Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940)

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The Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940) was an independent interwar Baltic state that emerged after World War I and existed until its occupation and annexation by the Soviet Union at the start of World War II.

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Surface form Occurrences
interwar Republic of Lithuania 2

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf interwar republic
sovereign state
annexedBy Soviet Union NERFINISHED
borderedBy Germany NERFINISHED
Latvia NERFINISHED
Poland NERFINISHED
Soviet Union NERFINISHED
capital Kaunas NERFINISHED
claimedCapital Vilnius NERFINISHED
coatOfArms Vytis NERFINISHED
continent Europe
controlledRegion Klaipėda Region NERFINISHED
country Lithuania
currency Lithuanian litas NERFINISHED
disputeWith Second Polish Republic NERFINISHED
dissolutionEvent Soviet occupation of Lithuania (1940) NERFINISHED
endDate 1940-08-03
establishedBy Act of Independence of Lithuania NERFINISHED
firstHeadOfState Antanas Smetona NERFINISHED
firstPrimeMinister Augustinas Voldemaras NERFINISHED
flag Flag of Lithuania NERFINISHED
governmentForm authoritarian regime
parliamentary republic
republic
hadDisputeOver Vilnius Region NERFINISHED
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of Lithuania
headOfStateTitle President of Lithuania
historicalEra interwar period
independenceDeclared 1918-02-16
internationalOrganizationMembership League of Nations NERFINISHED
joinedOrganization League of Nations NERFINISHED
joinedOrganizationDate 1921-09-22
legalSystem civil law
legislature Seimas NERFINISHED
locatedIn Baltic region
lostRegion Klaipėda Region NERFINISHED
nationalMinority Germans NERFINISHED
Jews NERFINISHED
Poles
Russians NERFINISHED
notableHeadOfState Antanas Smetona NERFINISHED
officialLanguage Lithuanian NERFINISHED
partOf Interwar Europe NERFINISHED
politicalSystem authoritarian one-party dominance
multi-party system
predecessor German-occupied Lithuania (Ober Ost) NERFINISHED
Lithuania in the Russian Empire NERFINISHED
regionLossEvent 1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania
religionMajority Roman Catholicism
signedTreaty Klaipėda Convention (1924) NERFINISHED
Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty (1920) NERFINISHED
startDate 1918-02-16
successor Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic NERFINISHED
Nazi German occupation of Lithuania NERFINISHED
temporaryCapital Kaunas NERFINISHED
turningPointEvent 1926 Lithuanian coup d'état NERFINISHED

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History of Lithuania includesTopic Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940)
this entity surface form: interwar Republic of Lithuania
Lithuanian National Revival influenced Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940)
this entity surface form: interwar Republic of Lithuania
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic precededBy Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940)
Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990) restoredState Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940)