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Vladas Petronaitis (born November 2, 1888, Plaučiškiai, Kovno Governorate - murdered June 25, 1941), was a Lithuanian patriot, soldier and martyr. He was tortured and killed during the infamous Rainiai massacre by members of the NKVD, and the Red Army.〔(Petronaitis Vladas | Kretingos rajono savivaldybÄs Motiejaus ValanÄiaus vieÅ¡oji biblioteka ) at www.kretvb.lt〕 == Early life and education == Vladas Petronaitis was born on November 2, 1888, the son of a well to do farmer, Petras Petronaitis, in Plauciškiai, Rozalimas Volost, in Kovno Governorate (now Panevėžys County). Lithuania was at that time part of the Russian Empire, as a result of the earlier partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The family's circumstances were good, and after attending the prestigious Jelgava's High School Gymnasium of Mitava, he went to the (Saint-Petersburg State University ), Russia and studied mathematics and science. He shared a house with his cousin, Ignas Končius. In those days, many prominent Lithuanians studied in St. Petersburg, then the capital of the Russian Empire, including the future Lithuanian President Antanas Smetona and Prime Minister Augustinas Voldemaras. After graduating in 1913, he remained in St Petersburg, and at the outbreak of World War I, was teaching mathematics. Like many young Lithuanians, he was drafted into the Russian Army. In 1915, he was stationed in Jaroslavl near Moscow. Heavy Russian casualties in the war forced〔http://www.lka.lt/en/disp.php/en_about/en_history/en_history_1〕 the Russian Army to set aside long-standing discrimination against Catholic Lithuanian soldiers. In 1916, Vladas was promoted to officer rank and became a teaching fellow at a Moscow military officers' school. At the same time he studied law at Moscow University. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vladas Petronaitis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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