Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic was a Soviet socialist republic from 1940-1941 and 1944–1989. It is today part of Lithuania.
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Lietuvos Tarybų Socialistinė Respublika (Lithuanian) Литовская Советская Социалистическая Республика (Russian) | |||||||||
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| 1940–1941 1944–1990/1991 | |||||||||
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 Location of Lithuania (red) within the Soviet Union | |||||||||
| Status | Unrecognized Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1941, 1944–1990/1991) De facto sovereign entity (1990–1991) | ||||||||
| Capital | Vilnius | ||||||||
| Common languages | Lithuanian, Russian | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Lithuanian Soviet | ||||||||
| Government | Stalinist one-party totalitarian dictatorship (1940–1953) Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party Soviet-style socialist republic (1953–1989) Unitary parliamentary republic (1989–1991) | ||||||||
| First Secretary | |||||||||
• 1940–1974 | Antanas Sniečkus | ||||||||
• 1974–1987 | Petras Griškevičius | ||||||||
• 1987–1988 | Ringaudas Songaila | ||||||||
• 1988–1990 | Algirdas Brazauskas | ||||||||
| Chairman of the Supreme Council | |||||||||
• 1990–1991 | Vytautas Landsbergis | ||||||||
| Legislature | Supreme Soviet | ||||||||
| Historical era | World War II · Cold War | ||||||||
| 16 June 1940 | |||||||||
• | 21 July 1940 | ||||||||
| 3 August 1940 | |||||||||
| June 1941 | |||||||||
• Soviet re-occupation SSR re-established | September–November 1944 | ||||||||
| 1988 | |||||||||
• Sovereignty declared | 18 May 1989 | ||||||||
• | 11 March 1990 | ||||||||
• Independence recognised by the State Council of the Soviet Union | 6 September 1991 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 1989 | 65,200 km2 (25,200 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1989 | 3,689,779 | ||||||||
| Currency | Soviet rouble (Rbl) (SUR) | ||||||||
| Calling code | 7 012 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Lithuania | ||||||||
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Media
Tautiška giesme instumental
Anthem of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (Instrumental)
Stamp with overprint, 1940
Members of the People's Seimas meeting with soldiers of the Lithuanian People's Army in July 1940
The Lithuanian Teachers' Congress in 1940, which in protest sang the Tautiška giesmė
The Lithuanian insurgents (Lithuanian Activist Front) and soldiers in Cathedral Square in Vilnius. Lithuania was briefly liberated from the Soviet occupation during the June Uprising in 1941, but was soon occupied by Germany.
Lithuanian anti-Soviet resistance fighters
Lithuanian political prisoner Onutė Milušauskaitė (arrested in 1945 as a messenger of the Lithuanian partisans) by the grave of her daughter in Ust-Omchug
KGB's execution room where prisoners were killed and later buried in mass graves outside Vilnius, now the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights
Massive meeting at Vingis Park on 23 August 1988
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