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Petras Kubiliūnas
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Petras Kubiliūnas (16 May 1894 – 22 August 1946) was a Lithuanian lieutenant general and Chief of the Lithuanian General Staff in 1929–1934.
Petras Kubiliūnas | |
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![]() Kubiliūnas in a Lithuanian uniform c. 1934 | |
Born | (1894-05-16)16 May 1894 Švedukalnis [lt], Russian Empire |
Died | 26 November 1946(1946-11-26) (aged 52) Moscow, Soviet Union |
Allegiance | ![]() ![]() |
Service/ | Imperial Russian Army Lithuanian Armed Forces |
Years of service | 1914–1934 |
Rank | Lieutenant general |
Commands | Chief of the Lithuanian General Staff |
Battles/wars | First World War Lithuanian Wars of Independence |
During World War I, he served in the Imperial Russian Army. In 1919, he joined the Lithuanian Armed Forces and fought in the Lithuanian Wars of Independence. From 1929 to 1934, he was Chief of the Lithuanian General Staff. He received a death sentence for his role in the anti-government coup of June 1934. However, his sentence was commuted and he was released from prison in 1937. During the occupation of Lithuania by Nazi Germany in 1941–1944, he collaborated with the Nazis and was general counselor of the Generalbezirk Litauen. After the war, he fled to the British Occupation Zone but was kidnapped by NKVD agents and executed in Moscow in 1946.