Maksimas Katche

Maksimas Katche
Maksimas Katche (Max Kattchée)
Born	1879 November 5 Joniškis
Died	1933 June 10 Biržai
Service/branch	Russian Empire Army and Lithuanian Armed Forces
Years of service	1899-1922
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	Chief of the General Staff of the Lithuanian Army

Maksimas Katche (German: Wilhelm Johannes Arwed Max Kattchée, also Kattchee; Russian: Макс Арведович Катхе) (5 November [O.S. 24 October] 1879 - 10 June 1933), was a Russian and Lithuanian military officer, Knight of St. George.

Of Baltic German descent, he was born in Joniškis, Lithuania (then Kovno Governorate of the Russian Empire). In 1899 he graduated from the Military Academy of St. Petersburg and served in the Russian Army. He fought in the Russo-Japanese War and in World War I, attaining the rank of colonel and decorated with the Cross of the Order of St. George 4th degree on 10 August [O.S. 28 July] 1907.

In April 1919 he joined the Lithuanian Army and fought successfully against Bolsheviks and Bermontians in the Lithuanian Wars of Independence, as a tactician planned Zarasai liberation operation. Among other Lithuanian soldiers he received the Latvian Military Order of Lāčplēsis 3rd class. Katche chaired the Lithuanian delegation negotiating and signing the Suwałki Agreement on October 7, 1920 between Lithuania and Poland, and he was appointed chief of the General Staff of the Lithuanian Army, decorated with the Cross of Vytis 5th and 4th classes; he also reached the rank of a Lieutenant General. In 1921 April he organized Higher courses for officers, and was the first chief of them. For reasons of health he retired from active duty in 1922. He died in Biržai.

References

• League of Nations: Treaty series. Vol. 8. 1922, p. 181 - 185
• Lietuvių Enciklopedija. T. 11. Boston, Mass. 1957
• Encyclopedia Lituanica. Vol. 3. Boston, Mass. 1973
• Priedītis, Ērichs Ēriks: Latvijas Valsts apbalvojumi un Lāčplēši = Latvian national decorations and holders of the Military Order "Lāčplēsis". Rīga 1996. ISBN 9984-01020-1
• Jankauskas, Vidmantas: Nepriklausomos Lietuvos generolai. Dalis 1. Vilnius 1998, p. 108 - 114. ISBN 9986-571-32-4
• Lesčius, Vytautas: Lietuvos kariuomenė 1918 - 1920. Vilnius 1998. ISBN 9986-03393-4
• Baltic Biographical Index. 2. J - Q. München 1999. ISBN 3-598-33848-1
• Kavaliauskas, Vilius: Už nuopelnus Lietuvai = For merits to Lithuania: orders and medals of the Republic of Lithuania 1918 - 1940. [1.]2. Vilnius 2001 - 2003. ISBN 5-415-01592-2 (v. 1). ISBN 9986-76710-5 (v. 2)
• Voennyĭ orden sviatogo velikomuchenika i pobedonostsa Georgiia: imennye spiski 1769 - 1920; biobibliograficheskiĭ spravochnik / otvetstvennyĭ sostavitel' V. M. Shabanov. Moskva 2004. ISBN 5-89577-059-2
• Lietuvos kariuomenės karininkai, 1918-1953 / [redakcinė komisija: pirmininkė Birutė Kulnytė ... [et al.] T. 1-8. Vilnius : Lietuvos nacionalinis muziejus, 2001-2008

External links

• Кавалеры ордена Святого Георгия IV класса Кru:Кавалеры ордена Святого Георгия IV класса К
• Русская армия в Великой войне: Картотека проекта [1]
• L.k.o.k. Lačplēša kara ordena kavalieri [2]

Persondata
Name	Katche, Maksima
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1879
Place of birth	Joniškis
Date of death	10 June 1933
Place of death	Biržai