Petras Bartkus

Colonel
Petras Bartkus
Commander of the
Prisikėlimas military district
In office
1 April 1948  26 July 1948
Succeeded byLeonardas Grigonis
Personal details
Born(1925-05-30)30 May 1925
Pakapurnis, Raseiniai District Municipality, Republic of Lithuania
Died13 August 1949(1949-08-13) (aged 24)
Užpelkiai forest, Radviliškis District Municipality, Lithuanian SSR
Alma materKaunas higher technic school
OccupationLithuanian partisan
Military service
Allegiance Lithuania
Years of service1942 (Lithuanian Liberty Army)
1944-1949 (Lithuanian partisans)
Rank

Petras Bartkus, also known by his codenames Žadgaila and Alkupėnas (30 May 1925 – 13 August 1949) was a poet and anti-Soviet Lithuanian partisan. He was one of the signatories of the Lithuanian Partisans Declaration of 16 February 1949, and the first commander of the partisan Prisikėlimas military district.