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Lietuvos kariuomenės Varėnos poligonas XX a. 3-iajame dešimtmetyje
Type of publication
Straipsnis kitame recenzuojamame leidinyje / Article in other peer-reviewed edition (S5)
Title
Lietuvos kariuomenės Varėnos poligonas XX a. 3-iajame dešimtmetyje
Other Title
Varėna polygon of the Lithuanian army in 1930s
Is part of
Karo archyvas. Vilnius : Generolo Jono Žemaičio Lietuvos karo akademija, 2016, nr. 31
Date Issued
Date Issued |
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2016 |
Publisher
Vilnius : Generolo Jono Žemaičio Lietuvos karo akademija
Extent
p. 190-231
Field of Science
Abstract
In 1925, the Lithuanian army began using the Varėna Polygon located at the southern Lithuanian-Polish border for exercises. The Polygon was built in the second half of the nineteenth century by the Tsarist Russia Army. The use of this polygon was intended to be temporary as it had some significant deficiencies, i.e. it was close to the Lithuanian-Polish demarcation line, the size of the area did not meet the requirements for efficient shooting, and most of the surviving buildings had passed into the ownership of the Ministry of National Defence in 1922. Alytus, Jonava, Kaunas and Varėna were more suitable areas for the military polygon of the Lithuanian army, but financial resources determined the selection of the Varėna Polygon. Therefore, in 1924, the Varėna Polygon was chosen after efforts to find a more suitable location or to improve the selected polygon failed. Because of the location of the Varėna Polygon it was not considered suitable for financial investment, and it was decided not to improve it. An alternative site was selected in Jonava neighbourhood where the Gaižiūnai Polygon was established in 1931 and the Varėna Polygon was finally abandoned. The former infrastructure of the Varėna Polygon was not improved and there was no suitable training ground. Due to the lack of financial resources to improve the area, buildings belonging to the Ministry of National Defence were not used. The soldiers stayed in the premises of the local population, i.e. barns, villages and later in Daugai settlement where necessary supplies were brought from the army warehouses in Alytus. Additional camps were equipped in 1929 due to the large number of soldiers living in tents, and by 1930, soldiers no longer used premises of the local population for accommodation. The camps had their own internal rules and procedures. Shooting took place in two shooting ranges vwhere the longest possible distances were 5.5 km and 4 km. [...]
Type of document
type::text::journal::journal article::research article
Language
Lietuvių / Lithuanian (lt)
Coverage Spatial
Lietuva / Lithuania (LT)
Description
Santraukos pranc. ir anglų k. p. 383-386
Date Reporting
2017