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- K. Kleščinskis, Lithuanian Army officer / NKVD agent, press photo
- Product code: 0756
- Availability: In stock
- € 179.00
Tags: Kleščinskis, Lithuanian, Army, officer, NKVD, agent, press, photo, Lithuania
Portrait photo of Konstantinas Kleščinskis. Press photo.
Konstantinas Kleščinskis, was born in 1879 in a family of Lithuanian descent in Elisabethpol, Russian Empire. Fought in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904–05 m. Officer of the General Staff. Chief of Staff of the 114th Infantry Division since 1915, captured with the division by the Germans. In 1915–18 in German captivity. In 1918–19 served in General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces.
In 1919 Minister of Defence of Lithuania offered him a position in the Lithuanian Army. Fought in the Lithuanian–Soviet War. In November 1919, he joined the Lithuanian General Staff. Commander of the 1st Infantry Division since 1921.
Retired from active duty in 1923, received Lithuanian citizenship, land near Kaunas, and a pension. Worked as a director of a cement plant in Šiauliai.
In 1924 m. recruited by the Soviets and became an agent of the NKVD. Arrested on May 19, 1927. Found guilty, stripped of military ranks and pensions, and sentenced to death by a military court. The sentence was carried out by a firing squad the next day. His burial location is not known but is believed to be near the Sixth Fort.
PRESSE-PHOTO G.m.b.H. Berlin SW.48 Wilhelmstr. 130 stampon the back.
Approx. 12.0 x 16.5 cm. Very good condition.
