Republic of Central Lithuania

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The Republic of Central Lithuania was a short-lived, Polish-backed puppet state centered on Vilnius that existed from 1920 to 1922 before being incorporated into the Second Polish Republic.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Republic of Central Lithuania canonical 5
Republic of Lithuania 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf client state
former state
historical polity
puppet state
areaTotalKm2 13100
borderedBy Lithuania
surface form: Republic of Lithuania

Second Polish Republic
Russian SFSR
surface form: Soviet Russia
capital Vilnius
conflictContext Polish–Lithuanian War
Polish–Soviet War
conventionalLongName Republic of Central Lithuania self-link
country Republic of Central Lithuania self-link
createdBy Żeligowski
surface form: Lucjan Żeligowski
createdByEvent Żeligowski's Mutiny (1920)
surface form: Żeligowski's Mutiny
currency Polish marka
endDate 1922-04-18
existenceEndYear 1922
existenceStartYear 1920
firstHeadOfState Żeligowski
surface form: Lucjan Żeligowski
followedBy Second Polish Republic
Wilno Voivodeship
governmentType republic
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister
headOfStateTitle Chief of State
historicalEra Interwar period
incorporatedInto Second Polish Republic
incorporationDate 1922-04-18
internationalDispute Polish–Lithuanian territorial dispute over Vilnius
largestCity Vilnius
legislature Sejm of Central Lithuania
locatedInPresentDay Belarus
Lithuania
locatedInRegion Eastern Europe
militaryForce Army of Central Lithuania
nativeName Litwa Środkowa
officialLanguage Polish
patronState Second Polish Republic
populationEstimate about 500000
precededBy Lithuania
surface form: Republic of Lithuania

Second Polish Republic
surface form: Republic of Poland (1918–1939)
reasonForCreation to justify Polish control of Vilnius region
shortName Vilnius Region
surface form: Central Lithuania
startDate 1920-10-12
status partially recognized state
unrecognized state by Lithuania
supportedBy Second Polish Republic

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Polish–Lithuanian War opponent Republic of Central Lithuania
this entity surface form: Republic of Lithuania
Wilno Voivodeship predecessor Republic of Central Lithuania
Vilna capitalOf Republic of Central Lithuania
Vilna historicalRegion Republic of Central Lithuania
Republic of Central Lithuania country Republic of Central Lithuania self-link
Republic of Central Lithuania conventionalLongName Republic of Central Lithuania self-link