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Executive Biography

Gintaras Dručkus

Director

Gintaras Dručkus

Background: Vilnius State University, Faculty of History and acquired master's degree in history (1983).

Professional experience:

  • 1978–1980 - laborer (radio equipment installer) at the Kaunas Radio Factory;

  • 1980–1991 - assistant laborer, exhibit custodian, and research fellow at the State History Museum in Kaunas (now the Vytautas the Great War Museum);

  • 1991–1992 - assistant to the Prime Minister's advisor in the Office of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania;

  • 1992 - consultant at the Information and Analysis Center of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania;

  • 1993–2001 - assistant, consultant, and advisor to the Chairman of the Council (later the city mayor) at the Kaunas City Municipality;

  • From April to May 2001 - museum specialist at the Lithuanian Aviation Museum;

  • Since June, 2001 - director of the Kaunas County Archive (which became the Kaunas Regional State Archive on January 1, 2017).

Professional activities:

Prepared and published a number of articles, reports, publications on museology, history and archiving. Main field of interest - history of Lithuania in the first half of the 20th century:

2002 – article (together with Vitalija Girčyte) „The Eighties of Lithuanian Central State Archives“. Published in: Kauno istorijos metraštis, 2002, Nr. 3, p. 391-392;
2006 - article „Establishment of the Central State Archives of Lithuania in 1921“;
2007 – compiler and co-author of the monograph „Kaunas City Maps in the 19th – begining of the 20th Centuries“ Kaunas, 2007. ;
2008 - article „Establishment of Modern Self-Government in Kaunas City (1918-1920)“. Published in: the weekly „Savivaldybių žinios“, November 20, 2008, No. 40;
2011 – one of compilers and co-authors of the monograph „Dusk Pilgrims. History of Lithuanian Partisans Vytautas District Lokys Selection 1944 – 1958“ (2011);
2011 – scientific report „New Facts about the June Uprising and Monument to its Participants in Obeliai“. Published in: „June 1941 – Rokiškis District Unhealing Wound. Materials of the Conference Held in 2011, Rokiškis, 2012; http://www.bernardinai.lt/straipsnis/2011-06-29-gintaras-druckus-nauji-faktai-apie-1941-mbirzelio-sukilima-ir-jam-skirta-paminkla-obeliuose/65122 · 2013 – severral publications and reports at various conferences, devoted to the uprisal 1863 in Lithuania: „Uprisal 1863 in Lithuania and Position of European Countries“; 

2019 - „The Idea of Statehood: Inspirers, Architects and Builders. Lithuanian Case“, Tbilisi, Sakartvelo/Georgia, September 27, 2019;
2020 – report (in English) „Kaunas in 20-30-ies of the 20th Century: Modern Architecture As Evidence of Europe Oriented Modern City“ (Targu Mures, Romania, May 30, 2020);
2021 – „To Preserve Archives: Is It Possible to Turn Challenges into Opportunities? Mission (Im)possible“ (Lemont, Ill, USA, October 23, 2021);
2021 – publication (article) „June Uprising in the Obeliai location“ (in: „June Urged to Fight“, Volume 1. – V., 2021) etc.  

Coordionator and/or co-organizer of numerous local and international archival documents exhibitions: „Establishment of Modern Self-Government in Kaunas City 1918-1920" (2008); „Kaunas Jewish Community in archival documents“ (2013); „Uprisal of 1863 in archival documents" (2013); "1940/1990 - turning points in Kaunas History" (2015); „The End of the World War I: Decisive Turn Towards Modern Europe" (November 13, 2018); „Centeneray of the First Independent Lithuania Post Stamp. Vilnius Issues“ (2018); „Centeneray of the First Independent Lithuania Post Stamp. Kaunas Issues“ (2019); „Centeneray of the First Independent Lithuania Post Stamp. Berlynas Issues“ (2019);

Exhibitions devoted to the Year of Archives: „Facts, Artefacts and People“, „From Past to Future: Kaunas“, „From Past to Future: Alytus“, „From Past to Future: Marijampolė“,etc.

Initiated and organized expeditions identifying and revealing Lithuania-related archival heritage in the archives of other countries: Russian Federation (Moscow, 2007; St. Petersburg, 2013, 2014),  Bielorussia (Minsk, Grodno, 2014), Romania (2014), Georgia (2015), Ukraine (2016; 2018), Kazachstan (2023-2024). Prepared and published reports on the results of these expeditions. 

2016 – LR Ministry of Culture honorable award - „Nešk savo šviesą ir tikėk“ („Bring Yuor Light and Believe“)
Founder member of Lithuanian Archivists‘ Associacion (since 2008)
Languages: Lithuanian, English, Russian, Polish.
Interests: history, culture, travelling, reading, theater