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  1. The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (Lithuanian SSR; Lithuanian: Lietuvos Tarybų Socialistinė Respublika; Russian: Литовская Советская Социалистическая Республика, romanized: Litovskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika), also known as Soviet Lithuania or simply Lithuania ...

  2. 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.

  3. The Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR ( Lithuanian: Lietuvos TSR Aukščiausioji Taryba; Russian: Верховный Совет Литовской ССР, Verkhovnyy Sovet Litovskoy SSR) was the supreme soviet (main legislative institution) of the Lithuanian SSR, one of the republics constituting the Soviet Union.

  4. Jan 12, 2021 · Seeking Justice. Over the years, Lithuania -- which joined NATO and the European Union in 2004, along with fellow Baltic states Latvia and Estonia -- sought to bring those responsible for the...

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  5. At the beginning of 1941 after reorganization the Central State Archives of the Lithuanian SSR started its activity in Vilnius on the basis of the former Vilnius State Archives. First of all, the functions characteristic to NKVD were repressive.

  6. Jun 27, 2024 · Vilnius, city, capital of Lithuania, at the confluence of the Neris (Russian Viliya) and Vilnia rivers. A settlement existed on the site in the 10th century, and the first documentary reference to it dates from 1128. In 1323 the town became capital of Lithuania under Grand Duke Gediminas; it was.

  7. vilnius.com › welcome-to-vilnius › historyHistory – Vilnius

    1939 The USSR captured the city. 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. 2004 Member of NATO and a member of the EU. 2009 City of Culture (European Union)