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Lithuania was the first Baltic state to assert state continuity and the first Soviet Republic to declare full independence from the Union (though Estonia was the first Soviet Republic to assert its national sovereignty and the supremacy of its national laws over the laws of the Soviet Union).
As a result of the German-Soviet Invasion of Poland part of Vilnius Region was under Lithuanian administration in the period lasting from the takeover of the city from the occupying Soviet administration on October 27, 1939, to the occupation of all of Lithuania including Vilnius on June 15, 1940.
The January Events ( Lithuanian: Sausio įvykiai) were a series of violent confrontations between the civilian population of Lithuania, supporting independence, and the Soviet Armed Forces. The events took place between 11 and 13 January 1991, after the restoration of independence by Lithuania.
- 11-13 January 1991
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Jan 12, 2021 · On January 13, 1991, Soviet tanks and troops moved against unarmed civilians defending a TV tower in Vilnius, a crucial moment in Lithuania's drive to regain independence – and on the path to...
The Lithuanian–Soviet War or Lithuanian–Bolshevik War ( Lithuanian: karas su bolševikais) was fought between newly independent Lithuania and the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic in the aftermath of World War I. It was part of the larger Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919.
- Lithuania
- Lithuanian victory
1940 Became the capital of the newly formed Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic SSR. 1941- 1944 Occupied by German forces during World War II. 1991 Continuing to be the capital, but now to the newly independent Lithuania.
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In 1939, after Vilnius was given back to Lithuania by the USSR, the State Archives in Vilnius came to the jurisdiction of the Education Ministry. The historian priest dr. Juozapas Stakauskas was nominated its head.
