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The Act of Independence of Lithuania ( Lithuanian: Lietuvos Nepriklausomybės Aktas) or the Act of February 16th, [1] also the Lithuanian Resolution on Independence ( Lithuanian: Lietuvos Nepriklausomybės Nutarimas ), [Note 1] was signed by the Council of Lithuania on February 16, 1918, proclaiming the restoration of an independent State of ...
Antanas Merkys (born 1887, Bajorai, near Skapiskis, Lithuania, Russian Empire—died 1955, U.S.S.R.) was a Lithuanian politician who was the last prime minister of Lithuania before its 1940 incorporation into the Soviet Union. Educated in the law, Merkys served in the Russian Army during World War I (1914–18). In 1919 he entered the army of ...
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t. e. The history of Lithuania dates back to settlements founded about 10,000 years ago, [1] [2] but the first written record of the name for the country dates back to 1009 AD. [3] Lithuanians, one of the Baltic peoples, later conquered neighboring lands and established the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 13th century (and also a short-lived ...
Dec 23, 2021 · Background. Lithuanian lands were united under MINDAUGAS in 1236; over the next century, through alliances and conquest, Lithuania extended its territory to include most of present-day Belarus and Ukraine. By the end of the 14th century Lithuania was the largest state in Europe. An alliance with Poland in 1386 led the two countries into a union ...
Ina Navazelskis, Boston-born Lithuanian-American journalist, first came to Lithuania during the Brezhnev era, in 1978, and later right before the 11 March 1990 events. She wrote reports tracking the exciting period from the moment Lithuania declared independence from the USSR until 1991, when the international community recognized the new state.
Feb 16, 2018 · This document has a very interesting story. Lithuania had lost track of all copies of the independence declaration, signed on 16 February 1918, in the turmoil that engulfed the region after the end of the first world war. The Lithuanian state was announced with the approval of Germany, whose army controlled the territory at the time, following ...
Lithuanian Declaration of Sovereignty. Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Lithuania, On Restoring the Independence of the Lithuanian State. March 11, 1990. Original Source: Sovetskaia Litva, 13-14 March 1990; Pravda, 9 June 1990. Expressing the will of the people, the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Lithuania resolves and solemnly proclaims ...
