He was the only Lithuanian to have taught in the prestigious Frunze Military Academy and General Staff Academy (roughly equivalent to the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas or the British Army's Staff College, Camberley).
Jonas Žemaitis, namesake of the General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania
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Zemaitis' surname is of ethnonymic origin and means "Samogitian" (žemaitis) in the Lithuanian language.
The Terror Sphere is dedicated to sculptures of founders of the Communist Party of Lithuania (Zigmas Aleksa-Angarietis, Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas) and officers of the Red Army (Feliksas Baltušis-Žemaitis, Ieronim Uborevich).
Jonas Žemaitis (also known under his codename Vytautas; March 15, 1909 in Palanga – November 26, 1954 in Moscow) was one of the leaders of armed resistance against the Soviet occupation in Lithuania and acknowledged as the Head of State of contemporary occupied Lithuania.
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A beginning of war between the USSR and Nazi Germany waylayed Žemaitis in the ground of Varėna.
Zemaitis Guitars of Tokyo, Japan, has continued the Zemaitis guitar-making style.