An Examination of Lithuania’s Partisan War Versus the Soviet Union and Attempts to Resist Sovietisation
Journal: Research at York St John (York St John University)
Year: 2018

The modern history of Lithuania can be described as the Lithuanian nation’s struggle for independence from the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Lithuania had been a part of the Russian Empire since losing her independence in 1795, when it was divided and occupied by Russian and Prussian armies. Independence was again achieved following the collapse of the Tsarist system after the 1917 Bolshevik revolution. Lithuania remained an independent republic until the commencement of the Second World