Maksimas Katche

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Maksimas Katche (German: Max Kattchée, Russian: Макс Арведович Катхе) (5 November [O.S. 24 October] 1879 - 10 June 1933), was a Russian and Lithuanian military officer. Of Baltic German descent, he was born in Joniškis, Lithuania. 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. In April 1919 he joined the Lithuanian Army and fought successfully against Bolsheviks and Bermontians in the Lithuanian Wars of Independence. Katche chaired the Lithuanian delegation negotiating and signing the Suwalki Agreement on Oct. 7, 1920 between Lithuania and Poland, and he was appointed chairman 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. For reasons of health he retired from active duty in 1922. He died in Biržai.

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• League of Nations: Treaty series. Vol. 8. 1922, p. 181 - 185
• Lietuviu Enciklopedija. T. 11. Boston, Mass. 1957
• Encyclopedia Lituanica. Vol. 3. Boston, Mass. 1973
• Jankauskas, Vidmantas: Nepriklausomos Lietuvos generolai. Dalis 1. Vilnius 1998, p. 108 - 114.
• Lesčius, Vytautas: Lietuvos kariuomenė 1918 - 1920. Vilnius 1998.
• Baltic Biographical Index. 2. J - Q. München 1999