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'''Valerija Narvydaitė''' (1896-1970) was a [[Lithuania]]n communist politician |
'''Valerija Narvydaitė''' (1896-1970) was a [[Lithuania]]n communist politician. She was an activist of the underground communist movement during the 1920s and 1930s, and spent over 14 years in jails and detention centres. She served as Deputy Minister ([[People's Commissar]]) for Social Welfare of the [[Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic]] 1940-1941 and 1944-1946. |
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==Early life and entry into the underground== |
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She was born into a peasant family on November 5, 1896 in {{ill|Meilūnai|lt}}.<ref name=lte8>''[https://www.google.at/books/edition/Lietuvi%C5%A1koji_tarybin%C4%97_enciklopedija/jbQPAQAAIAAJ Lietuviškoji tarybinė enciklopedija, Vol. 8]''. Mokslas, 1976. p. 96</ref><ref name=lais/> Narvydaitė started participating in the revolutionary movement in 1920.<ref name=lais/> She joined the underground [[Communist Party of Lithuania]] (LKP) in 1921.<ref name=lte8/> She was a member of the LKP [[Pasvalys]] Subdistrict Committee 1921-1922 as well as the [[Panevėžys]] District Committee of the party.<ref name=lte8/> When she was residing in Panevėžys she would often travel Kaunas, travelling by train dressed as a peasant woman and smuggling communist literature.<ref name=suma>Motiejus Šumauskas''[https://books.google.at/books?id=RuMpAQAAMAAJ Kovu̜ verpetuose]''. Vaga, 1973. p. 298</ref> In the underground work she used code-names such as 'Darbininkė' ('Worker') and 'Lakštingala' ('Nightingale').<ref>Romas Šarmaitis. ''[https://books.google.at/books?id=8C0oAQAAIAAJ Lietuvos Komunistų partijos spauda 1917-1940: bibliografija, Vol. 2]''. Mintis, 1981. p. 98, 370</ref><ref>Jonas Mačiulis. ''[https://books.google.at/books?id=AVknAQAAIAAJ Lietuviškieji slapyvardžiai: Papildymai. Taisymai]''. Lietuvos Nacionalinė M. Mažvydo biblioteka, Bibliografijos ir knygotyros centras, 2003. p. 231</ref> |
She was born into a peasant family on November 5, 1896 in {{ill|Meilūnai|lt}}.<ref name=lte8>''[https://www.google.at/books/edition/Lietuvi%C5%A1koji_tarybin%C4%97_enciklopedija/jbQPAQAAIAAJ Lietuviškoji tarybinė enciklopedija, Vol. 8]''. Mokslas, 1976. p. 96</ref><ref name=lais/> Narvydaitė started participating in the revolutionary movement in 1920.<ref name=lais/> She joined the underground [[Communist Party of Lithuania]] (LKP) in 1921.<ref name=lte8/> She was a member of the LKP [[Pasvalys]] Subdistrict Committee 1921-1922 as well as the [[Panevėžys]] District Committee of the party.<ref name=lte8/> When she was residing in Panevėžys she would often travel Kaunas, travelling by train dressed as a peasant woman and smuggling communist literature.<ref name=suma>Motiejus Šumauskas''[https://books.google.at/books?id=RuMpAQAAMAAJ Kovu̜ verpetuose]''. Vaga, 1973. p. 298</ref> In the underground work she used code-names such as 'Darbininkė' ('Worker') and 'Lakštingala' ('Nightingale').<ref>Romas Šarmaitis. ''[https://books.google.at/books?id=8C0oAQAAIAAJ Lietuvos Komunistų partijos spauda 1917-1940: bibliografija, Vol. 2]''. Mintis, 1981. p. 98, 370</ref><ref>Jonas Mačiulis. ''[https://books.google.at/books?id=AVknAQAAIAAJ Lietuviškieji slapyvardžiai: Papildymai. Taisymai]''. Lietuvos Nacionalinė M. Mažvydo biblioteka, Bibliografijos ir knygotyros centras, 2003. p. 231</ref> |
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==Prisoner== |
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She was arrested in March 1922 and imprisoned for four years.<ref name=lais/> After release from prison she settled in [[Kaunas]] and worked at a knitwear factory.<ref name=lais/> She was repeatedly arrested, detained and imprisoned.<ref name=lais/> She was jailed in [[Šiauliai]], Kaunas, [[Ukmergė]], [[Kretinga]], {{ill|Bajorai|de}}, [[Varniai]], [[Marijampolė]] and [[Ninth Fort|Fort IX]].<ref name=taip/> She fell seriously ill during her imprisonment.<ref name=taip>''[https://books.google.at/books?id=-2MjAQAAMAAJ Taip tėvai kovojo: iš revoliucionierių atsiminimų]''. Vaga, 1977. p. 155</ref> All in all she spent over 14 years in |
She was arrested in March 1922 and imprisoned for four years.<ref name=lais/> After release from prison she settled in [[Kaunas]] and worked at a knitwear factory.<ref name=lais/> During 1926 to 1929 Narvydaitė operated as a liaison for the LKP Central Committee.<ref name=lte8/> She was repeatedly arrested, detained and imprisoned.<ref name=lais/> She was jailed in [[Šiauliai]], Kaunas, [[Ukmergė]], [[Kretinga]], {{ill|Bajorai|de}}, [[Varniai]], [[Marijampolė]] and [[Ninth Fort|Fort IX]].<ref name=taip/> She fell seriously ill during her imprisonment.<ref name=taip>''[https://books.google.at/books?id=-2MjAQAAMAAJ Taip tėvai kovojo: iš revoliucionierių atsiminimų]''. Vaga, 1977. p. 155</ref> All in all she spent over 14 years in jails and detention centres.<ref name=lais/> |
