A history lesson with T. Šernu will be held at the Medininkai Memorial

During the meeting, T. Šernas will talk about the challenges of the era of the restoration of Lithuania’s independence, his and his comrades’ experiences and experiences, the Customs Department reported.

The traditional history lesson for high school students will be held for the 15th time this year.

The event will start at noon at Medininkai Memorial. Later, it will move to the Customs Training Center on Jeruzalė Street, Vilnius.

There it will be possible to visit the interactive Museum of Customs, get acquainted with the work of customs canine experts and pets, and see the equipment of customs mobile groups for car control.

On July 31, 1991, seven Lithuanian officers were killed by Soviet snipers at the Medininkai border post near the border with Belarus: Mindaugas Balavakas, Algimantas Juozakas, Juozas Janonis, Algirdas Kazlauskas, Antanas Musteikis, Stanislaus Orlavičius. Ričardas Rabavičius died in the hospital on August 2 from gunshot wounds to the head.

Doctors managed to save the life of the only seriously injured customs officer, T. Šern.

Konstantinas Mihailov, a former OMON militiaman, was convicted and is serving a life sentence for the Medininkai massacre.

Three more rioters – Andrejs Laktionovs, Česlavs Mlyniks and Aleksandras Ryžovs – were sentenced to the harshest punishment in absentia by the Lithuanian courts, because Russia refuses to extradite them.

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