Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Lietuvos Tarybų Socialistinė Respublika
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State motto: Lithuanian: Visų šalių proletarai, vienykitės! Translation: Workers of the world, unite!
Capital	Vilnius
Official language	None. De facto, Lithuanian and Russian.
Chairman of the Supreme Council	Vytautas Landsbergis (at independence)
Established In the USSR:  - Since  - Until	July 21, 1940 August 3, 1940 March 11, 1990
Area  - Total  - Water (%)	Ranked 11th in the USSR 65,200 km² negligible
Population  - Total   - Density	Ranked 11th in the USSR 3,689,779 (1989) 56.6/km²
Currency	Ruble (rublis)
Time zone	UTC + 3
Anthem	Anthem of Lithuanian SSR
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The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, short: Lithuanian SSR (in Lithuanian: Lietuvos Tarybų Socialistinė Respublika, short: Lietuvos TSR) was the name given on July 21, 1940 to Lithuania, after communist rule was forced upon Lithuania following the Soviet invasion of June 15, 1940. Initially the Lithuanian SSR was proclaimed much earlier, on December 16, 1918, by the 1st Congress of the Lithuanian Communist Party. It failed to create a de facto government with any popular support. Two months later on February 27, 1919, it was joined by the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic to form the Lithuanian-Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (LBSSR, or "Litbel"), which existed for only six months, until August 25, 1919. Image File history File links Flag_of_Lithuanian_SSR.svg Flag of the Lithuanian SSR, based on Image:Flag of the Soviet Union. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Flag of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic This flag was adopted by the Lithuanian SSR on July 15, 1953. ... The USSR State motto is a quotation from Karl Marxs and Friedrich Engels Communist Manifesto, meaning Workers of the world, unite!. It appeared in the language of the Soviet Republics in the USSR Coat of arms, by the reverse order they were mentioned on the Constitution of the USSR... The political slogan Workers of the world, unite!, one of the most famous rallying cries of socialism, comes from Karl Marx and Friedrich Engelss Communist Manifesto. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Lithuanian SSR Categories: GFDL images ... In politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... Location Ethnographic region AukÅ¡taitija County Vilnius County Municipality Vilnius city municipality Elderate Number of elderates 20 Coordinates General information Capital of Lithuania Vilnius County Vilnius city municipality Vilnius district municipality Population (rank) 540,318 in 2005 (1st) First mentioned 1323 Granted city rights 1387 Vilnius ( (help· info), see also... Vytautas Landsbergis Professor Vytautas Landsbergis (born October 18, 1932) is a Lithuanian conservative politician and member of the European Parliament. ... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... This article is about the year. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Constitutional order The order they were mentioned in the Constitution of the USSR; also the order in which the motto appeared in the USSR Coat of Arms. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... Constitutional order The order they were mentioned in the Constitution of the USSR; also the order in which the motto appeared in the USSR Coat of Arms. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 Russian Federation one rouble coin. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... It has been suggested that leap second be merged into this article or section. ... The USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) and its constituent republics each had a national anthem (generally referred as state anthem). ... The Anthem of the Lithuanian SSR (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Tarybų Socialistinės Respublikos Valstybinis Himnas) was the national anthem of Lithuania when it was an union republic in the USSR, used from 1950 to 1990. ... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... 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The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of (1939), between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, stated that Lithuania was to be included into the "sphere of influence" of the USSR. On August 3, 1940, a communist government, which had been hastily formed, announced that Lithuania would become a part of the Soviet Union, i.e. the 14th constituent republic of the USSR. Its territory was subsequently invaded and occupied by Nazi Germany in 1941, and the Soviet rule was reestablished there in July 1944. Molotov signs the German-Soviet non-aggression pact. ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Evolution of the Soviet Republics from 1922 to 1958. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ...

The United States, United Kingdom, and other western powers first considered the annexation of Lithuania by the USSR illegal, citing the Stimson Doctrine, in 1940, but recognized all borders of the USSR on post-WWII conferences. The Stimson Doctrine is a policy of the United States government, enunciated in a note of January 7, 1932 to Japan and China, of non-recognition of international territorial changes effected by force. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...

In addition to the human and material losses suffered due to war, thousands of civilians were killed and tens of thousands of people deported from Lithuania by the Soviet authorities until Joseph Stalin's death in 1953. Stalin redirects here. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ...

In comparison with other parts of the USSR its economy fared better and today Lithuania remains one of the wealthiest of the formerly Soviet-controlled states.

The Lithuanian SSR was renamed, the Republic of Lithuania again, and on March 11, 1990, all legal ties of sovereignty were cut with the Soviet Union as Lithuania declared the restitution of its independence. The government of the USSR recognised Lithuania's independence on September 6, 1991. March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... This article is about the year. ... Sovereignty is the exclusive right to exercise supreme political (e. ... This article discusses the history of Lithuania and of the Lithuanians. ... September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• History of Lithuania
• Rulers of Soviet Lithuania

This article discusses the history of Lithuania and of the Lithuanians. ... The following is a list of Lithuanian rulers - kings, grand dukes, governors and presidents of Lithuania or administrative units, that encompassed the territory of Lithuania during the periods of occupations. ...

External links

• 1978 Constitution of the Lithuanian SSR
• Could the Baltic States have resisted to the Soviet Union?