Krizostomas Labanauskas

Krizostomas Labanauskas (codename Justas) was a Lithuanian anti-Soviet partisan and a commander of the Kęstutis military district from 1951 to 1952.^[1][2][3] Before becoming leader, he was the commander of the partisan Birutė unit. Little else is known about him; having lived during the final years of the partisan movement, in 1956 he voluntarily surrendered to the MGB under the codename Kalinauskas, betraying some fellow partisans in the process.^[4][5] He died in 2000 in Švenčionėliai.

See also

• Anti-Soviet partisans
• Forest Brothers

Further reading

• Povilas Gaidelis, Lietuvos kovos dėl laisvės. 1941–1953 m., 2022. ISBN 978-9955-26-916-8
• Vykintas Vaitkevičius, Aistė Petrauskienė, Lietuvos partizanų valstybė, 2019, ISBN 978-609-01-3947-9

References

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