskas, Julius 28, 29 Saudagaitė, Aušra 31 Saudagas, Algis 31 Šauklys, Father Viktoras 48, 51 Saul 7 Saulius, Father Justinas 43, 45 Savickas, Father Leonas 43, 45 Savickas, Father Marijonas 43,45 Savickis, Bronius 71 Ščepavičius, Father Pranciškus 48,51 Schweitzer, Albert 24 Semaška, Father Liudvikas 48,51 Senkus, Father Senkus 74 Shchirovsky, Grigori 9, 10 Sidagienė, Mrs. 64 Šikšnys, Father Valentinas 70 Simaška, Father Eduardas 48, 51 Simelionis, J. 65 Simonaitis, Father Antanas 43,45 Simutis, Liudas 31 Skuodis, Vytautas 35, 78 Sladkevičius, Bishop Vincentas ii, 38, 39, 60. 77 Šlapelis, Father Bronius 67, 68 Slavinskas, Father Antanas 48,51 Slėnys, Father Jordanas 43, 45 Speransky 9 Sruogius 69 Stakauskas, Father J. 62 Stalin ii Stasiutis, Father Boleslovas 48, 51 Statkevičius, Algirdas 78 Statkevičius, Father Kazimieras 48, 51 Steponavičius, Bishop Julijonas ii, 2, 39, 41, 44, 49, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 77 Stonys, Father Martynas 43, 45 Struodas, Bishop 77 Šugzda, Edvardas 31 Šumauskas 32 Šumskis, Father Juozas 67 Survila, Father Jonas 48, 51 Svarinskas, Father Alfonsas 32, 42, 44, 47, 49, 59, 69, 78 Svirskis 37

Tamašauskas, Father 6 Tamkevičius, Father Sigitas 33, 34, 42, 44, 47, 49, 59, 69, 78 Tamonis, Father Jonas 48, 51 Tamoševičius, Father Vaclovas 48,51 Tamulaitis, Father Alfonsas 43, 45 Taraškevičius, Father Česlovas 43, 45 Tavoraitis, Father Petras 48, 51 Teresius 71 Teresiūtė, Regina 71 Teresius, Adolfas 31 Terleckas, Antanas 78 Tomkus, Father Jonas 63 Trusevičius, Father Adolfas 45 Tunaitis, Father Juozas 45 Tunaitis, Father Steponas 43, 45

Ulickas, Father Albertas 43, 45 Ulickas, Father Jonas Stanislo vas 45 Urbonaitė, Adelė 31 Urbonas, J. 61, 66 Užusienis, Father Jurgis 48, 51

Vaičeliūnas, Father Juozapas 48,51 Vaičiulionis, Father Lionginas 48,51 Vaičiūnas, Father Jonas 69 Vaičius, Bishop Antanas ii, 39, 40, 60, 77 Vaira, Father Boleslovas 48, 51 Vaitonis, Father Jonas 43,45 Vaivods, Cardinal 77 Valančiauskas, Father Domas 43, 45 Valančius, 24 Valančius, Bishop Motiejus 3 Valatka, Father Antanas 43,45 Valeikis, Father Kazimieras 43, 45 Valiukėnas, Father Stanislovas 43, 45 Valiukonis, Father Donatas 43, 45 Vanagas, Father Alfredas 48, 51 Varvuolis, Father Juozapas 48,51 Vasiliauskas 71 Veblaitis, Petras 4 Velykienė, Elena 67 Velymanskis, Father Vladislovas 43, 45 Versekytė, Elena 20 Veter, Cardinal 76 Vičiulienė, Ona 74 Vierkietis 7 Volskis, Vytautas 31 Voveris, Father Jonas 48, 51 Vytautas 76 Ylius, Father Antanas 48, 50 Žagarietė, Barbora 49 Žemėnas, Father Kazimieras 43, 45

Žemaitis, Romas 28, 29 Žiugžda, Father Pijus 48,51 Ziupsnys, Petras 72 Zdebskis, Father Juozas 24 Zimkus, Rimantas 31 Zondak, Bishop Valerian 76, 77 Zubrus, Father Jonas 68 Zubrus, Father Juozas 67

