in 2017 January 3 after the start of maintenance work on the slopes of Mount Gediminas, burials were accidentally found on the site of the mountain. After making sure that it was 1863-1864. participants of the uprising, killed in Vilnius Lukiškiai square, remains, the search was extended and the remains of 20 persons were exhumed. Decided in 1863-1864. the state funeral ceremony of the rebel commanders and participants, in cooperation with Poland, held a month later in 2019. November 22 The remains will be buried in Vilnius Rasu cemetery.
1863th century At the end of the 1864th century, after Russia, Prussia and Austria divided the state of Poland and Lithuania, the lands of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania were transferred to the Russian Empire. Throughout the XNUMXth century in various lands of the former state there were several uprisings against the enslaved. One of the last attempts to restore an independent state was in XNUMX-XNUMX. rebellion
This rebellion against the Russian Empire began in 1863. January in Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland. It soon spread to the former lands of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the current territory of Belarus and Lithuania, and in Ukraine. The rebels sought to restore the independent state of Poland and Lithuania with the 1772 borders, to grant equal civil rights to all residents, and to give land to peasants. In Lithuania, the insurgents particularly emphasized the struggle for the restricted rights of the Catholic Church, while in Belarus the insurgency and its leader Konstantinas Kalinauskas are associated with the formation of the modern Belarusian nation. Almost 200 thousand people participated in the uprising. representatives of various social circles. The power of the Russian Empire in 1864. suppressed the uprising and started repression against the participants of the uprising and those who supported it. The uprising remained in the memory of the nations that participated in it as a symbol of the uncompromising struggle for freedom, the right of nations to independent life and civil rights.
in 1863 June - 1864 In March, with the approval of the Governor General of Vilnius, Michail Muravjov, 21 people were executed by hanging or shooting in Lukiški Square, among them - the two main commanders of the Lithuanian uprising - Zigmantas Sierakauskas and Konstantin Kalinauskas. Others were sentenced to death for various acts of resistance to the tsarist government: Boleslov Koliška - for leading a group of rebels, priests Stanislaus Išora and Raimund Zemackis - for reading the manifesto of the uprising in churches, nobles Julian Lesnevski and Albert Liasković - for calling the peasants to revolt, Joozaps Jablonski, Alexander and Joozaps Revkovskis and Karolis Sipavičiis - for organizing an attempt on the noble commander of the Vilnius Governorate Aleksandras Domeikas. Jan Benkovskis and Jan Marčevskis, sent from Warsaw by the leadership of the uprising to kill Aleksandars Domeikas, the leader of the Vilnius nobles, and the member of the secret police, Kaunas Governorate nobleman Eduards Čaplinskis, who helped them, were sentenced to death by hanging together in Lukiški Square. Mečislovas Dormanovskis from Warsaw and Ignacijus Zdanavičius and Titas Dalevskis from Vilnius were executed as leaders of the uprising organization. The former officers and soldiers of the Russian army who contributed to the uprising and were captured in various rebel squads were also shot - Henrikas Makovecki, Vladislaus Nikoliajus, Kazimierus Sičiuk and Jokub Chechan.
Those who fought and died continued and passed on to future generations the tradition of fighting for the freedom of the Motherland.
THE STATE FUNERAL CEREMONY OF THE LEADERS AND PARTICIPANTS OF THE 1863-1864 REBELLION, WHOSE REMAINS WERE FOUND ON GEDIMIN MOUNTAIN
in 2019 November 22 (Friday), Vilnius
| 8.30 h | 1863-1864 removal of the coffins of the commanders and participants of the uprising from the courtyard of the National Museum of the Palace of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. A solemn line-up On the Cathedral Square |
| 8.45:XNUMX a.m. | 1863-1864 bringing the coffins of the leaders and participants of the uprising to Vilnius St. manager Stanislaus and St. Vladislav Archcathedral Basilica |
| 9.00:11.30 p.m. to XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. | Public farewell |
| 11.45 h | Arrival of official persons and foreign delegations to Vilnius St. manager Stanislaus and St. Vladislav Archcathedral Basilica |
| 12.00 h | St. Mass in Vilnius St. manager Stanislaus and St. Vladislav Archcathedral Basilica. St. Archbishop Metropolitan Gintaras Grušas offers the mass, bishops of Lithuania, Poland, Belarus and army chaplains participate (Entrance to the Archcathedral Basilica will be restricted, the image will be rebroadcast on the screen in the Cathedral Square (LRT live broadcast) |
| After the end of St. Farewell speeches by state representatives are planned for the mass | |
| 13.35:XNUMX a.m. | 1863-1864 removal of the coffins of the leaders and participants of the uprising from Vilnius St. manager Stanislaus and St. Vladislav Archcathedral Basilicas. Departure of the mourning procession to the Old Races cemetery.(The route of the funeral procession: Vrublevskios, Šventaragis, Pilies, Didžioji, Aušras Varta, Druja, Rasa Sts. to the Old Rasa Cemetery) |
| ~ 14.15:XNUMX p.m. | The funeral procession stops at the Dawn Gate. Hymns in Lithuanian, Polish and Belarusian languages. |
| ~ 14.55:XNUMX p.m. | The arrival of the funeral procession to the cemetery of Old Races (Entrance to the Old Races cemetery will be restricted, the image will be rebroadcast on the screen (LRT live broadcast) |
| 15.05:XNUMX a.m. | 1863-1864 bringing the coffins of the leaders and participants of the uprising to the chapel of the Old Races cemetery, the final farewell |
| The end of the official part of the funeral | |
| End of State Funerals: Commemorative Volleys 1863-1864. in honor of the leaders of the uprising, participants and all those who fought and died for Freedom in the cemetery of Old Races | |
| ~ 16.00h | The chapel of the old Rasa cemetery, where 1863-1864 were buried. commanders and participants of the uprising, open to the public |
