Povilas Morkūnas (26 November 1920 – 19 June 1953) was an anti-Soviet Lithuanian partisan and a commander of the Kęstutis and Prisikėlimas military districts.

[1][2][3][4] He was known by many codenames, such as Ežerietis, Dilba, Arvydas, Černius, Brizgis, Kyras, Mažvydas, Lastas, but mostly as Rimantas or Drakas.

After giving away his units' horses in a nearby village, they set off and were met by the Germans, who let the men return to their country.

[9][6][8] Morkūnas spent the time of German occupation of Lithuania in his home village of Zbaras working at his parents farm.

[12] In 1945 Jonas Žemaitis joined the unit and replaced its previous commander J. Čeponis as senior leader.

[20][8][9] In the 2 February 1949 meeting of the partisan leadership in the village of Minaičiai[a 1], Morkūnas was selected as the head of the Prisikėlimas military district, with his term starting on 1 August 1949.

With improvised coordination between him other partisans they engaged in a firefight during the night, during which Morkūnas silently escaped to the forest.

[5][8][9][23] As organized partisan resistance was becoming significantly weaker, Jonas Žemaitis and Morkūnas reportedly once made plans to get fake documents and move to Poland and further abroad.