INDEX OF PLACES

Adakavas 70 Africa 69 Agluona 76. 77 Alsėdžiai 4. 6. 8. 9. 10 Alytus 16 Bazilonai 71

Birštonas 37 Bremen 75 Byelorussia 31. 37 Byzantium 76

Calvary of the Lowlanders 46 Chashkan 28

Dauguva 75 Dūkštas 70

Elektrėnai 41. 44. 50. 58 Eržvilkas-Paupis 59

Gadunava 9 Gargždai 70 Garliava 31 Germany 74, 76 Gruzdžiai 68

Hamburg 75

Igarka 63 Ignalina 44, 58, 66 Ikškilė 75, 76

Jerensk 13 Joniškis 55, 57 Juodkrantė 52

Kaišiadorys ii, 38, 55,58,77 Kaliningrad 31 Karaliaučiai 61 Kartena 32 Kaunas i, ii, 4, 9,17,30,31, 34, 44, 45, 48, 49, 50, 54, 55, 57, 77 Kelmė 71 Kęstaičiai 1. 3, 4, 5, 6,7, 8, 9,10 Khazakstan 13 Kiaukliai 63, 64 Kirdeikiai 67, 68 Klaipėda ii, 30, 32, 41, 44, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54,58, 70 Krekanava 69 Kretinga 69, 70 Kuktiškis 67 Kuršėnai 68

Labanoras 67 Latvia 75, 76,77 Lazdijai 66 Lieplaukė 9 Linkmenys 57, 58

Maidens Hill 72,73 Melagėnai 66 Merkinė 14 Mikoliškiai 69. 70 Minsk 3 Molėtai 15, 16, 64 Mordovia 28, 35 Moscow 38, 53, 70, 73 Munich 76

Naujoji Akmenė 41, 44, 50, 58 Nazareth 61 Nedingė 20 Nevarėnai 69, 70 Nida 52

Orienburg 28

Pajevonys 65, 66 Pakruojis 61 Palkaniai 67 Panevėžys ii, 30, 54, 55, 64, 68, 69 Parabel 28 Paringys 66 Pasvalis 29, 30 Perm 33, 34, 35 Pilviškiai 61 Plinkšės 72 Plinkšiai 72 Plungė 9 Preising 76 Pskov 70 Pušalotas 29,30 Pusnė 63

Raguva 69 Raseiniai 32, 59,61 Riga 75, 76, 77 Rome ii, 2, 59 Rozalimas 61

Sačiai 74 Saldutiškis 66, 68 Samogitia 72 Seda 4, 5, 9,32, 72 Šeduva 61 Šeiniai 37,38 Šiauliai 68 Siberia i, 36 Šilalė 64, 65 Šiluva 2, 32, 34, 39, 46, 59, 60 Širvintai 63, 64 Skaudvilė 70 Skuodas 73, 74 Sneičkus 41, 44, 50 Sruojas 72 70, 72, 76, 77

Vladimir i Vologna 13 West Germany 76

Žagarė 41, 55, 57 2alpiai 71 Žarėnai 55,57 Žarėnai-Latveliai 71 Zelva 63 Žemaičiu Kalvarija 73 Žemaitija 3 Židikai 74 Zivuliai 63 Ylakiai 73,74 Zvirblaičiai 7 Zarasiai 31

St. Petersburg 4, 8, 9 Sudeikiai 67 Sudervė 69 Suvalkai 37. 38 Svenčionai 66

Tauragnai 67. 68 Telšiai i. ii, 5, 9, 10, 13, 39, 54, 55, 60, 69, 70, 77 Tilžė (Tilsit) 3 Trakiai 37,76 Trans-Baikal-Chita 35 Tverečius 66 Tytuvėnai 3, 60

Ūdrija 16 United States 2, 78 Uogrė 75 Utena 64, 66, 67 Užpaliai 67 Užuguostis 60

Vaduokliai 69 Veisiejai 66 Viešvėnai 70, 71 Vietnam 76 Vilkaviškis i, ii, 2, 54, 55, 61, 65, 77 Vilnius i, 2, 4,18, 28, 31, 33, 34, 37. 38. 40, 41, 42. 43, 44, 47, 49, 50. 54, 55, 57, 58, 61, 62, 64, 66, 69,

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