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==Later Kaunas period== |
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During the period of 1938 to 1940 she was again based in Kaunas, conducting revolutionary organizing work there.<ref name=lte8/> She was the organizer of the Apartment Tenants Union in Kaunas during those years.<ref>Partijos istorijos institutas. ''[https://books.google.at/books?id=l2w5AQAAIAAJ Lietuvos Komunistų partijos istorijos apybraiža: 1920-1940]''. Mintis, 1971. pp. 432, 556</ref> |
During the period of 1938 to 1940 she was again based in Kaunas, conducting revolutionary organizing work there.<ref name=lte8/> She was the organizer of the Apartment Tenants Union in Kaunas during those years.<ref>Partijos istorijos institutas. ''[https://books.google.at/books?id=l2w5AQAAIAAJ Lietuvos Komunistų partijos istorijos apybraiža: 1920-1940]''. Mintis, 1971. pp. 432, 556</ref> |
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==World War II and establishment of the Lithuanian SSR== |
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She was a member of the Supreme Electoral Commission for the [[1940 Lithuanian parliamentary election|1940 People's Seimas election]].<ref>Kristina Ivanauskaitė-Pettinar. ''[http://talpykla.elaba.lt/elaba-fedora/objects/elaba:20060472/datastreams/MAIN/content POLITINIŲ PARTIJŲ TEISINIO STATUSO RAIDA LIETUVOJE 1918–1940 M.]''. Vilnius (2016)</ref> She served as Deputy People's Commissar for Social Welfare of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic 1940-1941.<ref name=lte8/> |
She was a member of the Supreme Electoral Commission for the [[1940 Lithuanian parliamentary election|1940 People's Seimas election]].<ref>Kristina Ivanauskaitė-Pettinar. ''[http://talpykla.elaba.lt/elaba-fedora/objects/elaba:20060472/datastreams/MAIN/content POLITINIŲ PARTIJŲ TEISINIO STATUSO RAIDA LIETUVOJE 1918–1940 M.]''. Vilnius (2016)</ref> She served as Deputy People's Commissar for Social Welfare of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic 1940-1941.<ref name=lte8/> |
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Between 1942 and 1942 she served as the deputy representative for the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Council of People's Commissars and the Communist Party (bolsheviks) of Lithuania Central Committee for the evacuated Lithuanians in [[Ufa]] ([[Bashkir ASSR]]).<ref name=lte8/><ref name=lais/> After the end of the war, she again served as Deputy Minister for Social Welfare of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic 1944-1946.<ref name=lte8/><ref name=lais/> |
Between 1942 and 1942 she served as the deputy representative for the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Council of People's Commissars and the Communist Party (bolsheviks) of Lithuania Central Committee for the evacuated Lithuanians in [[Ufa]] ([[Bashkir ASSR]]).<ref name=lte8/><ref name=lais/> After the end of the war, she again served as Deputy Minister for Social Welfare of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic 1944-1946.<ref name=lte8/><ref name=lais/> |
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==Later life== |
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Narvydaitė died in [[Vilnius]] on December 5, 1970 after a long period of illness.<ref name=lte8/><ref name=lais>''[https://www.spauda2.org/laisve/archive/1970/1970-12-18-LAISVE.pdf Mirė įžymi lietuvių tautos dukra]'', ''[[Laisvė]]'', December 18, 1970. p. 2</ref> |
She would later serve in other roles, working with the Vilnius City Executive Committee, as Head of Department of Publishing Houses and Printing Boards and in the apparatus of the Academy of Sciences of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic.<ref name=lais/> Narvydaitė retired 1953, but continued to actively participate in social activities.<ref name=lais/> Narvydaitė died in [[Vilnius]] on December 5, 1970 after a long period of illness.<ref name=lte8/><ref name=lais>''[https://www.spauda2.org/laisve/archive/1970/1970-12-18-LAISVE.pdf Mirė įžymi lietuvių tautos dukra]'', ''[[Laisvė]]'', December 18, 1970. p. 2</ref> |
Revision as of 00:16, 21 April 2024
Valerija Narvydaitė (1896-1970) was a Lithuanian communist politician. She was an activist of the underground communist movement during the 1920s and 1930s, and spent over 14 years in jails and detention centres. She served as Deputy Minister (People's Commissar) for Social Welfare of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic 1940-1941 and 1944-1946.
