Feliksas Baltušis-Žemaitis
| Feliksas Baltušis-Žemaitis | |
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Major General F. Baltušis-Žemaitis
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| Nickname(s) | Žemaitis |
| Born | June 1, 1897 |
| Died | November 30, 1957 (aged 60) |
| Allegiance |
 Russian Empire Soviet Union
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| Years of service | 1915–1954 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Commands held |
Lithuanian Army (under Soviet occupation of 1940) 16th Lithuanian Rifle Division |
| Battles/wars |
World War I Russian Civil War Hamburg Uprising World War II |
| Awards | Various medals |
| Other work | Military lecturer |
2 Orders of the Red Star
2 Orders of Lenin
Feliksas Baltušis-Žemaitis (Russian: Балтушис-Жемайтис Феликс Рафаилович, November 30, 1897 in Apydimai, Kovno Governorate – June 1, 1957 in Moscow) was a Soviet Lithuanian Red Army major general and lecturer/docent at the Frunze Military Academy in 1935–1940. Baltušis-Žemaitis briefly commanded the Lithuanian Army in 1940 during Lithuania's incorporation into the Soviet Union. He earned his Candidate of Military Sciences academic degree in 1940. He was also a senior lecturer at the USSR General Staff Academy during 1940–1941 and 1943–1945, and served as the chief of USSR Supreme Command Courses 1945–1947.
He was one of the few Lithuanian officers of the army of the Russian Empire (Vytautas Putna, Ieronim Uborevich, Viktoras Penkaitis) who during World War I, after February Revolution and Bolshevik October Revolt went to serve in the Red Army. He participated in World War I, the Russian Civil War, the Hamburg Uprising, and World War II.
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