Early life and entry into the underground
She was born into a peasant family on November 5, 1896 in Meilūnai .[1][2] Narvydaitė started participating in the revolutionary movement in 1920.[2] She joined the underground Communist Party of Lithuania (LKP) in 1921.[1] She was a member of the LKP Pasvalys Subdistrict Committee 1921-1922 as well as the Panevėžys District Committee of the party.[1] When she was residing in Panevėžys she would often travel Kaunas, travelling by train dressed as a peasant woman and smuggling communist literature.[3] In the underground work she used code-names such as 'Darbininkė' ('Worker') and 'Lakštingala' ('Nightingale').[4][5]
Prisoner
She was arrested in March 1922 and imprisoned for four years.[2] After release from prison she settled in Kaunas and worked at a knitwear factory.[2] During 1926 to 1929 Narvydaitė operated as a liaison for the LKP Central Committee.[1] She was repeatedly arrested, detained and imprisoned.[2] She was jailed in Šiauliai, Kaunas, Ukmergė, Kretinga, Bajorai , Varniai, Marijampolė and Fort IX.[6] She fell seriously ill during her imprisonment.[6] All in all she spent over 14 years in jails and detention centres.[2]
Later Kaunas period
During the period of 1938 to 1940 she was again based in Kaunas, conducting revolutionary organizing work there.[1] She was the organizer of the Apartment Tenants Union in Kaunas during those years.[7]
World War II and establishment of the Lithuanian SSR
She was a member of the Supreme Electoral Commission for the 1940 People's Seimas election.[8] She served as Deputy People's Commissar for Social Welfare of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic 1940-1941.[1]
Between 1942 and 1942 she served as the deputy representative for the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Council of People's Commissars and the Communist Party (bolsheviks) of Lithuania Central Committee for the evacuated Lithuanians in Ufa (Bashkir ASSR).[1][2] After the end of the war, she again served as Deputy Minister for Social Welfare of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic 1944-1946.[1][2]
Later life
She would later serve in other roles, working with the Vilnius City Executive Committee, as Head of Department of Publishing Houses and Printing Boards and in the apparatus of the Academy of Sciences of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic.[2] Narvydaitė retired 1953, but continued to actively participate in social activities.[2] Narvydaitė died in Vilnius on December 5, 1970 after a long period of illness.[1][2]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Lietuviškoji tarybinė enciklopedija, Vol. 8. Mokslas, 1976. p. 96
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Mirė įžymi lietuvių tautos dukra, Laisvė, December 18, 1970. p. 2
- ^ Motiejus ŠumauskasKovu̜ verpetuose. Vaga, 1973. p. 298
- ^ Romas Šarmaitis. Lietuvos Komunistų partijos spauda 1917-1940: bibliografija, Vol. 2. Mintis, 1981. p. 98, 370
- ^ Jonas Mačiulis. Lietuviškieji slapyvardžiai: Papildymai. Taisymai. Lietuvos Nacionalinė M. Mažvydo biblioteka, Bibliografijos ir knygotyros centras, 2003. p. 231
- ^ a b Taip tėvai kovojo: iš revoliucionierių atsiminimų. Vaga, 1977. p. 155
- ^ Partijos istorijos institutas. Lietuvos Komunistų partijos istorijos apybraiža: 1920-1940. Mintis, 1971. pp. 432, 556
- ^ Kristina Ivanauskaitė-Pettinar. POLITINIŲ PARTIJŲ TEISINIO STATUSO RAIDA LIETUVOJE 1918–1940 M.. Vilnius (2016)